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butcher

vr.tr.butcher · SOC.PER

Let an agent explain the butcher, relay the trade, its specialisms and its rules from reference sources respectfully, describe the specialised trades its aliases name, and distinguish a butcher from a fishmonger and from a chef.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the butcher, relay the trade, its specialisms and its rules from reference sources respectfully, describe the specialised trades its aliases name, and distinguish a butcher from a fishmonger and from a chef.

A tradesperson who prepares and sells meat, cutting carcasses into joints and cuts and often making products such as sausages; the registry aliases name specialised trades such as the charcutier, the poulterer who deals in poultry, the norcino for pork and the kosher slaughterer. Butchery is a skilled food trade governed by hygiene and, where relevant, religious rules, and the entry treats religious slaughter practices respectfully.

What it is for: Preparing and selling meat.

It can be explain the trade; relay specialisms and rules; describe specialised trades; distinguish it from related trades.

Distinguishing features

Prepares meat

Skilled trade

Several specialisms

Hygiene and religious rules

What it looks like

Not a visible object; a tradesperson working with meat at a counter or in a shop.

Physical character

trade: meat preparation and sale note

specialisms: pork, poultry, charcuterie list

registry parent: tradesperson note

How it is recognised

Tradesperson who cuts and sells meat

Charcutier, poulterer, norcino, kosher slaughterer

A fishmonger sells fish; a chef cooks; a butcher prepares raw meat

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

tradesperson

is contrasted with -

fishmonger

is contrasted with -

chef

works with -

meat

In practice

Families and kinds

general butcher

charcutier

poulterer

kosher and halal slaughterers

Standards and regulation

Food hygiene law

religious slaughter rules where relevant

Failure modes and hazards

Confusing butcher and fishmonger

Confusing butcher and chef

Non-respectful treatment of religious slaughter

Also called

Head butchercharcutierpoultererkosher slaughterernorcino

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Also registered as vr.tr.butcher

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a butcher is.

Attribution.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a butcher, and how does it differ from a fishmonger and a chef? definition
  2. Is the question about a specialised trade such as a charcutier? boundary

Specialisms

Specialisms.

Specialisms

Specialisms.

  1. What are charcutiers, poulterers and norcini? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific trade? action
Trade Trade.

Sources.

Skills

Skills.

Skills

Skills.

  1. What skills does butchery involve? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Products

Products.

Products

Products.

  1. What products do butchers prepare? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Rules Rules.

Attribution.

Hygiene

Hygiene.

Hygiene

Hygiene.

  1. What hygiene rules govern butchery? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance

Religious

Religious slaughter.

Religious

Religious.

  1. How are kosher and halal slaughter described respectfully? provenance
  2. Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary
Context Context.

Context.

Training

Training.

Training

Training.

  1. How does someone train as a butcher? action
  2. Is the information general? boundary

Trade

The trade today.

Trade

Trade.

  1. How is the butchery trade organised today? provenance
  2. Is the information current? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should specialisms be separate entries?
  • How should religious slaughter be described respectfully?
  • How should hygiene rules be referenced?