top of page

butcher

the questions and answers
Placeholder Image

What is meant by the term “meat” from a nutritional point of view?

Placeholder Image

What is a captive bolt pistol and how does it work?

Placeholder Image

How does electronarcosis work?

Placeholder Image

What does the wish “bónn fèst, bun Natál e bóna carna d’animal” mean?

Placeholder Image

What is the per capita meat consumption of the Swiss population?

Placeholder Image

On average, how many kg of pork, beef, goat and poultry does a person eat per year in Switzerland?

Placeholder Image

In the past, when did pig slaughter take place?

Placeholder Image

Why and how are animals stunned before being slaughtered?

Placeholder Image

How were animals stunned in the past before being slaughtered?

Placeholder Image

How does the death of the animal to be slaughtered occur?

Placeholder Image

What is the bell and what was it used for?

Placeholder Image

What is skinning and how did it happen?

Placeholder Image

What are a butcher's hammer and skinning tongs?

Placeholder Image

What is evisceration and how is it done?

Placeholder Image

What were the uses of the entrails of slaughtered animals?

Placeholder Image

What is the cleaver and what is it used for?

Placeholder Image

What were the methods of preserving meat before the advent of the refrigerator?

Placeholder Image

What are sausages?

Placeholder Image

What is a manual meat grinder and how does it work?

Placeholder Image

What is a sausage stuffer and what is it used for?

Placeholder Image

What does the tying of sausages consist of?

Placeholder Image

What is pungi salami and what is it used for?

Placeholder Image

Where were the sausages placed for maturing?

Placeholder Image

What is feathering and what is it for?

Placeholder Image

What do cured meats have in common with non-cured meats?

Placeholder Image

What are non-cured meats?

Placeholder Image

What is casing and what is it used for?

Placeholder Image

What are mezzene?

Placeholder Image

Who is the butcher?

3, Natale Albisetti Street
CP 633
CH - 6855 Stabio

+41 (0) 91 641 69 90
museo@stabio.ch

  • Instagram
  • Facebook

Opening days and times:
WED 1.30pm - 5.30pm

SA and SU 10:00 - 12:00 and 13:30 - 17:30

 

Closed on official holidays of the Canton of Ticino, closed for special events ( click here ).

Summer closure from June 30th to September 2nd inclusive.

Winter closure from December 19th to January 14th inclusive.

Entrance tickets:

Entrance to the Museum is free for everyone.

 

Accessibility:

The Museum is equipped with a lift (length 140 cm, door width 90 cm, internal width 110) and an access ramp and is accessible to people with mobility difficulties.

 

Guided tours and openings outside of opening hours :

By reservation only, writing to: museo@stabio.ch
Click here to read all the information about guided tours.

 

Rates (maximum 25 students/people):

- kindergartens (30 - 45 min.): 130 CHF
- elementary, middle and third cycle schools (1h - 2h): 150 CHF

- groups: 180 CHF

 

© 2018 - Museum of Peasant Civilization - Stabio

graphic design: Monica Rusconi

bottom of page