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The Butchers duty

The Butchers duty

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Butchery is a traditional line of work. In the industrialized world, slaughterhouses use butchers to slaughter the animals, performing one or a few of the steps repeatedly as specialists on a semiautomated disassembly line.

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The steps include stunning (rendering the animal incapacitated), exsanguination (severing the carotid or brachial arteries to facilitate blood removal), skinning (removing the hide or pelt) or scalding and dehairing (pork), evisceration (removing the viscera) and splitting (dividing the carcass in half longitudinally).

BritishButcher - Master Butcher Lee Spencer - butcher shop, westone super mare, machinery, steaks, sausages, burgers

After the carcasses are chilled (unless "hot-boned"), primary butchery consists of selecting carcasses, sides, or quarters from which primal cuts can be produced with the minimum of wastage;

BritishButcher - Master Butcher Lee Spencer - butcher shop, westone super mare, machinery, steaks, sausages, burgers

separating the primal cuts from the carcass;

BritishButcher - Master Butcher Lee Spencer - butcher shop, westone super mare, machinery, steaks, sausages, burgers

trimming primal cuts and preparing them for secondary butchery or sale; and storing cut meats. Secondary butchery involves boning and trimming primal cuts in preparation for sale.

BritishButcher - Master Butcher Lee Spencer - butcher shop, westone super mare, machinery, steaks, sausages, burgers

Historically, primary and secondary butchery were performed in the same establishment, but the advent of methods of preservation and low cost transportation has largely separated them.

BritishButcher - Master Butcher Lee Spencer - butcher shop, westone super mare, machinery, steaks, sausages, burgers

In parts of the world, it is common for butchers to perform many or all of the butcher's duties. Where refrigeration is less common, these skills are required to sell the meat of slaughtered animals.

BritishButcher - Master Butcher Lee Spencer - butcher shop, westone super mare, machinery, steaks, sausages, burgers