Hairs on meat - any tips or tricks

[Yukonmountainhunter]

What ratio of vinegar to water fo you use please?

I don't really measure it. Add some to water until you can easily smell it when its mixed in.

 

[KimE]

Take a small piece of meat from the same animal the hair will stick to it, works on cuttingboards to.

 

[VSS]

Take a small piece of meat from the same animal the hair will stick to it, works on cuttingboards to.

Interesting idea.
Will have to try that, just out of curiosity!

 

[25 Sharps]

Hang from the front legs while skinning

This is what I do and it helps a lot, though still get some on the front legs and breast.

 

[25 Sharps]

A lot of people recommending wiping with a cloth, but I would caution against that. It'll certainly make the carcass look more presentable, but a lot of hairs will simply be rubbed into alignment with natural creases and fold on the surface of the carcass, rendering them almost invisible. And hairs will also be rubbed off the cloth onto parts of the carcass that weren't previously contaminated.
The only really reliable way to get rid of hairs that adhere to the meat is to pick them off one by one. There should only be a few, if the skinning was done tidily.

I find roe, even if done carefully, can be a bugger hair wise.

 

[Wink]

Always cut from the inside out, I just use the edge of the knife to “brush any hairs off”