62 ⑤ Meat processing (lower)

"Well, normally, you would have thrown away the rest with only your legs."

I'll explain the dismantling procedure to Giva before she's naked.

"But I also want to use carcass meat in my dishes. We're going to dismantle the whole body from here. What matters here is the gut removal."

Rud-Lu and Sin-Lu, plus the three men, are listening to me with a frighteningly serious look.

I can't feel anything like that, like it's disgusting or hostile.

Though I don't even know the inside out. At least, I could understand that there are no people at work that would give me a peek at such emotions.

Disgust with me, the job my parents ordered me to do is work. People who confuse it probably aren't around the woods.

As much as I have to think so, they were all, seriously themselves.

"Giva's body is jammed with all kinds of guts, almost in the same way as humans. Heart, lungs, liver, shin, kidney, stomach, colon, small intestine, etc. - in which you want the colon and bladder, plus the gall bladder that comes with the liver, to be careful with handling it. If you damage those areas, they will flood the flesh with things like bile, excrement, etc. which can ruin the blood drain because of them."

"... asta. I only know my name about my heart and stomach, huh?

"Yeah. You'll have to actually look at it and remember it. Then I'll rip your belly."

"Wait. Let me do it," Rud-Lew said, taking the wall meat cutter in his hand.

"Right. Then go from your lower abdomen to your chest.... Ah, maybe you should start around in the middle of your belly, not very crotch at first. I have a colon in my lower abdomen, so don't hurt it. Just cut through the meat."

"Okay," Rudd-Lou said slowly putting the blade tip in Gibba's belly.

"Keep it open to your chest. Be careful with your lower stomach."

There was also sweat on Rudd-Lou's forehead.

There are windows and doorboards open, but the room temperature is high because Kamado is lit.

The smell of blood and fat is tremendous and my breath is going to get stuck.

With his hands on Gibba's body wrapped in that white fat, Rudd-Lou moves his blade tip carefully.

"Yeah. That's fine. Next, then, cut the diaphragm between the meat and the gut. It's this membrane. Because if you disconnect this, your guts can be easily removed. Take care not to hurt this colon."

Rud-Lew nods, arms and swords inside the open peritoneal cavity.

By this, he doesn't disgust the act of sticking his hand in the belly of an animal.

It's just horribly serious.

Because of the delicious meat, rather than because of the high level of ambition for work, I think.

"I'm out. What's next?"

"Okay. Then it's an extraction. Let's go from the lower abdomen. I have colon around here, but this isn't that easy to tear, so you can usually grab it by hand. There's an organ in the back called the bladder, so be careful not to touch it."

"Oh."

A lump of dirt and intestine dragged away.

My stomach caught on the way, so I'll cut you off with a knife.

On the fur spread out on the ground, Rud-Lew gently places a mass of intestine.

Then take it off well with your heart, lungs, liver. The last remaining testicles and bladder are also removed.

"Hmm. I think this bladder is the easiest to smash, so be careful. If it's a small bag, I think you should wrap it up and then put a knife in it."

The men nod silently.

"Now we move on to the demolition work. Hang it because of it, so let it be half-baked first.... Oh, no, it wasn't. The first step is a neck amputation. I just washed the doorboards there, so let's get the meat off this once. Once you have severed your neck, pull it up again and cut it in two lengthwise pieces."

Sin-Lu, who had better skin peeling skills than I did, skinned me beautifully to the head.

Even in this case, I still have to drop my neck and then do my back.

"Cut the meat off your neck with a knife. The bones are scarecrowed. Scarecrow is usually used to cut wood, so cook and disinfect it in a pan."

Well, I don't know what bacteria and viruses are lurking in this world. Raw meat and rotten meat are repelled, so we should also pay attention to hygiene whenever possible in this environment.

After thus severing the head, with it suspended again, the spine is broken vertically.

The work around here is fast and accurate because it's a forest folk with less skill than I do.

If you remove the limbs further, cut them sideways at the waist, and remove the pelvis, etc., it is an end in sight.

"The rest is the head, right? Cut around the neck and cheek meat - um, I'd like to try this tan someday, too."

"What's a tan?

"It's about the tongue. It was a popular part of my country. Even these guts must be mostly delicious to eat. But I don't know how to handle it, and I don't know how much Pico leaves can save, so I'm dropping them off at the moment."

"Heh. You even eat guts. You're gonna eat everything but bones and skin."

"No, no. There's a way to cook only the hair on the surface and eat every skin, and the bones can simmer and take stock. I wonder if that's how you can cook anything but fangs and horns."

"I don't know if they even eat fangs or horns"

Rud-Lew laughs delightfully in a room that seems to be upset by the smell of blood, meat and organs.

Don't laugh with a really good face, or something like that, I said "Well" a few times.

"For one thing, that's it. I don't know if the bleeding went well or not, but it was perfect when it came to demolition work. One or two more pieces of meat will be enough, but if we prepare some pieces of meat for the number of people, we will need some more giva, so please continue to help us."

After all, the men are silent and nodding.

"All right, then why don't you nod at Pico's leaves? Sin-Lu and the others will cut their horns and fangs."

"Okay."

"... Hey, Asta. Is this really making this meat tasty?

"Yeah. If only the blood drain was working."

While transporting the pile of meat on the doorboard to the food depot, I nod.

"Let's try it at dinner tonight. Looking forward to it."

"... I did the bleeding, too," Rudd-Lou said.

"If this makes delicious meat, is that awesome?

"Right.... but you guys are brothers and sisters after all"

"Am I?"

"The way I laughed now was just like Limi-Lu"

At that moment, a tremendous amount of momentum turned Rudd-Lou's face bright red.

"What are you talking about! There's no way I look like that chicken! I'm not kidding! Bye!

The upset looked just like Lara-Lew.

The same Lara-Lu glances at the neighbor for a little while.

"What's all the fuss? Asta, the potatoes for dinner are cooked."

"Oh, really. Well, if I do this, I'll be right there..."

And I was about to say, a new group showed up.

This is Giza-Lou and Dalm-Lou, who once again grabbed the 100-kilogram class Giva.

"Asta. I've got three new heads, but only this one succeeded in draining blood. After this, what do I do?

"Uh, oh, uh, well, I'll ask you to skin it first. I'll be right there."

Copy that.

"Hey, Asta, what are we gonna do here? I still have a pile of trashy poiton juice left!

"Don't say garbage! As soon as we're done here, we'll be right there..."

"Asta," even Gazran-Rutim appears there.

On that successful arm, holding a 40-kilogram young Gibba.

"This one was able to fulfill my share of the day, so I brought a giva that I thought I could successfully drain blood"

I thought I'd say "gif" though.

"Okay! Let's do two heads at the same time! Please rent your demolition room and get ready to peel!

"Asta!"

"I know! Um, well, make me a pot for dinner, too! Because I'll coach the meat dishes!

So finally, I was able to step into the food bin.

"... Hey guys, aren't you home too soon? And three heads a day!

"I don't know about Rutim, but I've got six more heads in Rue's house alone, so about two of them will succeed. I'm not that bonkers."

"Isn't six a lot? You don't have 60 families in this settlement alone, do you?

"The main house and the branch, combined, are 38 people. So if you hunt as many as four heads a day, you can earn about Aria and Poitan minutes. Once the harvest is over, we'll be hippos again for a while. Aren't the fathers still in the woods?

I see.

Anyway, with this, you must be able to secure meat for the feast in no time.

Ask them to divide the excess meat in divisions, and then it is their freedom to practice the hassle of blood drainage and dismantling in their daily lives.

I'm sure this means what Gazran-Rutim calls "showing the way".

It's up to them to choose.

No one will impose it.

"What's going on? You regret taking on such a big job, Asta?

and Rudd-Lou comes face-to-face as he sprinkles black pico leaves in a storage space that will be three times the size of Fa's house.

"No. I'm glad I took it on. Unteachable. It's tough."

Then Rud-Lew laughed more and poked me in the arm with his elbow.

"I'm glad I'm unscrupulous. Looking forward to dinner tonight and Rutim's feast. Don't betray my expectations, Asta?

"Okay. I'll do my best."

So, on the first day of my work, I just fell asleep.