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Staging at The Fatted Calf – Day 7 = Duck Butchery 101

Staging at The Fatted Calf – Day 7 = Duck Butchery 101

by | Nov 11, 2014

The Pompatous of Pigskin If you are a football fan of any kind you’ve likely heard the name Johnny Manziel – aka ‘Johnny Football’.  He is known both as a Heisman Trophy winner as well as a talented but brash quarterback.  Earlier this year,...
Staging at The Fatted Calf – Day 6 = Backfat

Staging at The Fatted Calf – Day 6 = Backfat

by | Nov 10, 2014

Zen and the Art of Cutting Backfat If you’ve ever spent any significant time in a kitchen, home or professional, then you’ve likely done some pretty mundane, repetitive tasks that just needed to be done.  In a commercial environment, the need for large...
Staging at The Fatted Calf – Day 5

Staging at The Fatted Calf – Day 5

by | Nov 8, 2014

Day Five as a Stagiaire at The Fatted Calf Tied Up in Knots Knots serve valuable purposes in life whether you are a sailor, boy scout, survivalist or butcher.  I am none of these things.  However, I come from a long line of knot tying experts.  My great grandmother on...
Staging at The Fatted Calf – Day 4

Staging at The Fatted Calf – Day 4

by | Nov 6, 2014

Day Four as a Stage at The Fatted Calf If It Walks Like a Duck, and Talks Like a Duck… I’m afraid to say it but here goes – I am confounded by the bone structure of a duck.  I know, those of  you out there that are grizzled veterans of the kitchen...
Staging at The Fatted Calf – Day 3

Staging at The Fatted Calf – Day 3

by | Nov 5, 2014

Day Three as a Stage at The Fatted Calf It’s All About Your Attitude… My day started in a pretty ominous way – with a text then phone call describing carnage in our Seattle backyard.  Apparently, a raccoon, opossum or chupacabra came in the middle of...
Staging at The Fatted Calf – Day 2

Staging at The Fatted Calf – Day 2

by | Nov 4, 2014

Day Two of Staging at The Fatted Calf I learned several things on day two of staging at The Fatted Calf.  Here they are in no particular order: The knife skills I learned while cutting fish in markets during college do not apply to poultry I move at a glacial speed...