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part artist, part surgeon, the only chef who improves your day by dismembering things
means A person who slaughters animals or cuts and sells meat — or, used figuratively, anyone who kills brutally or wrecks a task through clumsy mishandling.
from From Old French 'bouchier,' a seller of goat meat, built on 'bouc' — a he-goat. That 'bouc' is the same animal lurking in 'buck,' likely from a Frankish or Germanic root for the male goat. So the word began as 'the goat-monger' and only later broadened to cover all the cleaver-work of the trade — and later still slid into the grim figurative sense of one who slaughters people or hacks a job to pieces.
- old word
- derives from French for one who slaughters goats
- knife count
- a pro carries blades for every cut and bone
- whole animal
- nose-to-tail butchery wastes almost nothing edible
- hung meat
- aging beef weeks deepens flavor through controlled decay
- medieval power
- guilds were among Europe's richest, most feared trades
bob the butcher — legendary nyc butcher shop owner on the lower east side, famous since the 1970s for his meat quality and colorful personality
the flying butchers — danish butcher shop in copenhagen that won michelin stars for their meat-focused cuisine and butchery mastery
gail's butchers — family-run butcher in winchmore hill, london, operating since 1964 and known for traditional british cuts