gwalchmai Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 We had some awesome machines for processing meat. One of the coolest was a cuber. We'd use it to make cube steak. We also had a meat slicer. You could run a slab of bacon through it and create sliced bacon, any thickness. I once saw a guy use the vertical band saw to remove two of his fingers without even trying. And you don't want to know about the hamburger grinder. Also, there was a wrapping machine with a heated pad for sealing plastic film for packages. Nights when we had to work late and didn't have time to break for dinner, the boss would grab some steaks and cook them on that pad. I was amazed. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crockett Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 I too did a lot of meat processing in those years. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 This week I have to process 14 ducks and 16 rabbits. I'm sending the 30 chickens to the professionals. Ain't nobody got time fo' dat! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aomagrat Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 I didn't get to do any meat processing. I worked at Arby's. The meat was already processed. All we had to do was heat it up and slice it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 2 hours ago, Mrs.Cicero said: This week I have to process 14 ducks and 16 rabbits. I'm sending the 30 chickens to the professionals. Ain't nobody got time fo' dat! Do you use the feathers and fur? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwalchmai Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 59 minutes ago, aomagrat said: I didn't get to do any meat processing. I worked at Arby's. The meat was already processed. All we had to do was heat it up and slice it. I remember when Arbys sliced real roasts. I think they cooked them in-house, too. Then they started using those big bags-o-meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs.Cicero Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 2 hours ago, gwalchmai said: Do you use the feathers and fur? The feathers go into the garden (compost). I've egg tanned (pickled) a few of the hides, but I'm not doing any of this batch because they are too young and the hides will be too thin and also summer fur - don't want to do all that work for anything less than a 16+ week old rabbit in full winter coat. I'm too lazy... so these hides will just get dried and do to the kennel for dog treats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampfox762 Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 4 hours ago, Mrs.Cicero said: This week I have to process 14 ducks and 16 rabbits. I'm sending the 30 chickens to the professionals. Ain't nobody got time fo' dat! God, I'd love to meet you guys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampfox762 Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 I left high school, from Japan...went to work for a little factory in Nebraska...that made timing devices for Mortar shells...1968 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 37 minutes ago, Mrs.Cicero said: The feathers go into the garden (compost). I've egg tanned (pickled) a few of the hides, but I'm not doing any of this batch because they are too young and the hides will be too thin and also summer fur - don't want to do all that work for anything less than a 16+ week old rabbit in full winter coat. I'm too lazy... so these hides will just get dried and do to the kennel for dog treats. Just for the record...you will survive the inevitable what-ever-the-hell killed the dinosaurs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 4 hours ago, aomagrat said: I didn't get to do any meat processing. I worked at Arby's. The meat was already processed. All we had to do was heat it up and slice it. They opened one here recently so i went there. Pretty darn, good for what it is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aomagrat Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 9 hours ago, gwalchmai said: I remember when Arbys sliced real roasts. I think they cooked them in-house, too. Then they started using those big bags-o-meet. When I started working there in 1976 they were already using the bags-o-meat, which were essentially a beef version of Spam, that we heated in an oven before slicing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAKA Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 I thought I remembered the meat being sliced by machine at Arbys. (1980's?).. I guess those were not the real roast beefs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 They had meat back then??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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M&P15T Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I worked in the corner market by my house. It had a meat counter, and most of the machines to cut/chop meats. At 14 or 15. The band-saw, the slicer, the big wooden table to cut on. I remember cleaning the band-say, that was a sick mess. We also delivered groceries in a little truck. That was about the end of the neighborhood market days I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 Huaco Kid was the meat market back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 I have sliced and diced scores of wild animals. Moose, bears, deer, elk, dall sheep. mtn goats, caribou. The entire outdoors is a meat market. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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