L3 Flashcards
is the process of getting the right product at the right time and place, and the amount of goods at the right price and source.
Purchasing
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CUTS OF PORK:
Tender cuts
Less tender cuts
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL CUTS OF BEEF:
Hind quarter
Forequarter
Refers to birds that have been domesticated for meat and eggs.
POULTRY
Meats of animals with fine textured muscles and with good marbling are more tender than those with coarse fibers and little marbling.
Tenderness
refers to thickness and distribution of fat inside and outside the carcass and in the flesh itself (marbling)
Finish
GUIDELINES IN BUYING MEATS
Tenderness
Finish
Color
Grain of the muscle
witish in color; changes into gelatin when cooked; more edible
Collagen
yellowish in color; tough even after cooking
Elastin
drumsticks, thighs, wings, neck, back, ribcage
Dark meat
MARKET FORMS OF POULTRY
live
whole poultry
dressed
drawn
ready to cook
poultry parts
gizzard, heart, liver
Variety meats
Hunted birds similar to the form of live poultry but are not alive
Dressed
Whole Poultry
Slaughtered poultry; defeathered, but head, feet and viscera are intact
Dressed
defeathered & visceral organs removed
Drawn
Defeathered, head feet and viscera removed
Ready-to-cook
Checking Egg Quality
Gross Examination
Candling
Clicking eggs together
Shaking the eggs
water test
breaking
Eggs are held before a light source to show the position of the yolk, size of air cell and blood spots.
Candling
Good eggs have a bell-like tone. Cracked eggs have a flat tone.
Clicking eggs together
refers to finfish i.e. vertebra or skeleton
fish
has hard shell on the outside of the soft tissue e.g. mollusks & crustaceans
shellfish