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Describes useful tools, equipment, and techniques, demonstrates how to butcher beef, pork, veal, lamb, venison, poultry, and small game, and discusses meat inspection, processing, and preserving.
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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thought I might just comment on the content of the book:
This book tells you how to kill, slaughter, and cut up your meat, and a bit on preparation (curing / salting etc).
I had hoped it would have more on the "butchery" aspects, i.e. cutting up & preparing the meat / processing etc. I'd just bought a fore-quarter from the butcher and I bought this book to help me cut it up, and it wasn't exactly what I was after as there isn't that much on things like curing etc..
I tend to buy pork / lamb by the half animal (much cheaper) and I was hoping this book would teach me to cut it up myself.
Note that its American written so some of the cuts are different to what we're used to in the UK.
Still, if the day came that I was going to kill an animal for my own consumption, I'd definitely want this book at my side!
UPDATE ON MY REVIEW - 3 years later. I've just revisited what I wrote above, and to be honest with a bit of hindsight, this is still the best book on butchering I've come across. With it at my side I've learned how to cut up venison, lamb & mutton, and of course beef. I syill wish there was more about butchering in it but then again it is called "basic" butchering. And I've yet to find another book which deals with DIY butchering as well as this one does.
This book tells you how to kill, slaughter, and cut up your meat, and a bit on preparation (curing / salting etc).
I had hoped it would have more on the "butchery" aspects, i.e. cutting up & preparing the meat / processing etc. I'd just bought a fore-quarter from the butcher and I bought this book to help me cut it up, and it wasn't exactly what I was after as there isn't that much on things like curing etc..
I tend to buy pork / lamb by the half animal (much cheaper) and I was hoping this book would teach me to cut it up myself.
Note that its American written so some of the cuts are different to what we're used to in the UK.
Still, if the day came that I was going to kill an animal for my own consumption, I'd definitely want this book at my side!
UPDATE ON MY REVIEW - 3 years later. I've just revisited what I wrote above, and to be honest with a bit of hindsight, this is still the best book on butchering I've come across. With it at my side I've learned how to cut up venison, lamb & mutton, and of course beef. I syill wish there was more about butchering in it but then again it is called "basic" butchering. And I've yet to find another book which deals with DIY butchering as well as this one does.
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I think some of the reviews here are rather harsh. I have butchered my own pigs and even tackled one of our cows with this book for guidance ! We get our stock slaughtered at a local abbattoir but when they wanted over £200 for butchering the cow I thought I would have a go myself. This book provided all the guidance I needed so therefore is worth every penny. I think some of the reviewers who put this down are wannabees. I do it - and I would recommend this book to anyone who is serious about butchering their own stock.
30 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
It helped me expand my knowlege of butchering wild game, namely venison! I could recommend this to the somewhat seasoned butcher as well as the novice! He also included some great idea's I can't wait to try for preserving different meats! My only complaint would be that the author did not explain the different quality of the cuts of meat(ie. tenderness) as well on the wild game as he did with the domestic animals. However, overall this book is well worth the cost and should be in any self-suficiency minded person's library!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Best book ever
I think this book is the best in its kind on the market. Everything is really good described. I used it to slaughter a sheep without any problems.
Published 5 months ago by Dijos
Worth buying if you're new to butchery
To be honest I didn't expect much from this book.
Butchery is very hands on and I didn't think a book would be as useful as a DVD.
But it's actually pretty good. Read more
Butchery is very hands on and I didn't think a book would be as useful as a DVD.
But it's actually pretty good. Read more
Published 17 months ago by RealBushMan
No better illustrated book on butchery
For the beginner in butchery this book cannot be equaled for the excellent illustrations and easy step by step instructions. The most valued for money book I know of on butchery. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Marc Frederic
Excellent information - not outdated at all.
For any person living off the grid or desiring to do so, this book will provide invaluable information on how to slaughter when you can't just drive to the market or drag it to a... Read more
Published on 4 Aug 1999
This Grizzly Adams thinks It is one of the best.
I used this book to teach myself the basics of butchering many years ago and find it is a ready resource today. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 1999
This book covers the very basic requirements of butchering.
I found the book to be satisfactory if that. Illustrations are good but in some cases not very accurate, and at times confusing. Read more
Published on 11 Mar 1999
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