The Butcher's Info Blog

An information blog about the art and craft of butchery. Published by Chef/Butcher Tom Schneller

Saturday, August 17, 2024

Inflation or Demand?

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In the past few years we have seen some dramatic increases in the price of meat. This is a general statement that most consumers would agree...
Sunday, August 13, 2023

Underutilized cuts? Overvalued cuts?

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  I’ve heard the term whole carcass utilization many times by many chefs and culinarians. The need to not waste any meat in a carcass is an ...
Sunday, October 31, 2021

ASF??

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 So Covid 19 has certainly been a problem for the meat industry. First plants shutting down, then reopened with staff shortages. Trucking an...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

Meat Prices Up/ Meat Quality Down

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 This post is talking strictly about the large commodity meat industry and not about small local processors. In the past few months we’ve se...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Cochon 555 2020 Reflection

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Hello Everyone, It’s been a while since I last posted anything here. Now that I’m stuck at home enjoying my “summer break” during this cr...
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

The Meat Hook Brooklyn NY

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  A couple weeks ago I got up early and braved the tangled roads,bridges and construction to visit with the butchers at the Meat Hook in B...
Monday, August 3, 2015

Readings....Year of the Cow

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The other day I was getting some work done on my driveway. The guy running the excavator was waiting for a load of stone and we got to tal...
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Chef Schneller
Hello everyone! I teach Meat Identification and Fabrication class at The Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park Campus. I regularly pass the art and craft of butchery to future chefs. The goal of this blog is to share my knowledge of meat with the rest of the culinary world and in the process discover new ideas and concepts from all of you. Welcome.
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