fix the meat yourself or take it to a butcher?
07-10-2003, 02:14 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: asheboro, nc
Posts: 384
fix the meat yourself or take it to a butcher?
me and a buddy were talking about the different ways people take care of their meat and i just thought i would throw this out and see who does what
i fix all of my meat myself, mainly because it is cheaper, but a butcher is easier and less of a headache
what do yall do ?
i fix all of my meat myself, mainly because it is cheaper, but a butcher is easier and less of a headache
what do yall do ?
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07-10-2003, 06:18 PM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lexington NC USA
Posts: 459
RE: fix the meat yourself or take it to a butcher?
I always skin, gut, and quarter mine myself. Put it in a cooler and ice it down real good. Then I take it to a place in Thomasville called Johnsontown Mart. They only charge $35 and will cut and wrap it anyway you want. Saves me a lot of time. To cut it up myself it takes 3 to 4 hours including clean up plus they seem to get me more meat.
07-10-2003, 09:37 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Etowah, Tennessee
Posts: 1,180
RE: fix the meat yourself or take it to a butcher?
i do it all myself, quarter it down, strip out the backstraps and cut them into steaks, debone everything else, what i can' t make steaks out of goes into stew meat. wrap it, mark on it what it is and put it in the freezer. discard the hide, etc and it is all over but the eating. takes me about two hours from start to finish.
07-11-2003, 02:26 PM
#8
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 6,921
RE: fix the meat yourself or take it to a butcher?
I as well do all of it myself. However now I get a guy to smoke my farmer sausage, he does such a good job, it taste really good & reasonable.
07-12-2003, 05:29 AM
#10
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Mooretown Ont Canada
Posts: 334
RE: fix the meat yourself or take it to a butcher?
I' d like to add the ? How long do you all leave the hide on? I leave the hide on as long as possible to protect the meat.
I was talking to a guy and he says he leaves his on as long as possible to get a better flavor!
What is your opinions
AL
I was talking to a guy and he says he leaves his on as long as possible to get a better flavor!
What is your opinions
AL