Mastering the Craft: A Day in the Life of a Traditional Old-Styled Butcher

Discover the detailed process and passion behind traditional old-styled butchery. Learn how a skilled butcher turns various cuts of meat into culinary treasures, maintaining a connection to food's origins. As owner of Heritage Meats, an artisan butcher shop that specializes in organic, locally grown and sustainable meat products and services, Tracy Smaciarz (http://heritagemeatswa.com/) can also tell a lot about a particular animal by visiting them at the farm. "I can tell you when to slaughter them and why to slaughter them based on the portion sizes that you're going to get out of those cuts of meat," he says. As we see in the video, Smaciarz also visits one of his clients, Tracey Baker of The Gleason Ranch, where he emphasizes the quality of care and treatment that her grass fed cattle receive. Read the full story: http://cookingupastory.com/a-traditio... Food Farmer Earth - a journey of wide discovery about our food    / ffe   Subscribe to Food Farmer Earth-receive the latest videos http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c... Visit Cooking Up a Story for more stories, recipes, photos, and complete written posts http://cookingupastory.com Follow us: Facebook   / cookingupastory   Pinterest   / foodfarmerearth   Website RSS Feed http://cookingupastory.com/feed Cooking Up a Story channel on YouTube    / cookingupastory