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A retired butcher in Boise said to skip the saw on pork shoulder, and he was spot on
I was breaking down a whole hog last month and got to the shoulders. This old guy I know, who ran a shop here in town for forty years, always said to use just a boning knife and follow the seams, no saw needed. I gave it a shot, and after about twenty minutes of careful work, the bone popped right out clean. The meat was way less torn up than when I used to cut through the bone. Has anyone else had better luck with certain cuts by ditching the saw completely?
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iris_west2mo ago
Honestly, that trick works great on lamb shoulder too.
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emma6841mo ago
You mentioned the bone popped out clean. Was there a specific seam that gave way first, or did you have to work them all evenly?
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