Charcuterie and Butchering

Survived my first day of meat class without puking! :D

What we did today...
Cut a chicken into eight pieces, did it the french style, just for practice. Then we de-boned them and made chicken apple sausage with it. The raw chicken smell kept churning my stomach every time it wafted up. >.<

We also cubed a giant slab of pork butt (pig shoulder cut) which was easier than chicken because t doesn't smell as strong or get all over the place as much. Still, pigs are much cuter and I like them better so it still wasn't any fun!

The day was pretty fun even though it was gross, too. Nice to have another class with Chef Thor. I don't remember what the reason is, but he did his really hilarious impression of the Little Caesars dancing sign lady in class today. xD It was pretty spot on, actually, so it was reaaallly funny! :P

Still waiting for my book for this class to arrive, probably going to get here next week, and then I'll have some reading to catch up on. :o