Finally got that stubborn beef cheek to break down right after three tries

Had a whole case of beef cheeks come in yesterday for a special order, and the first one was a nightmare. The silver skin and fat were just fused in there, and my usual method wasn't cutting it. I spent almost 45 minutes on the first one, which felt crazy. Ended up watching an old video from a guy in Texas who showed a different angle to get under the membrane. Took me two more cheeks to get it smooth, but now I can do one in about ten minutes. Anyone have a different trick for cleaning cheeks fast?

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rosebarnes10d ago

Isn't it funny how the hardest part of learning something new is just getting past your own first bad try? You get stuck on one way of doing it, and it feels like the only way. Then you see someone else's angle, literally in your case, and the whole thing clicks. Makes you wonder what else we're all doing the hard way just because we started that path.

seth_harris3610d ago

Spot on. I learned guitar trying to copy a complicated solo for weeks, convinced that was the only right way. Then a friend showed me a basic chord pattern that made the whole song structure clear. Makes you question every stubborn habit, like how I used to write code in one messy block before learning to break it down. What's a simple fix you learned that changed everything for you?

the_faith6d ago

Totally. I was trying to learn to bake bread and kept making this dense brick. I was so focused on kneading it for a long time, thinking that was the secret. Then I watched a video where the person barely touched the dough, just folded it a few times over hours. That high-hydration no-knead method changed everything. It was all about patience, not force. What's something you had to unlearn?