Pig Demo Day

So today Chef did a demo on pig. To be honest it was disgusting!! I was soooo grossed out by the pig skin and all the fat. Ewww. Give me a lamb any day! lol (jee never thought I would ever say that!)

Look at the toes!! Well at least the head is gone. The tail wasn't though. I was surprised that is was not curly.....it was straight!

Here Chef is starting to cut the pig into the five primals.



And here it is .......the five primal cuts. The shoulder; Boston Butt and Picnic, the loin, leg and belly.

Then Chef showed us how to debone a leg to make a boneless roast.

First the bone is removed.

Then the skin and all but 1/4" of the fat are removed.

Then the meat is rolled and put in netting. Pretty easy right?!

It was very educational.....gross but educational. The next day we had to bedone legs ourselves! It was so much easier than I thought it would be.