Click for the Beef Cutting Chart from the beefretail.org to see the cuts! Today I write about my favorite part of the cattle which contains the “Prime Rib” in all it’s different forms. The word “Prime” is just a title … Continue reading
Category Archives: Meat Facts
Click for the Beef Cutting Chart from the beefretail.org to see the cuts! The chuck is the shoulder and considered the “tougher” part of the steer. Most charts and beef cut posters used to show that the cuts from here … Continue reading
In my previous blog I mentioned the beef cutting chart which you used to see in many of the old-fashioned butcher shops. An updated chart reflecting the cuts which are common in the meat counters today can be downloaded in … Continue reading
Since the time we sold our meat store the little “secrets” we had about those “special” cuts we used to take home for our meals are now common knowledge as you will realize when you read on. No, owning a … Continue reading
To understand what piece of meat we should buy we have to analyze the “what is what” and the “where does it come from” first. So here we break down a side of beef and show you the most desired … Continue reading
Interactive Meat Case, the cuts of beef in the meat counter. This will be a very informative but extremely short post, as I will only publish a link here. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has an extensive website at ‘beefiswhatsfordinner.com‘ … Continue reading
As I am getting older and not in the meat store anymore, I actually enjoy what we used to call a bus drivers holiday. For those of you not familiar with this expression, that is when a city bus driver … Continue reading
Some of the information in this article comes from the official USDA government web site at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/factsheets/inspection_&_grading/index.asp USDA inspection is mandatory on all meats which are slaughtered in federal plants and are sold in your meat market(s), even state inspection … Continue reading
What is food safety and safe handling all about and how to avoid cross contamination. With all the horror stories you hear about nowadays most of us tend to be over cautious and actually afraid. So here I listed a … Continue reading
Going back to the 1980’s in an episode of the then popular TV sitcom “The Facts of Life” the debonair character of Blair Warner was asked what Steak Tartare is, she answered: “A Whopper, hold the heat!” (At that time … Continue reading