Michael Dietsch attended a butchering demo at Brooklyn Kitchen, where a Berkshire hog from upstate New York was dismembered and divided into twelve portions. He’s posted a large photoset showing the entire process, which is only grisly if you never thought about where your meat comes from.
Butchering the pig [Flickr via Kottke]

yeah, but most people don’t think about it, and are probably happier for it. If I had to kill it and clean it myself I would eat fish and fowl, only.