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Best books to learn Home butchery and meat cutting, in order

Butchery is anatomy in practice, so the reading order teaches how an animal is structured and how to break it into primals before you fabricate steaks, roasts, and sausage. Learning where cuts come from and how muscles work first means you cut with the seams instead of against them, so whole-animal cooking and charcuterie become efficient rather than wasteful.

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