Hot take: I think the push for 'nose-to-tail' butchery is getting a bit silly.

Had a customer in Portland insist I save the trachea from a lamb for her dog, which added 45 minutes to a simple break. Has anyone else had a request that just wasn't worth the labor?

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daniel_knight3mo ago

Oh man, totally. I had a guy ask me to save every single beef tendon, but to clean and trim each one to "snack size" strips. Took me over an hour for like two bucks worth of scrap.

claire9583mo ago

Ugh, tell me about it. @daniel_knight's tendon story is too real. The worst I got was someone who wanted every single chicken foot, but only the left ones, for some weird broth ritual. I had to sort through a whole case. For what? They just took them and left. It feels less about using the whole animal and more about making a show of it sometimes.

gray_perez521mo agoMost Upvoted

Ngl, the real issue here is that some of these requests are just people trying to flex how "ethical" they are without actually knowing what to do with the parts. Like, saving a trachea is cool and all, but if you're not gonna use it for anything real, just let the butcher do their job faster. lol