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meat
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| meat | the edible portions of mammals |
| variety meats | the edible parts of the animal other than the muscles |
| beef | comes from mature cattle |
| wholesale cut | beef sides are cut into quarters and then into large pieces |
| retail cut | there, meat cutters divide the whole sale cuts into still smaller pieces |
| veal | the meat that comes from young calves |
| pork | the meat of hogs |
| lamb | the meat of sheep less than one years old |
| marbling | the flecks of fat throughout the lean muscles of meat |
| elastin | very tough and elastic, and it cannot be softened by cooking |
| collagen | strong and flexible |
| cooking losses | the fat, water, and other volatile ( easily vaporized) substances and evaporate from the surface of meat during cooking |
| tofu | a mild-flavored custard-like cake made from soybeans |
| tempeh | a fermented soybean product |
| seitan | made of wheat gluten and has a chewy texture that is similar to meat |