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Originally Posted by albertGQ
What does this mean?
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Its where the beef contains intramuscular fat, rather than access fat on the outside cut of the beef. Allows you to get a lean cut, but still with the perfect amount of fat to get a good taste.
Usually, good, marbled Angus beef is rated high enough to be sold as a 'prime' cut.....a cut that is pretty tough to pick up at the grocery store, unless you put in a special order. Even then you might have a tough time getting it. This kind of cut is usually sold directly to restaurants who sell 'prime' steaks, stuff like that.
The cut you can usually buy at the meat department is called 'choice'....and IIRC, that is the cut Mickey D's buys.
And on top of that, Angus beef will only marble well if you feed the cows properly. Feed it grain, and it will marble poorly....feed it grass, and it marbles MUCH better than most other kinds of beef. Guess what Mickey D's does....they have it grain fed, and then sucker you into thinking the burger they serve you is like all the other burgers served at the restaurants who use perfectly marbled Angus beef, and it isn't even a 'prime' cut.
Its a gimmick....one that a lot of people will fall for.