What is 'fatty meat'? page

[sbhikes]

People speak of this mythical thing called "fatty meat." What exactly is it? Most meat at the store seems to have been surgically removed of fat with a scalpel. Is "fatty meat" just code for bacon?

[peril]

No. Think most cuts of lamb, especially chops and shoulder. For beef, I think of cuts like chuck. A lot of fatty meat is best stewed. If you do stew, try with meats on the bone to get the same benefits as with broth

[Neckhammer]

Well I buy my meat by the 1/4-1/2 cow and give special instruction to not trim the fat. Plus I request that they give me the extra fat, bones, and a reasonable portion of offal from that much of the cow.

[Neckhammer]

By the way this is still fatty meat U.S. Wellness Meats — Our Animals Eat Right So You Can Too. If you go by caloric load this meat 75/25 lean meat is 77% fat and 23% protein....

[jakey]

i think if you can see fat, you're dealing with fatty meat. admittedly, a loose standard.

[Neckhammer]

Looks like beef pot roast is listed as 66% fat calories and 33% protein. I like the bone in varieties to get all the goodies like marrow and bone stock with meat all in one and tastes great!

As a comparison a non fatty cut like top sirloin is about the reverse of that with about 65% protein and 35% fat.

You can see from these ratios that if your using fat as your primary fuel the fatty cuts give you optimal ratios.

[Dr. Bork Bork]

By the way this is still fatty meat U.S. Wellness Meats — Our Animals Eat Right So You Can Too. If you go by caloric load this meat 75/25 lean meat is 77% fat and 23% protein....

I'm pretty sure it's the other way around. 77% protein & 23% fat. If it was 77% fat, you'd have a slab of gelatinous critter. Wouldn't you?

[jakey]

I'm pretty sure it's the other way around. 77% protein & 23% fat. If it was 77% fat, you'd have a slab of gelatinous critter. Wouldn't you?

i think we're talking 'caloric load,' not composition by weight. that being said 100 grams of 75/25 ground meat would have 75 grams of protein (300 cals) and 25 grams of fat (225 cals), so it would be about 57% protein and 43% fat by caloric load.

[Neckhammer]

i think we're talking 'caloric load,' not composition by weight. that being said 100 grams of 75/25 ground meat would have 75 grams of protein (300 cals) and 25 grams of fat (225 cals), so it would be about 57% protein and 43% fat by caloric load.

Yes I'm speaking caloric load. Sooo...here is a link Calories in 1 oz of Ground Beef (75% Lean / 25% Fat) and Nutrition Facts You can see that per 1 oz of 75/25 beef you get 7g fat and 4.41g protein....which does come to 77%fat and 23%protein BY CALORIES. I know, seems odd considering the labeling and all. As you all know fat has more calories/gram than protein. I had to look this stuff up for myself after reading PHD. I recalled the Jamminets saying that by preferring the fatty cuts you automatically get the optimal ratio of protein to fat with 60%+ coming from fat calories. Something like that anyhow.

[jakey]

Yes I'm speaking caloric load. Sooo...here is a link Calories in 1 oz of Ground Beef (75% Lean / 25% Fat) and Nutrition Facts You can see that per 1 oz of 75/25 beef you get 7g fat and 4.41g protein....which does come to 77%fat and 23%protein BY CALORIES. I know, seems odd considering the labeling and all. As you all know fat has more calories/gram than protein. I had to look this stuff up for myself after reading PHD. I recalled the Jamminets saying that by preferring the fatty cuts you automatically get the optimal ratio of protein to fat with 60%+ coming from fat calories. Something like that anyhow.

fuck, this took me a sec to see my mistake. water weight! 1 ounce of 75/25 ground beef won't be made up of purely fat and protein. same holds, of course, for my previous example of 100 grams...