Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game
by John J. Mettler
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Book Reviews of Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game
Book Review: Excellent information - not outdated at all.
Summary: 5 Stars
For any person living off the grid or desiring to do so, this book will provide invaluable information on how to slaughter when you can't just drive to the market or drag it to a processing house. I would have liked to have seen more information on "Walton" preserving, as I like to be able to live without all of the conveniences of city life. I like the idea of being able to fend for myself, and I would not hesitate to use this as a guide for my first steer. His rabbit method is quite similar to mine (I use two pegs).Book Review: Very beneficial for the self suficiency minded person!
Summary: 4 Stars
It helped me expand my knowlege of butchering wild game, namely venison! I could recommend this to the somewhat seasoned butcher as well as the novice! He also included some great idea's I can't wait to try for preserving different meats! My only complaint would be that the author did not explain the different quality of the cuts of meat(ie. tenderness) as well on the wild game as he did with the domestic animals. However, overall this book is well worth the cost and should be in any self-suficiency minded person's library!Book Review: Save your money.
Summary: 2 Stars
I was very disappointed with this book. The information is sparse at best. I was hoping for step by step photographs. Nope. Not a single photograph anywhere in this book. I needed to know how to slaughter ducks. The only information on ducks is how to pluck them. Ducks are a much larger, heavier bird than chickens. Do you slaughter them the same way? I don't know. It's not addressed in the book. Frankly, you can get more information by "googling" than you can with this book.Book Review: Basic Butchering of Livestock & Game
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this book for my husband who is determined to master the skills of butchering processing and preserving meats.
Being from the city this book is a great help from the introduction the tool and equipment list, methods that's needed. The guideline is simple to follow the recipes or just wonderful to eat. What great illustration.
I recommend this book for anyone that's interested in learning these skills.
Book Review: A Good Book
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an informative book for people looking into doing this. I like how it shows how to do it with pictures - not graphic but good enough to get a general idea. We got it to butcher a pig but we quickly learned we're not ready for that. I feel we could have done it with the books explanations etc. but it's just too big of a job for us. We are glad we bought it and plan on actually butchering a pig one day so it will be useful then.