I bought half a steer from a farm nearby. Both of these packs of short ribs are from the same purchase. The one on the right has a great color and marbling. The one on the left looks more gray and lacks marbling. Why could this be? Will the left still taste fine? It just looks really weird to me.
by jimbopsp
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Animals have all sorts of different muscles, and those muscles change through the animal. Some get bigger, others get smaller. Marbling changes, tenderness changes, etc.
You’re looking at the top. If you look at a cross-section/the side, the one on the left is going to have probably one more layer to it (which is what you’re looking at) on top of the more marbled meat.
It’s easy for processors to mix up your meat with another order. With wild game, it’s even more common.
Because the one on the left is a flank steak not short ribs.
You never get the same animal back
Thats a) not the animal you think it is and b) not from the same animal.
All this meat talk makes me hungry no Homo. I’m eating the right one first.