Cooking Easy Food

Allow meat to stand for 10 minutes after cooking (place a towel over it) as this rests the joint and will make it easier to carve - really it does work!

I remember watching my father carve quite complicated joints with expert precision, which he could do being a butcher. As it is easier to show than explain, here are two great websites that will help you with carving difficult joints:

http://www.meatmatters.com/sections/cookingTips/THE%20ART%20OF%20CARVING... (shows a picture of how to cut three different joints).

http://tuckintoquality.com/carving.html# (very good video to show how to cut several different joints).