Captain Fastbastard Mayhem

Oh and unfortunately the fat layer wasn't really intact. I have a feeling that they were in a bit of a rush to get home, so made a bit of a hack of it. I was wondering why the fat layer was cut and just plain missing in areas, and a fast deskinning would point to that... That also unfortunately means that a proper ageing isn't really possible. Edit: maybe next time I should ask for it skin on so I can get a proper fat layer

Awesome... Must be a helluva electrical bill! With your ageing - beef and red meat, I presume?

One thing I'm missing is the neck. Would have loved to get some meat going from there.

That must be an amazing sight to behold. And it's definitely something I'll pass down. I can only dream of a setup like that... Definitely going to have to get a mincer/sausage maker & vacuum bagger. Especially if I do it on this scale for home use.

Brilliant!

Took a helluva lot longer than I thought it would, though...

Thanks Dawid! I've now had a bit of it, and I can honestly say that it is delicious. Tender as the best steak I've ever had (and I cool a MEAN steak) and to think that this is 2 day old meat... And Yep. All myself. First time. I've deboned a couple of joints here and there, but this was by far the most complex I've ever attempted. It came as a full carcass, divided up in 6 bits... forequarters (leg and shoulder) hindquarters (full legs incl hip) and each full cage. The legs were simple. Just followed the bone with a small, very sharp knife until it hit the knee joint, without hacking that meat around the bones. Then removed the femur and hip. It's actually very easy... Just time consuming if it's the first time. Left the lower leg bones in so it has a firm base to hang from if I decide to hang it. The full cage though was a bit more difficult to break up into the belly (Deboned) a couple of racks, some spare ribs and the fillet. First one took a couple of hours. 2nd one was a matter of minutes. Luckily my bread knife is pretty flippin sharp, and saws through rib bones beautifully. Front legs I left as a full leg & shoulder joint, cos there's not much point in losing all that bone when it'll impart so much flavour when it's cooking. There's now a boar broth simmering on the stove, which I'll take off tomorrow morning. I just need a mincer. Food processor was a bit of a fail for mincing. There's around 5kg that I'm going to mince. Cutoffs from the bottom of the leg, just where I squared it off, some belly, some random offcuts and some other sections I relegated to the stew / mince pile I really look forward to working my way through this... my freezer is now full. All I need is some curing salt.

Just cooked up a wee bit. Omfs it's good.

Done already... was Deboned when I took the picture

For mincing, the hard way (pulse in food processor)

Leg nr 2

Leg nr 2

Yep! I'm definitely not an Asterix! Wondering if I should cure the leg.... hmmmmm

One deboned leg. Wax wrap for scale

Trying to get the files small enough to upload

Boar has arrived... all 20kg of it. First time I'm breaking down a whole carcass... it's definitely a learning curve!

Well, it technically isn't a bike until the shifters are on, so...

yeah, if they do decide to follow this through, they have some pretty strong regulations to back them up. Unfortunately in this case, I think it's a factor of staffing and budget - more problems at the moment than being in court over something so small... Still, bad form. By all involved.

Nah, it's cool. Very similar fwiw

Oh.. It's also Aaron Bradford riding it...

Not as pink as my helmet.... http://www.harrysbikes.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/b/e/bell-faction-plain-12-sparklemagenta.jpg Okay, without the pic there, that sounds REALLY dodgy

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Heh. You think?

Erm, nope. It's the prototype replacement for the Uprising. It has 275 enves and a Fox 36. Far more travel than the following as well...

Yeah, that confirms what I thought. Thanks dude.