How to be a Butcher DIY

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How to Be a Butcher: 4 Pro Tips on DIY Dismemberment

At a half-hog butchering demonstration on June 16, Fleisher's Meat co-founder Joshua Applestone shares the secrets to slicing swine.

"I'm not a killer, I'm a butcher,"

1. Pigs have seams

2. Knives off the table

Butcher Joshua Applestone speaks to a rapt audience as he butchers a half hog at New York's James Beard House on June 16, 2010.

3. Match the blade to the butchery

Butcher Joshua Applestone demonstrates proper knife technique. Applestone's outfit, Fleisher's Meats, teaches the skills of slicing swine to aspiring butchers.

4. Don't get slick

Having forgotten his own bone saw at home in Kingston, NY, butcher Joshua Applestone attempted to make do with a borrowed hack saw. In the end, he ditched the hack saw and demonstrated most of the operation using a Wusthof 12-inch chef's knife.Read more at www.popularmechanics.com

 

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