Meat and Poultry
Meat and Poultry
Meat and Poultry
Meat
Meat comes from different
mammals, mostly
domesticated, but also
game. In restaurants,
meat most often comes
from different cows, pigs,
lambs and calves. Each
animal is butchered into
specific cuts. The cuts
have various uses. All
meat types are often
ground into forced meat
for numerous recipes.
Beef
Beef has a clear red
colour.
Beef has a low fat
content.
The texture of beef
depends on the age,
the amount of stress
put on the animal and
how much the
muscles are used.
Inner thigh
Outer thigh
Rump steak
Sirloin
Tenderloin
Chuck
Brisket
T-bone steaks
Shank
Flank
Silverside
Veal
Calves are slaughtered
at an age that varies
from 12-24 weeks.
Veal is pale pink in
colour.
The meat is firm, but
more tender than beef.
Like beef, veal has low
fat content.
The cuts of veal are
similar to beef.
Lamb
shoulder of lamb
lamb cutlets
noisettes
Pork
There is many kinds of
pigs just as with cows
and lambs.
The pigs are
slaughtered when they
are 6-7 months old.
Pork is noticably paler
than beef and lamb
due to the higher
content of fat.
Pork shoulder
Pork belly
Loin of pork
Spare rib
Loin ribs
Leg/ham
Tenderloin
Pork chops
Poultry = Fgelktt
Poultry is a kind of
meat, that comes
from birds. The
color of the meat is
lighter than pork,
beef and lamb.
1. Chicken Kyckling
3. Duck - Anka
2. Turkey Kalkon
Poultry
Poultry is a kind
of meat that
comes from
birds. The color
of the meat is
lighter than pork,
beef and lamb.
Chicken
Chicken is the most used of
poultry. Its served both at fast
food restaurants in different
forms, like for example chicken
burgers, chicken nuggets and
so called drum sticks.
Chicken breast
Chicken thigh
Drumstick
Duck