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I'm sure in due time we'll find that many of the questions asked today are as inane and conditional as the ability to distinguish between cuts of beef and cow o

• derleth 13y ago
  > the ability to distinguish between cuts of beef and cow organs. This sounds like basic biology to me.
  • greiskul 13y ago
    Cuts of beef? There is more than one way of doing it, it's completely cultural.
    • andrewljohnson 13y ago
      That is only vaguely true. There are some cuts that vary culture to culture (like Americans leave a lot of meat on ribs compared to Europeans), but in general cuts derive from the musculature of the animal and the various boundaries between the muscles. It's pretty obvious to all cultures what the "breast" of a bird is, because the meat all has the same texture. Cuts mostly derive from nature in the same way mathematical formulas do.
      • aasarava 13y ago
        It's only obvious to cultures that eat meat. I grew up vegetarian in a Hindu family (in the US). Until late college, I would not have been able to tell you how filet mignon, sirloin, chuck, rib differed -- or even what animal they referred to.
    • derleth 13y ago
      > Cuts of beef? No, cow organs. All cattle, regardless of where they're from, have the same organs. Any word you don't recognize isn't an organ, so it can't be the right answer. Assuming you know what the organs are, of course, which is basic biology.