A butcher is someone who prepares various meats and other related goods for sale. In modern English usage meat most often refers to Animal tissue used as food mostly Skeletal muscle and associated Fat, but it may also refer Many butchers sell their goods in specialized stores, although in the Western world today most meat is sold through supermarkets. Customer divider barjpg|thumb|In supermarkets sellers periodically change prices for classes of goods in response to market conditions rather than negotiating the price of each good

Contents 1 Duties 1.1 Equipment 1.2 Sausage making 2 Metaphorical use 3 See also

Duties

Butchery is a traditional work. Primary butchery consists of selecting carcasses, sides, or quarters from which primary cuts can be produced with the minimum of wastage, separate the primal cuts from the carcasses using the appropriate tools and equipment following company procedures, trim primal cuts and prepare for secondary butchery or sale, and store cut meats hygienically and safely. Secondary butchery involves boning and trimming primal cuts in preparation for sale. A butcher will also manufacture meat products for sausages, pies and stir-fries. A sausage is a prepared Food, usually made from Ground meat, animal fat salt and Spices (sometimes with other ingredients such as herbs typically packed A meat pie is a savoury Pie with a filling of Meat and other savoury ingredients Stir frying is an Umbrella term used to describe two fast Chinese cooking techniques chǎo ( 炒) and bào ( 爆)

Equipment

From a professional standpoint it is extremely dangerous not to wear a bellyguard (made of plate, chain mail, or Kevlar in some cases) and a safety glove (made of chain mail or Kevlar). The tools of the trade usually consist of a scabbard, a couple of boning knives and a meat hook. Some butcher positions require they use a food grade band saw or other types of knives.

The top consists of four main parts: 'silverside', eye of silverside 'topside', 'feather', and 'hind shin' also the knuckle and rump. Silverside is a cut of Beef from the Hindquarter of a cow, just above the leg cut These are more commonly boned out: first the 'shin' is removed, then the aitch bone followed by the 'feather', which is 'seamed out' (achieved by cutting the connective tissue between the muscles of the animal, as there is no actual bone removed during this stage), and then the 'Top bone', 'Ham bone' or 'H-Bone' is boned out, and the 'topside' and 'silverside' are separated using the seaming technique earlier described. The excess fat and cuts that are not used as whole cuts are then removed then minced and spiced to produce sausages and mince the whole cuts are usually 'hung' to age or vacuum-packed to age until the required stage is reached, this often determines the quality of a butchers shop, it is then stored or used. A sausage is a prepared Food, usually made from Ground meat, animal fat salt and Spices (sometimes with other ingredients such as herbs typically packed

Dependent on where the hindquarter was split the Rump is either left attached to the sirloin or the top. It is taken off to leave a 'Rump' of beef, this has a large flat bone on the inner side of the animal. Cornish butchers will often slap the rump with the back of a knife to break up the fat. This is known as "Slap Rump". This is then followed closely down and thus removed separating the meat from the bone.

The 'sirloin' also consists of two main parts: the 'sirloin' and 'fillet'. sirloin steak is Beef Steak cut from the lower portion of the ribs continuing off the tenderloin from which Filet mignon is cut This article refers to the cut of meat For other uses see Fillet. These are boned out from the 'striploin', which is in effect the lower back of the animal. the resulting cuts are then trimmed, and cut into steaks. They can also be served 'bone-in' for roasts and T-bone steaks.

Sausage making

Sausage making was first conceived as a use for leftovers of meat. The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on wellness based on the Taqwin al‑sihha ar تقوين الصحة ("Tables See also the main article on Sausages and the main article on Meat curing. Originally, the meat was minced, salt was added, and the resulting mixture was filled into intestines. In Anatomy, the intestine is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the Stomach to the Anus and in humans and other mammals consists Queen Victoria had her butcher roughly chop the meat so the sausages had more texture. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Today, sausages are made with different types of meats, fat, sausage casings, packaged seasonings, fresh herbs and spices, rusks or breadcrumbs, water or ice. Sausage casing is the material that contains and encloses the filling of a Sausage. A(n herb (ˈhɝb or /ˈɝb/ see pronunciation differences) is a plant that is valued for qualities such as medicinal properties flavor scent or the like A spice is a dried Seed, Fruit, Root, Bark or vegetative substance used in Nutritionally insignificant quantities as a Food additive See Rusk (disambiguation for other meanings A rusk is a rectangular hard dry biscuit or a twice-baked Bread (

Metaphorical use

In various periods and cultures, the term "butcher" was applied to people who acted cruelly to other human beings or slaughtered them. For example, Pompey - a prominent Roman general and politician of the First Century B. Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'pɑmpi/ Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir ( Classical Latin abbreviation Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC C. - got the Latin nickname adulescentulus carnifex, translated as "The Teenage Butcher" or "The Butcher Boy", due to brutal treament of political opponents in the early part of his career. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The Butcher Boy is a 1992 Novel by Patrick McCabe. It was shortlisted for the 1992 Booker Prize and won the 1992 Irish Times

Chapter 25 of the Biblical Book of Kings describes various atrocities committed in Jerusalem after its conquest by the Babylonnians, under direction of a high Babylonian official named Nebuzaradan. Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the Babylon was a City-state of ancient Mesopotamia, the remains of which can be found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Province, Iraq His title is given as "Rav Tabahim" (רב טבחים) which litarally translates as "Master Butcher" or "Master Cook," but is sometimes translated (from the actual acts attributed to him) as "Chief Executioner" (see [1]). In modern Hebrew, the term is reserved for the perpetrators of particularly horrendous massacres.

The term "butcher" has also been applied to Italian football defenders like Marco Materazzi, Claudio Gentile and many others because of their rough tackles, man marking and elbow punching their opponents. Marco Materazzi, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI (born August 19, 1973 in Lecce) is an Italian World Cup -winning footballer Claudio Gentile (born 27 September 1953 is an Italian football coach and former player of the 1970s and 1980s Man-to-man marking, or man marking, is a defensive strategy used in Association football, where defenders are assigned a specific opposition player

In addition, to butcher something can mean to treat it in a harsh, crude and degrading manner. Typically the thing being butchered is something of value to the speaker, and there is usually an understanding that both the speaker and their audience are of a higher social standing, skill or knowledge than the "butcher". For example, an aristocrat might consider a working class person to butcher language by ignoring traditional grammar, or a Classical music fan might consider a poorly-trained soprano to butcher an Aria through lack of vocal skill and control. Aristocracy is a form of Government, where rule is established through an internal struggle over who has the most status and influence over society and internal relations Working class is a term used in academic Sociology and in ordinary conversation to describe depending on context and speaker those employed in specific fields or types Grammar is the field of Linguistics that covers the Rules governing the use of any given natural language. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. This article is about the musical term "aria" For other meanings or uses of the word see Aria (disambiguation.

See also

• Slaughterhouse
• Charcuterie

A slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (from the French verb abattre, "to strike down" or freezing works ( New Zealand Charcuterie (IPA /ʃɑrˌkutəˈri ʃɑrˈkutəri/ IPA-fr /ʃarkütəˈri/ derived from the French words for flesh ( chair) and cooked ( cuit) or in Italian

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