Meat

Meat is animal tissue (mainly muscle) used as food.

Related Topics:
Animal - Muscle - Food

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The common definition of meat is dependent on culture. Many Americans would exclude organ meat, fish, and other seafood from their definition of meat. Originally, the word meat meant simply "food." It is also used as a vulgar way to refer to the human body (see meat market).

Related Topics:
Organ meat - Fish - Seafood - Meat market

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For the most part, meat for human consumption comes from domesticated animals bred specifically for this purpose, and killed in an abattoir.

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Domesticate - Abattoir

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The use of other meats, such as venison, the meat of small game animals and a few other mammals, and even the meat of certain reptiles and amphibians, is not uncommon. The meat of a large array of other mammal species is eaten in some countries. What meats are used and the way they are cooked depends on the availability and cuisine.

Related Topics:
Venison - Cooked - Cuisine

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Thin sliced meats used in sandwich-making are called cold cuts in the United States.

Related Topics:
Sandwich - Cold cuts - United States

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In recent years, forms of imitation meat have been created to satisfy some vegetarians' taste for the flavour and texture of meat, and there is speculation about the possibility of growing in vitro meat from animal tissue.

Related Topics:
Imitation meat - Vegetarians - In vitro meat

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