Sever the forelegs at shoulder joint (see [Fig. 14]), using care not to cut through skin.
Fig. 14.
Peel skin down over neck to ears. Cut ears free from head, working with knife close to skull. Peel to eyes. In cutting the eyelids free, work close to eyeballs so that lids are not injured. Peel to mouth and cut close to jaw bones in severing lips and nose from skull (see [Fig. 15]).
With the skin removed from the body, next peel out the legs.
Split inside of lips free with sharp knife, very carefully, so as not to break edge of them.
Fig. 15.