3. Beef
The Top Round Steak is the most tender of the various round
steaks. This boneless steak consists of a large muscle called the
top or inside round. Note the cover fat on the curved top
surface, the cut surface on the left side, and connective tissue
along the bottom.
Top Round Steak
5. Beef
The Beef Bottom Round Steak contains muscles which are less
tender than the top round muscle. Note the heavy band of
connective tissue separating the muscles.
Bottom Round Steak
11. Beef
The boneless Beef Sirloin Steak is an excellent steak for broiling
and is made by removing all of the bones from any of the other
types of sirloin steaks.
Sirloin Steak
13. Beef
The Porterhouse Steak is similar to the beef loin T-bone steak.
However the tenderloin muscle is much larger and an extra
muscle is located in the center of the porterhouse steak on the
upper side.
Porterhouse Steak
15. Beef
This steak has the characteristic "T" shaped vertebrae and the
large eye muscle. The smaller muscle located below the T-bone
is the tenderloin.
T-Bone Steak
19. Beef
The Beef Chuck 7-Bone Steak is similar to the beef chuck blade.
It is usually cut less than one inch thick. The blade bone shown
in this slide has the typical shape of the "seven-bone", a term
frequently used in the meat trade.
Chuck 7-Bone Steak
21. Beef
The Beef Chuck Blade Steak is similar to the Chuck 7-Bone
Steak. It is usually cut less than one inch thick. The blade bone
is very easily seen in this slide.
Chuck Blade Steak
23. Beef
The Beef Flank Steak is the only steak in the carcass containing
an entire large muscle. Also, although most other steaks are cut
across the muscle fibers, the flank steak fibers run the full
length of the steak. Since the flank steak is one of the less tender
steaks, it should be cooked with moist heat cookery.
Flank Steak
29. Beef
Short Ribs are small cubes containing a section of the rib bone
and thin layers of muscles. The muscles of the chest perform
considerable work and are therefore not very tender.
Short Ribs
34. Pork
This cut comes from the Pork Shoulder Arm Picnic Roast by
slicing across the picnic. The round arm bone is located in the
upper center.
Shoulder Arm Steak
38. Pork
This roast contains the shank bone, the arm bone, and a portion
of the blade bone. The arm bone will not be visible on the cut
surface. This cut comes from the lower portion of the shoulder.
Shoulder Arm Picnic
46. Pork
This cut is sliced from the center area of the pork ham. The cut
is seldom more than one inch thick. It contains the leg bone
and top, bottom , and eye muscles.
Smoked Ham Center Slice
48. Lamb
The American leg of lamb cut is boneless and is most often
used as a roast. The Frenched leg of lamb is the same except it
has the bone.
Leg (whole)
58. Lamb
The rib chops are cut from the rack of the lamb carcass and
contains the backbone and rib bones. The large muscle in the
middle, surrounded by smaller muscles, is the rib eye.
Rib Chop