Thread: Meat cleaver

Originally Posted by MB

I wish to cut bone-in goat legs in to small pieces. Any recommendation for a manly cleaver to do the job and chances of retaining all fingers?

For human consumption or for dog tucker?

If its for dog tucker, get one of the old flat bladed slash hooks and a good size chopping block. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketpl...B&gclsrc=aw.ds

If its for human consumption buy a good meat hand saw (stay away from all the cheap crap ones and get a decent butchers saw), and buy a Triton super vice that you can set up outside. Freeze the shanks whole, and when you want to cook them, pull them out of the freezer, grab them by the knuckle in the Triton, and cut them into slices immediately while frozen. Meat saw will go straight through the frozen meat and bone and leave you with nice cuts. Throw them straight into a hot cast iron pot and brown them while frozen. Keeps the moisture in, then add all your other ingredients and slow cook.

This is how I process all of my game meat shanks now. Its my favourite.