Had an old timer at Wilson's Meats teach me something about pork shoulder

I was helping break down a case of shoulders at Wilson's last Tuesday and this guy who's been there 40 years walks over. He grabbed a shoulder and worked the bone out with a butter knife in about 30 seconds flat. I still use a regular boning knife - has anyone else seen a trick like that work?

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hayden_butler2715d ago

Learned a similar trick from an old butcher in Vermont using just a spoon.

johnson.jesse15d ago

Not gonna lie, I'm always a little skeptical when someone says a spoon can do the same job as a proper tool. Like how serious is this trick really? If we're talking about shelling a hard boiled egg or something, sure, I can see it. But if it's about deboning a chicken or trimming fat, a spoon is just gonna make a mess and take twice as long.