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Primal cut

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In culinary arts & cooking, primal cut means: One of the large primary sections into which a carcass is divided in butchery.

In Turkish: karkasın ana et bölümü

How it is used

Names and boundaries differ by butchery system; the term identifies the division level.

Example sentences

  1. The diagram showed the primal cuts before individual steaks.

    The term refers to an early large-scale division of the carcass.

  2. The supplier quoted a price for the whole primal cut.

    The purchase concerns a large section rather than portioned servings.

Common collocations

  • beef primal cut
  • primal cut diagram
  • filletA boneless piece of fish or meat, such as a fish fillet or beef fillet. As a verb, to fillet means to remove the bones and cut out these pieces.
  • portionThe amount of a food served to one person. As a verb, to portion means to divide food into equal amounts for serving.

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