Quiz: Beef

  • Due Feb 16 at 11:59pm
  • Points 10
  • Questions 5
  • Available Feb 10 at 12am - Feb 16 at 11:59pm
  • Time Limit 15 Minutes
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Submitted Feb 16 at 4:18pm
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Question 1
1.5 / 2 pts
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What are the eight beef primal cuts?
Your Answer:

1. chuck

2. rib

3. loin

4. round

5. flank

6. brisket

7. shank

8. plate

 

Rib, chuck, sirloin, short loin, flank, brisket/shank, round, short plate.
 
Question 2
2 / 2 pts
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What is the best cooking method for meat with high amounts of collagen? Why?
Your Answer:

You want to use a moist low and slow techniques such as braising, stewing, slow cooker, and pressure cooker.  These methods turn the collagen into gelatin making a tender meat without drying it out.

 
Question 3
2 / 2 pts
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Describe three ways to tenderize, or deal with, elastin.
Your Answer:

1. Trim the silver skin off with a sharp knife.  This is the most quick and effective method.

2. Pound the meat with a mallet, this breaks down the elastin fibers physically.

3. Slicing the meat very thinly against the grain.  This breaks the connective tissue into smaller manageable pieces.

 

 
Question 4
2 / 2 pts
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What are the three types of connective tissue, and which two must we consider when fabricating and cooking proteins?
Your Answer:

The three types of connective tissue are collagen, elastin, reticulin.

The two we must consider when fabricating and cooking are collagen and elastin.

 
Question 5
2 / 2 pts
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From which beef primal do T-bone steaks come from?
Your Answer:

The primal cut is the loin.  The loin is then broken down into the short loin.  T-bone steaks come from the front portion of the short loin.

Quiz Score: 9.5 out of 10
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