"I look at a turkey as I would look at any primal cut of meat," he said, referring to the sides of beef and rumps of lamb that butchers break down into retail cuts.
Shoulder steaks are cut from the same primal cut of meat most commonly used for pulled pork, and can be quite tough without long cooking times due to the high amount of collagen in the meat; therefore, pork shoulder steaks are often cooked slower than a typical beef steak, and may be stewed or simmered in barbecue sauce during cooking.
Weights of primal cuts of ham, closely trimmed loin, picnic shoulder, Boston shoulder, belly and spareribs were also recorded [16].
Primal cuts of ham (HAM) and loin (LOIN) were weighed and further dissected into boneless subprimals and individual muscles.
In addition to dry hams, many other uncooked dry processed meat pieces may be manufactured from different primal cuts of pork carcasses and other species (Fig. 150).
There are four basic major (primal) cuts into which beef is separated: chuck, loin, rib, and round.
Without knowing the primal cut information you may purchase the wrong subprimal cut of beef.
It's a tough cut of beef, after all.
It serves one cut of beef, the namesake tri-tip, from the bottom of the sirloin.
As far as what cut of beef to use, there are several choices.
See also: Meat hanging, Beef aging and Cut of beef Many types of beefsteak exist.
