USDA Meat Grading and Processing

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Select grade

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Slightly lower grade, less marbling overall.

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Good grade

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Comparable to Select for beef, used only for veal and lamb.

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Silver skin

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Connective tissue that helps muscles grow together.

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Buying a side of beef, pork, or lamb

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You are buying the entire half portion of an animal.

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Beef fajitas come from

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Flank.

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Butterflying a cut

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Cut meat lengthwise, nearly in half, and open/lie flat.

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Muscle fiber networks

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Surrounded by connective tissue.

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Birds have a specialized growth and eat pebbles to help digest food.

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Chickens pick up gravel to help them digest food because they don't have teeth.

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Game Meat: Wild

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Animals not raised domestically, such as deer, wild boar, moose, and elk.

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Kosher Meat Types

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Includes beef and veal forequarters, some game.