Hot take: watching a guy break down a whole hog at the Polk County fair in 1998 changed how I trim
I was maybe 19 and just helping my uncle at his booth when this old timer named Ray from Des Moines did a demo on a 240 pound hog. He never once sawed at a joint, just found the seam with his thumb and popped it apart, and it hit me that I'd been fighting the bone for two years instead of following it. I still catch myself rushing and have to slow down and feel for that gap. Any of you learn a trick like that from a demo instead of on the job?