Process for preparing turkey rib cuts

A method of cutting a whole turkey carcass to create a meat cut from a scapula bone and meat attached to the scapula bone, the method comprising the steps of:

• cutting the whole turkey carcass below a pair of wings between a location of a dorsal ball end of the scapula bones and a pair of turkey thighs;
• cutting longitudinally between a left scapula bone and a right scapula bone, substantially perpendicular to the previous incision;
• removing the wings and hindquarters from the whole turkey carcass, thereby forming a wingless turkey carcass;
• cutting on either a left side or a right side of the turkey carcass between a turkey breast section and a section including meat attached to the scapula bone;
• cutting on either a left side or a right side of the turkey carcass along a backbone from the dorsal ball end of the scapula bone toward where a head was formerly connected to the turkey carcass until reaching a joint connecting the scapula bone to a coracoid bone;
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• separating the scapula bone from either the left side or the right side of the turkey carcass, thereby creating two scapula bone products, one from the left side and one from the right side of the turkey carcass, each product having the scapula bone and attached meat thereon.

A method for cutting and boning a turkey carcass which includes a scapula bone and muscles adhering to the scapula bone, the method comprising:

• removing the wings from the turkey carcass, thereby forming a wingless turkey carcass;
• cutting across a back section of the turkey carcass between a dorsal ball end of the scapula bone and a pair of turkey thighs;
• cutting longitudinally between a left scapula bone and a right scapula bone, substantially perpendicular to the previous incision;
• cutting on a left side of the turkey carcass between a turkey breast section and a section including muscles adhering to the scapula bone;
• forming an incision on the left side of the turkey carcass, the incision starting between the dorsal ball end of the scapula bone and a gluteus medius muscle sheath, and extending along a backbone toward where a head was formerly connected to the turkey carcass until reaching a joint connecting the left scapula bone to a coracoid bone;
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• dislodging the left scapula bone from the joint connecting the left scapula bone to the coracoid bone, thereby separating the scapula bone and the muscles adhering to the scapula bone from the turkey carcass.