Two phone calls on the drive home: one with Legendary Akaushi about the red Wagyu that's finally ready to cross the border, one with my photographer Allan about 15 game birds and a living room that's about to become Christmas. This is what the week before a food shoot actually looks like.
The Wagyu paperwork is done (USDA, customs, The Butcher Shoppe's import licence), but after 60 days of dry aging the primals were too dark to photograph well, so two fresh animals were processed for the shoot. About 600 lb on one skid ships this week. Then the game bird plan: squab, guinea fowl, pheasant, duck, goose, Cornish hens and a deboned quail, ducks hung on a chain over a vat of potatoes, deep-fried quail with mac and cheese, a rebuilt Big Green Egg and a new Gozney Dome stone.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 That's running a content business
0:09 Call one: the update from Steve
0:33 Has the Wagyu shipped?
0:59 60 days of dry aging and two more animals
1:25 Boxes for the shoot
1:47 Keeping the deal alive through the delays
3:28 Tomorrow at The Butcher Shoppe head office
4:54 Overnight in a refrigerated truck
5:30 Paperwork, USDA and customs
6:36 Why dark beef does not photograph well
7:25 Rescheduling the shoot days
8:05 The wild game bird shoot
8:43 Big Green Egg and Gozney warranties
9:51 Hanging ducks over potatoes
10:18 Hanging tomahawks for a reverse sear
10:58 Fixing the beef Instagram account
13:21 Call two: Allan the photographer
13:33 Editing a knife brand partnership
14:51 The Wagyu update, again
16:37 15 birds and dry brining
18:00 Product shots move to next week
19:18 What actually gets shot
20:05 The duck rig test run
21:02 Deep-fried quail and mac and cheese
22:10 A rebuilt Egg and a new Gozney stone
22:48 The dump run and the kids
23:50 The 450 lb Viking range
24:28 Sign-off
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