When Should a Man Carve His First Joint of Meat
A what age should a man carve his first joint of meat ?
I lost my virginity at the weekend
On Sunday I popped my cherry and carved my first joint of meat.
Carving meat is clearly a manly thing to do and I definitely got a couple of Man Points for breaking my duck but surely it’s a bit late in life ?
Isn’t this some sort of Rites of Passage type thing that one does early in life ?
This has always struck me as a job for my father or a chef as here at Goldeneye Towers there is little call for a large joints of meat - mainly due to being a bachelor and, of course, taking out a mortgage to buy it !
Sunday then saw you host ’step up to plate’ with an invitation from my illustrious father, a man whose carved many a lump of flesh, to carve the joint !
It was a fine slab of silverside beef as well (cost me over £12 said my father unbidden) and needless to say, as always when tested, your host did the business.
Once carved I sat down to clog my intestines for a month with red meat feeling not a little manly.
I know there’s not many man points in it but it was a critical day.
As I write this I am minded to wonder whether you ever truly feel like a man when you’re in the presence of your father - possibly not - or maybe it’s just me and my father ?
But I don’t mind, after all, you cannot compete in terms of man points with a man who has sired two sons, worked incredibly hard in order to ‘get somewhere’ with his life, taught his sons how to fish and fought for his country - you’ve gotta know when to play second fiddle 
So that sidetracking still leaves the question of:
When should a man start carving joints of meat ?
Have I left it too late ?
Once started is it something you feel you have to do again ?
Regards
Rod - a bit more of a man than he was last week
Witches of Eastwick said,
February 18, 2008 @ 6:10 pm
Rod,
Now sit down dear boy… the time has come for you to create your own gougeres. Fresh from the triumph of the joint you must grasp your new found ability and astound friends and family with some simple recipes. We take it LB was either absent or cringing in the corner, either way this is quite impressive for a fledgling carver.
With regard to the question of feeling truly adult in the presence of parents…. could go either way depending on the situation. Fear not, we will always think of you as a boy which is a step in the right direction considering you have for the most part, been one of the girlies (an honorary title given to the chosen few)
WoE
Rod said,
February 18, 2008 @ 6:20 pm
WoE
I have to sit down to read anyway, trying to maintain my balance whilst reading stretches my ability to multi-task !
I can’t do baking I’m afraid that’s not manly - woman’s work in fact
Carving gave me a greater testosterone boost than the red meat itself, no wonder men only carve once a week
we will always think of you as a boy
That’s how I think of myself as well, though today I was told I looked 40
I was also given a dab of anti-aging cream to try - some people are so cruel
Best
Rod
Little Brother said,
February 18, 2008 @ 9:02 pm
Rod,
Well batted mate, sorry I wasn’t there to see it! I was preoccupied carving joints for seventy five! How many man points is that?
Now you know how it feels to be a chef on a sunday-it sucks.
LB
Rod said,
February 19, 2008 @ 8:07 am
LB
many thanks - naturally I was very sorry you weren’t there
Cheers
Rod