Everything about Meat
Animal flesh eaten as food
Meat is animal tissue, mostly muscle, that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted and farmed other animals for meat since prehistory. The Neolithic Revolution allowed the domestication of vertebrates, including chickens, sheep, goats, pigs, horses, and cattle, starting around 11,000 years ago. Since then, selective breeding has enabled farmers to produce meat with the qualities desired by producers and consumers. Meat is important to economies, cultures and faiths around the world. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: MeatA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Aroma compounds identified in cooked meat: A reviewInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The JungleThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Intestinal microbiota metabolism of l-carnitine, a nutrient in red meat, promotes atherosclerosisCited 4,040 times
- Go sideways: Red meatA closely related topic
- Go sideways: BeefA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The flesh (muscle tissue) of a killed animal used as food.
Noun A food designed to replicate its taste and texture (such as plant-based meat).
Noun A type of meat, by anatomic position and provenance.
Noun Food, for animals or humans, especially solid food.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Intestinal microbiota metabolism of l-carnitine, a nutrient in red meat, promotes atherosclerosis
Fat deposition, fatty acid composition and meat quality: A review
Reference methods for the assessment of physical characteristics of meat
Meat consumption, health, and the environment
A Comprehensive Review on Lipid Oxidation in Meat and Meat Products
Effects of fatty acids on meat quality: a review
Mechanisms of water-holding capacity of meat: The role of postmortem biochemical and structural changes
Current research in meat color
🆕 Influential since 2022
Aroma compounds identified in cooked meat: A review
Meat Consumption and Sustainability
Flavor formation based on lipid in meat and meat products: A review
American Meat Science Association Guidelines for Meat Color Measurement
Vegans, vegetarians, fish-eaters and meat-eaters in the UK show discrepant environmental impacts
📚 Books worth reading
The JungleUpton Sinclair · 1791
The art of cookery, made plain and easyHannah Glasse · 1747- 📕TradeUnited States · 1970
My Year of MeatsRuth L. Ozeki · 1998
Step-By-Step Practical RecipesGina Steer, Ann Nicol · 2015
The improved housewife, or, Book of receiptsWebster, A. L. Mrs · 1844
Meat scienceR. A. Lawrie · 1966
The art of beef cuttingKari Underly · 2011
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
🔗 Related topics
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- Beef Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (Bos taurus). Beef can be prepared in various ways; cuts are often used for steak, which can be cooked to…
- White meat In culinary terms, white meat is meat which is pale in color before and after cooking. In traditional gastronomy, white meat also includes rabbit, the…
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- Dairy product Dairy products or milk products are foods made from (or containing) milk. The most common dairy animals are cattle, water buffalo, goat, and sheep. Dairy…
- Flexitarianism A flexitarian diet, also called a semi-vegetarian diet, is one that is centered on plant-based foods with limited consumption of meat and other animal…
- Plant-based diet A plant-based diet is a type of diet that consists entirely or mostly of plant-based foods. A wide range of dietary patterns fall in this category, all…
- Western pattern diet The Western pattern diet is a modern dietary pattern originating in the industrialized West which is generally characterized by high intakes of pre-packaged…