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Types of Meat

Bacon
Bacon

Canned bacon is a favorite with many as it is pre-cooked and shelf-stable until opened, but it is difficult to find these days. What's still around are bacon bits--pre-cooked pieces of bacon which are then dried. (Once opened, bacon bits must be refrigerated.) Do not confuse imitation bacon bits (such as Bac-O's®) with the real thing! Imitation bacon bits are made of flavored vegetable protein.

Brisket
Brisket

Beef roast and beef brisket are different cuts of meat that come from distinct parts of the animal. Beef roast isn't just one cut, but can be used to describe multiple cuts that require various cooking methods. Brisket is a specific cut of meat from the lower chest of the cow.

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Chicken
Chicken

Some chicken breast cuts and processed chicken breast products include the moniker "with rib meat". This is a misnomer, as it refers to the small piece of white meat that overlays the scapula, removed along with the breast meat.

Chicken Liver
Chicken Liver

Chicken livers are high in protein and a rich store of folate, which is important for fertility and helps prevent certain birth defects. (Food Standards Authority advises pregnant women not to eat liver because too much vitamin A can harm the baby.) Livers are also loaded with iron to give you energy and a treasure trove of certain B vitamins, most notably B12. This nutritional profile makes them a good choice for anyone prone to anaemia.

Chuck
Chuck

Chuck steak is a cut of beef and is part of the sub primal cut known as the chuck. The typical chuck steak is a rectangular cut, about 1" thick and containing parts of the shoulder bones, and is often known as a "7-bone steak," as the shape of the shoulder bone in cross section resembles the numeral '7'.

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Cornish Game Hen
Cornish Game Hen

Cornish chickens are a large English breed with white, black or red feathers. They are a heritage breed, meaning they've been bred for many years in a particular location with traits conducive to thriving in that environment. They are now raised by backyard enthusiasts and small farms.

Duck
Duck

Duck as food. In food terminology, duck or duckling (when meat comes from a juvenile duck) refers to duck meat, the meat of several species of bird in the family Anatidae, found in both fresh and salt water. One species of freshwater duck, the mallard, has been domesticated and is a common livestock bird in many cultures.

Duck Liver
Duck Liver

Foie gras is a luxury food product made of the liver of a duck or goose that has been specially fattened. By French law, foie gras is defined as the liver of a duck or goose fattened by force-feeding corn with a feeding tube, a process also known as gavage. In Spain and other countries, it is occasionally produced using natural feeding. Ducks are force-fed twice a day for 12.5 days and geese three times a day for around 17 days. Ducks are typically slaughtered at 100 days and geese at 112 days.

Emu
Emu

Emu is a cost effective alternative to ostrich and boasts all of the same health benefits. Fossil Farms Emu is similar to grass-fed beef in color and taste, but slightly sweeter. Fossil Farms Emu is similar to grass-fed beef in color and taste, but slightly sweeter.

Flank
Flank

Flank steak. The flank steak is a beef steak cut from the abdominal muscles or lower chest of the cow. The cut is common in Colombia, where it is known as sobrebarriga, literally meaning "over the belly". A thin flank steak in South America is known as a matambre.

Gizzards
Gizzards

The gizzard, also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and gigerium, is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals, including archosaurs (pterosaurs, crocodiles, alligators, and dinosaurs, including birds), earthworms, some gastropods, some fish, and some crustaceans.

Goose
Goose

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Ham
Ham

Ham is pork that has been preserved through salting, smoking, or wet curing. It was traditionally made only from the hind leg of swine, and referred to that specific cut of pork.

Hot Dogs
Hot Dogs

The rest of the hot dog’s meat (usually less than 50 percent) is generally regular pork and beef. Water: According to the same USDA guidelines — which, fun fact, also apply to bologna — hot dogs can contain no more than 10 percent water.

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Jamon
Jamon

Jamón serrano is a type of dry-cured Spanish jamón which includes most varieties other than those made with black Iberian pigs. It is generally served in thin slices, occasionally diced.

Loin
Loin

Pork Loin Other names: Center cut pork loin roast, center cut pork roast, pork center loin roast, pork center cut rib roast, pork loin center cut, pork ... Where it's from: The animal's back. Bone-in or boneless? ... Size: Pork loin is a large piece of meat, so you can get it cut to order. ...

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Prosciutto
Prosciutto

Prosciutto (/prəˈʃuːtoʊ/,[1] Italian: [proʃˈʃutto],[2]) is an Italian dry-cured ham that is usually thinly sliced and served uncooked; this style is called prosciutto crudo in Italian (or simply crudo) and is distinguished from cooked ham, prosciutto cotto.

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Rib
Rib

Rib meat is simply a natural extension of the breast meat. It is NOT an additive or a filler. Other boneless chicken meat, from the legs and thighs, for example, or skin from the meat, could be added for flavor and texture.

Salami
Salami

Salami is a raw-fermented sausage consisting of raw comminuted pork and/or beef meat, fat, and additives, such as curing salt, spices, sugar, and a starter culture. There are multiple different types of salami meat in various markets around the world.

Sausages
Sausages

Sausage meat, also written as sausagemeat and sometimes called forcemeat, is used most commonly in stuffings, such as the filling for Nigella's Turkey Breast Stuffed With Italian Sausage And Marsala-Steeped Cranberries (from NIGELLISSIMA).

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Shank
Shank

Raw Beef shank whole cut The beef shank is the shank (or leg) portion of a steer or heifer. In Britain the corresponding cuts of beef are the shin (the foreshank), and the leg (the hindshank).

Short Plate
Short Plate

From the short plate or the plate which happens to be the belly of the steer where we get skirt steak and hanger steak. Now hanger steak is a very popular steak especially with butchers. They used to be referred to as the butcher's steak because they wouldn't sell it.

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Sirloin
Sirloin

Beef sirloin is the rear part of the beef loin primal cut, and it's where we get everything from boneless top sirloin steaks to tri-tip roasts. Beef sirloin is the rear part of the beef loin primal cut, and it's where we get everything from boneless top sirloin steaks to tri-tip roasts.

Spam
Spam

Spam (stylized SPAM) is a brand of canned cooked meat made by Hormel Foods Corporation. It was first introduced in 1937 and gained popularity worldwide after its use during World War II.

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