cower@csli.stanford.edu (Richard Cower) (03/20/91)
From: cower@csli.stanford.edu (Richard Cower) Someone asked about game dressing books. The one I like is: Butchering, Processing and Preservation of Meat - Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Game, Poultry and Fish. The author is Frank Ashbrook, and is published by Van Nostrand Reinhold. ISBN 0-442-20377-2. I don't know if this is the best one, it's the best I've seen. Mine is in hardback, I don't remember what it cost. It's got lots of pictures and diagrams. I have my animals at home butchered by a professional, I've watched him (and video taped) him doing cattle, pigs and sheep for me - and he does just what the book says should be done. If you can video tape someone doing this, by all means do so. It is invaluable if you ever have to do it yourself (and I've done that with injured animals). A quote from my butcher is in order "With moose hunting, the fun stops when you pull the trigger" - and this guy cuts stuff up for a living. It's food for thought.... Rich Cower, rcower@nemtan.intel.com