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Beef Round, Loin, Flank, Rib. IV. Miscellaneous Information. Roasts are two inches thick or thicker Steaks are one inch or less Pork Dressing % - 70, Beef – 60%, Lamb - 50% Rib eye grade – between 12 th and 13 th rib Loin Eye is Canadian Bacon
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IV. Miscellaneous Information • Roasts are two inches thick or thicker • Steaks are one inch or less • Pork Dressing % - 70, Beef – 60%, Lamb - 50% • Rib eye grade – between 12th and 13th rib • Loin Eye is Canadian Bacon • Lamb – flakey fat like a pie crust, almost transparent, meat can look blue through fat • Pig has doughy fat
BEEF – It’s What’s for Dinner • Large cuts • Cherry red in color • Large bones • Back fat average .4 to .6 inches • Wholesale cuts • Quartering • Eight – round, loin, flank, rib, chuck, plate, brisket, shank
Beef Round • Large muscles • Very few muscles per cut • Round bone • Course texture “elbow texture” • Lighter red color than other beef cuts
1. Beef Round Bottom Round Roast • 2 major muscles • Boneless
Beef RoundBottom Round Steak • Same as #1 • About one inch thick
Beef RoundEye Round Roast • Seam of fat - sometimes • Elbow texture • Little taper
Beef RoundEye Round Steak • Same as 3 • ¾ inch thick
Beef RoundHeel of Round Roast • Eye round included • Elbow texture • Slopes off • May be spacewhere bone was removed
Beef RoundRound Steak • Top round • Bottom round • Eye round • Round bonenear edge of cut
Beef RoundRound Steak - Boneless • Same as 6 • No bone • Same muscles
Beef RoundRump Roast (Boneless) • Any roast from the roundwithout a bone • Eye round & bottomround muscles • Usually tied
Beef RoundTip Roast • Baseball Roast • Ball with a seamof gristle • Glove • Cap off ORCap on
Beef RoundTip Steak • Same as 9 only thin • Cap on ORcap off
Beef RoundTop Round Roast • Long and narrow • Top portion of round steak • One single muscle
Beef RoundTop Round Steak • Same as 11 only thin
Beef Loin • Body length is important • Most money from a beef animal comes from this wholesale cut • Marbling – flecks of fat within the muscle • Bone shapes: t-bone (back bone), sirloin bones (round, wedge, flat or spoon)
Beef LoinPorterhouse Steak • If the tenderloin is the size of a silver dollar or larger, it is a porterhouse NOT t-bone
Beef LoinBoneless Sirloin Steak • Mississippi Delta (fat pattern) • Oval muscle • Hanging tenderloin • Tenderloin is very expensive
Beef LoinSirloin steak • Mississippi Delta • Weird bone at the edge of cut • Hanging tenderloin
Beef LoinT-Bone Steak • Same as porterhouseonly smaller tenderloin • Size of ½ dollar
17. Beef LoinTenderloin Steak • Tender “C” • No elbow texture • Most expensive cut of meat
Beef LoinTop Loin Steak • Exclamation point
Beef LoinTop Sirloin Steak • No tenderloin attached • Mississippi Delta
Beef FlankFlank Steak • Only retail cut from this wholesale • No external fat • Lengthwise muscle fibers
Beef Rib • Marbling • Rabbit shaped muscle • Rib bone
Beef RibEye Roast • Rabbit crawling into • Cave
Same as 21 only thin Rabbit Cave Beef RibEye Steak
Beef RibRoast Large End • Bone in • Extra muscle • 3 bones • Rabbit • Cave
Beef RibRoast Small End • No extra muscle
Beef RibSteak Small End • Same as roast only thin