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  • The Basic Butchering of Livestock and Game

    The Basic Butchering of Livestock and Game

    Book Review: The Basic Butchering of Livestock and Game
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    Basic Butchering of Livestock and Game is a book you need to have if you are going to try to become self reliant.

    The ability to process your own food is vital. I find that of all the food skills, butchering is one that is often overlooked.

    It seems simple to cut up a large chunk of meat into smaller pieces, but this in an area of endeavor that the more you know the easier the process becomes.

    I like the Basic Butchering of Livestock and Game because it is practical, has lots of very clear illustrations, and is short enough to to save time, but detailed enough to be of use.

    This is one of my favorite butchering books, and as I develop Dual Homestead, I hope I get to use it when I butcher my own meat.

    I did get some goats, so I am getting closer to the butchering process.  I even am preparing to get a pig to raise to completion.

    I did not do so good a job on my first butchering attempt.  My poor chicken was cut up using a dill knife, so for future attempts I will use the advice in this book and use sharp tools.

  • The Complete Book of Butchering, Smoking, Curing, and Sausage Making

    The Complete Book of Butchering, Smoking, Curing, and Sausage Making

    Book Review: The Complete Book of Butchering, Smoking, Curing, and Sausage Making
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    One self-reliant project that I enjoy, but haven’t got around to videotaping is home sausage making. I believe that the ability to cure and store meat is a vital skill to anyone interested in producing a majority of their own food (vegans and veggies excepted).

    I can deal with a lot of things, but a life without bacon and sausage are just not worth dealing with (IMHO).  All preppers need to know how to How to Harvest Your Livestock and Wild Game

    Luckily I found this little gem. The Complete Book of Butchering, Smoking, Curing, and Sausage Making is a well illustrated book on dispatching, skinning, and then butchering both common livestock, but also common game animals.

    Not only does this book describe how to cut up a larger animal into usable (and well defined) cuts of meat, it also describes how to prep it for storage by curing and smoking it.

    This book has been a very useful to me, its detailed enough to show me what to do, and modern enough to have great illustrations.

    How to Harvest Your Livestock and Wild Game has been a great help to me as I learned to make sausage, bacon, and other cured meats.