Butchering Basics

Butchering Basics - Saturday January 31st at Noon

Butchering has become a lost art. With the advent of large grocery stores selling precut meats the need for a local butcher has become practically obsolete. As we start to get closer to where our food comes from, learning to butcher different cuts starts to give us freedom to prepare things in the kitchen we just couldn’t before. We’ll talk a bit about knives and how to sharpen them then demonstrate butchering a whole chicken, a whole beef tenderloin and two ways to bone a leg of lamb. He’ll also teach you the butcher’s knot for trussing meats. Students will get to butcher their own chicken, and ‘French’ the bones of a pork rack. $79.