just a simple question : How to learn varieties of meat cut and to understand type of meat to cook steak? Butchers will not teach me as they just want to teach apprentice who is going to be a butcher.
Get a copy of the NAMP Meat cutters guide. Cutting up in the kitchen by Jim Ellis(I think) is good too. Once you start to learn what cuts actually are, the names are less confusing.
Fun part: cut, cook, and eat lots of meat.
*Merle Ellis(my mistake) and yes.
He wrote it in the 70's to help home cooks know howto use different cuts of meat, and discusses different cuts and cooking methods. It's out of print but can be purchased very cheaply on amazon.
The Meat Cutters guide lists standard retail and foodservice cuts and is a good cross reference for where a particular cut comes from.
It's good to get a little more knowledge about where the different cuts come from, the problem is cook books only tell you cooking methods but never have enough real info about different cuts; butcher books have cuts but no cooking information. So the Merle Ellis book is a nice compromise
Get a copy of the NAMP Meat cutters guide. Cutting up in the kitchen by Jim Ellis(I think) is good too. Once you start to learn what cuts actually are, the names are less confusing.
Fun part: cut, cook, and eat lots of meat.
Thats mostly practice and temp. An instant read thermometer helps. You can get one at the grocery store for like $6. But a lot of "official" sources give temps much higher than what you really go for.
You want a laugh check the recommended temps in the NAMP
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