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Pork ID and Fabrication Session 4. Today’s Agenda. Quiz Review - Finfish Pork Definition Breeds and Primals : an Introduction to the NAMP Standards Standards of Quality Handling and Storage Fabrication Frenching Bones Removing Silverskin Carving and Slicing Cooked Pork Products
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Today’s Agenda Quiz Review - Finfish Pork • Definition • Breeds and Primals: an Introduction to the NAMP Standards • Standards of Quality • Handling and Storage • Fabrication • Frenching Bones • Removing Silverskin • Carving and Slicing Cooked Pork Products Lab Overview
Definition: Pork • Meat from hogs usually butchered before they are 1 year old
Popularity-Varieties • 2/3 of Pork sold as cured items • What are some cured Items? • How often do you eat a cured variety of pork?
Popularity • Who doesn’t eat pork? • Why?
Oversight Bodies • National Association of Meat Producers (NAMP) • Defines the standards for fabrication and purchasing specifications • USDA • Determines grading and inspection requirements
Breeds and Primals • Breed Specific variety of domesticated livestock “bred” for its genetic characteristics as they relate to hardiness, meat production, and flavor Breed is not specified by the NAMP
Breeds Berkshire Derby Hereford Red Wattle
Primals Write these names down on a sticky note: Shoulder/Boston Butt Loin Ham/Butt Shoulder/Picnic Shoulder Side/Belly
A. Boston Butt • Tender, flavorful, and meaty • Use for roasting, steaks, and chops
B. Loin • Tender, flavorful, meaty, lean and a bit dry • Used for dry heat methods with additional moisture
B. Loin Cuts from the Loin
C. Ham • Rarely sold fresh • Very tough, needs long, long, long cooking time
D. Shoulder • Tough, flavorful, and meaty • Use for braising, smoking, etc • Frequently cured
E. Belly • Tough, flavorful, and not fatty • Almost always cured
Standards of Quality • Raw • Cured • Cooked
Sanitation Issues • Handling and Storage • During Fabrication • Curing • Cooking
Fabrication • What are the “Great Tips of Fabrication”?
Lab Overview:Fabrication Tips • Frenching • Removing Silverskin • Cutting Steaks • Pounding “scallopini”