Rant: Breaking down a whole hog by hand took me all morning.

But the precision you gain is worth every minute.

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the_fiona7mo ago

Last Saturday I spent four hours hand-cutting a shoulder, and that control is just magic.

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dakota_taylor397mo ago

Maybe @the_fiona meant breaking down the shoulder, not hand-cutting.

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tarashah7mo ago

Four hours of hand-cutting sounds like a serious commitment. My knife skills top out at making sure the pizza box doesn't tear when I'm carrying it. I once tried to julienne a carrot and ended up with something that looked like it went through a wood chipper. That level of control is definitely for people with more patience and sharper knives than me.

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