I really enjoyed this video on breaking down a rabbit. I loved the way he took out the backbone and left a nice boneless package to roll up. And the ribs are so .... I don't know the word. If you served that, your guests would be so impressed and it really wasn't that hard. At least he makes it look like it's not that hard! Sometimes he's off camera and the sound it's great, but overall I really liked it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku1jKYdaNEY

Kat

Me too.

Wish I'd looked at that BEFORE I mangled our batch. I didn't keep the ribs intact, I'm afraid. ah well.

Reading your post and the comments is what reminded me of the video and I almost posted it in that thread. I figured it would be better if it wasn't buried inside a thread in case someone was looking for it later.

I'm sure it will take a lot of practice to be able to get the ribs out like that, but we've decided we just don't really like all those little bones so for a lot of my future preparations I will either be removing the loins whole or removing the backbone as shown in the video to stuff and roll the loin.

Kat

Nice for a video but way too much trouble for me.

another video - this one shows doing the rib cage being done in a lot easier way - I think I will combine the 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6ud68Qmdycl

either way, there's something said to having a sharp knife!

Can someone identify the knife he's using in the video? (Perhaps find a link on Amazon?) I have a good set of knives, but nothing quite like that...

-Wendy