Beef Ribs and Beef Short Ribs

by | Jan 22, 2018 | Beef, Food, Meats

Beef ribs are most known as the large, ‘Jurassic’ style ribs fit for big appetites. But there is another type of beef rib cut popular across many cuisines: beef short ribs. Short ribs aren’t the full cut or length of the actual rib. Short ribs are divided into two...

The Seven Basic Retail Cuts of Meat

by | Jan 18, 2018 | Beef, Lamb, Meats, Pork

Meat processors take fabrication step by step. It starts with a side of meat, which is a half. The next processing is quarters followed by the primal cuts. The primal cuts are cut into subprimals and then retail cuts. You may see whole subprimals at a retail store...

Beef Short Loin

by | Jan 2, 2018 | Beef

Short Loin Primal Cut The beef short loin primal cut comes from the hindquarter, the back portion of the animal, and includes the 13th rib. The short loin is the most expensive cut, and here you’ll find the porterhouse steak, wing or club steak, tenderloin...