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Saw a guy try to cut through a hip bone with a boning knife today
I've been a butcher for about 12 years now, started at a shop in Boise. This kid kept trying to saw through the socket joint with a thin blade instead of stepping up to a heavier cleaver or saw. It made a mess of the meat and it took him 20 minutes. When did people stop learning the right tool for the job around here?
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angela_allen534mo ago
Exactly right. I had a kid in the back room last week trying to break down a chuck roast with a paring knife like it was some kind of magic trick. The blade slipped and he almost took off his thumb, meanwhile a proper breaking knife would have had it done in two minutes. People just don't respect basic kitchen tools anymore, they think one knife does everything and it drives me nuts.
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the_oscar4mo ago
@angela_allen53 that paring knife story reminds me of a guy I knew who tried to open a coconut with a butter knife...
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robert_smith363mo ago
@the_oscar I gotta call you out a little on the coconut thing. A butter knife actually kinda works for cracking a coconut if you know the trick, you bang the seam against a counter edge first. But yeah, on the bone thing you're exactly right. That kid with the boning knife was asking for trouble. Hip bone is tough, dense, it needs a saw or a cleaver every time. You can't finesse your way through a joint, that's just asking for a bad cut or a ruined piece of meat. The kid I saw was lucky he didn't end up in the ER honestly.
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