Advantages Of A Busy Schedule

This is another post about meat production, so I wanted to warn you in advance.

I am tickled pink and quite pleased with myself today since my busy schedule has me avoiding the task of playing ‘mother hen’ as the guys cut up the aforementioned elk.

Since the harvest, the animal had been skinned, quartered and hung to cure and dry. It is now ready to haul the quarters, one by one, into the garage where a strong table will be set up. The spot is the exact spot that the pickup had been parked to load full of firewood for delivery. Since Mike can’t deliver firewood and cut up meat at the same time, I get the pleasure of the delivery of orders while he tends to the process here at the farm.

In our case we use a group of at least three people to process a whole elk, while I get to do cleanup, mess control, lunch duties, and basic ‘gopher’ tasks (I don’t mind at all missing out on most of those duties for this day of processing). One works on boning out the rib cage (a time consuming and tedious task), another works on cutting the thick roasts and steaks from the animal (knowing the cuts and making the proper cuts), and a third is needed to keep the knives sharp (can be fraught with danger especially with the long 14 inch knives) with to keep the process working along.

After the meat is extracted, the roasts and steaks are wrapped in dinner sized packages for the freezer. Some of the boned out pieces of meat are used for stew meat packs with the majority of the meat getting ground up for burger before packaging. It tends to be a long day.

It is also the very rare exception that Marilyn has the day off from her busy schedule as well and is going to accompany me on my delivery voyage. A helper speeds the delivery times considerably since one person can stay on the truck while another moves the wood bundles from the tailgate to the display or pallet. From all angles, this day is working out wonderfully well for me.

Now I’m just hoping that my family doesn’t see this post before the day is done so I can get away with an easy schedule of work!

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