Ep. 44: Harvesting and Preparing Duck, Part 2




A Meatsmith Harvest show

Summary: In Episode 44, Brandon introduces "The Finisher", a new tool he's discovered for pithing ducks.   Other topics include:  whether pithing or neck slitting is the more humane method of slaughtering poultry; making Duck a la Presse; how poultry plumage acts as a veil that both obscures and reveals; how commodified forms of meat allow us to forget that we are a burden to the earth; how to preserve meat in its own fat (confit and rillettes); and making hand soap from lard.