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Subprimal cut

Meaning in culinary arts & cooking, with examples

nounAdvanced term

In culinary arts & cooking, subprimal cut means: A smaller section obtained by dividing a primal cut before individual portions are prepared.

In Turkish: ana bölümden ayrılan alt et parçası

How it is used

Used in meat purchasing and fabrication between whole primals and serving cuts.

Example sentences

  1. The butcher divided the primal into several subprimal cuts.

    The word identifies an intermediate division stage.

  2. Each subprimal cut was weighed before portioning.

    The section remains larger than an individual serving.

Common collocations

  • beef subprimal cut
  • portion a subprimal cut
  • portionThe amount of a food served to one person. As a verb, to portion means to divide food into equal amounts for serving.
  • yieldThe amount or number of portions a recipe produces; also the usable weight of an ingredient left after trimming, boning or peeling.

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