Favorite cuts of meat

[BonVivant]

I don't do intestines, at all. Any animal.

I eat a piece of meat only once a week so it'd better be good. If red meat then no more than 75g. We struggled so much on holidays in Argentina and Chile.

 

Typical animals:

• Beef: shin, cheek, bavette and most braising cuts. Tenderest cuts for tartare. Heart, liver, bones and veal's sweetbreads.

 

Veal sweetbreads (Lyon, France)

 

• Lamb/Goat: leg, shoulder, ribs. Heart, liver, sweetbreads.

Goat's heart and liver

Lamb's ribs

• Chicken: thigh, crispy skin, marrow, liver.

 

• Duck: thigh, breast (sometimes), skin, liver, fat, carcass.

Peking duck in Peking

 

• Goose: thigh, skin, liver, fat, carcass. Breast for curing only.

 

• Pork: belly, belly, belly. Cheek, pretty much all cuts. Liver, skin, fat, blood, bones.

Mangalitsa pig. (Budapest, Hungary.)

 

Pig's blood. (Taipei, Taiwan.)

[TicTac]

On 9/7/2019 at 5:02 AM, Anna N said:

 

 

The piece of which we speak.

 

This is a chicken butt!

 

It is delicious - much fantastic fat around that morsel. 

 

The oyster, as mentioned previously is a roundish piece of dark meat hidden right against a bone, which is extremely tender.

 

 

[kayb]

Mangalitsa pigs are cute with their curly hair. Look like there's some poodle in the mix somewhere. 

[dans]

I'm not sure I have a favorite. Let me give you an overview.

 

Beef: 

My got to steak would be a ribeye but I've been ordering filet mignon because it is smaller.

 

Strip steaks are good in a pinch.

I get boneless spare ribs to make stews

 

I've always got veal shanks in the freezer for a nice osso buco.

 

Lamb:

I love lamb. My mother used to make lamb fritters but I never got the recipe from her. She would put the lamb in a port of water and cook until it was tender. I don't know what cut she used or what she seasoned it with. Once cooled and shredded it was mixed into a pancake-like batter and fried up. It was one way to divide our family - those that loved the fritters and those that hated them. This is one of the reasons I married my wife - she loved them.

 

Lamb chops - any kind

Rack of lamb

Roast leg of lamb.

 

Pork:

I Love a good pork chop. Particular favorite is the "porterhouse" style but loin chop in a pinch.

 

The tenderloins are so versatile. I grill them, cut-and-pound them pan fry and make schnitzel, pork parm, etc.

 

I made pork osso buco once. It was delicious and maybe a little too rich.

 

Ham, roast or smoked pork - Bring it on.

 

Poultry:

I'm clearly a dark-meat person. I would rather have a leg or thigh than breast meat. Regardless if it is roasted, grilled, stewed.

 

Nothing like a good duck breast.

 

Edited September 8, 2019 by dans (log)

[TdeV]

Ditto @dans, except for the great stories about his mum.

Edited September 9, 2019 by TdeV
Clarity (log)

[Okanagancook]

Ribeye, cut to order the way YOU like it.  Lost leader at Safeway last week...ribeye roast $6.96/lb, limit of two. 

[gfweb]

On 9/8/2019 at 6:32 PM, kayb said:

Mangalitsa pigs are cute with their curly hair. Look like there's some poodle in the mix somewhere. 

Porkydoodle