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A meat product that has received injections of solutions such as water, salt and sodium phosphate to season the meat and to keep it from drying out.

Meat from an animal that is not cut from a standard muscle, but is obtained from organs. Variety meat includes muscular organs such as heart, tripe (stomach lining), and tongue and other organ meat such as brains, liver, kidneys, and sweetbreads (thymus glands of veal and lamb).

Meat that has been cooked for a period of time that is considered to not be long or short, leaving the center sliightly warm and somewhat dark pink to dark in color.

Meat that has been cooked for a longer period of time, leaving the center warm and darker in color, while the texture may be somewhat firmer.

Meat that has been cooked for a very short period of time, leaving the center cool and red in color....

Chunks of meat that are used as an ingredient for a dish containing stewed meat and vegetables. Fresh stew meat is usually taken from the tougher cuts of beef, pork, or lamb because the stewing process tenderizes the meat.

A process to reduce the toughness of meat fibers in a cut of meat. Tenderizing breaks down the meat fibers and softens the meat, making it easier to chew and more palatable.

Fresh or canned meat that consists of precooked, ready to serve chicken, turkey, beef or pork that can become ingredients in a variety of foods dishes.

A flavored liquid made from the juices remaining after cooking meat, fish, seafood, vegetables, or similar ingredients in water.

Often used by those who make their own meat ingredients for sausages or meat dishes, Meat Grinders are a common utensil for grinding a variety of ingredients that may include seasonings desired for personal tastes in the foods being prepared.

Fresh or canned meat that consists of precooked, ready to serve meat loaves or sausages made from pork, ham, or beef.

A kitchen utensil that is used to inject lard into meats in order to moisten the meat and enhance the flavor.

A group of meat products that include: sliced beef, jellied beef loaf, jellied corned beef, deviled ham, Geotta sausage, chopped ham loaf, ham and cheese loaf, headcheese, honey loaf, luncheon meat, macaroni and cheese loaf, minced luncheon spread, Mortadella bologna, old fashioned loaf, olive loaf, pepper loaf, pickle and pimento loaf, scrapple, Souse of Sulz, and veal loaf.

The fleshy part of an animal that is used for food or the edible part of something, such as the nuts inside of nut shells.

A tool used for tenderizing meat. This kitchen utensil, usually in the form of a mallet with a flat or point-protruding shaped suface, is used to pound against the meat in order to break apart the tough fibers.

Typically, this meat is a combination of beef and chicken parts that have been puréed into a spreadable mixture for serving as an appetizer with crackers or as a sandwich spread.

The network of fat that runs throughout a cut of meat, also referred to as graining. As the meat is cooked, the marbling dissolves into the meat, making it tender, juicy and more flavorful.

A group of meat products that includes dried beef, capacolla, cooked ham, pastrami, prosciutto and cooked tongue.

The flavorful juices that are produced when meat and vegetables are cooked in water for long periods of time.

A large bird ranging in size from 250 to 400 pounds at maturity, that is generally raised to produce meat, feathers, and skin for speciality markets throughout the world.