Just in case you missed this article on what you can expect from a cut of beef the first time we shared it a couple of years ago, we are republishing it. After I wrote this blog originally, we got an awesome response. This is one of the PYP Best Blogs!

Ever wondered what the differences are in your cut of beef?

I want to thank the meat department manager at my local grocery store for providing great information on buying beef.

• Middle meats like Top sirloin, T-bone, bone in rib steak, Tenderloin, Tri-tip, New York, ribeye will be your most tender cuts.
• Steaks such as Petite sirloin are a good low cost steak, good flavor not overly tough.
• Steaks such as Eye of round, bottom round and tip steaks will be tougher.
• Flank and skirt steaks are great when grilled, skirt makes wonderful fajita meat.
• Cross rib roast and chuck roast are best for pot roast application, remember that a bone in chuck will have more flavor and that a cross rib if the bone was still in would be a round bone roast.
• Rump roast, eye round roast, sirloin tip roast petite sirloin roast are all oven roast.
• All roasts will come out very nice in a crock pot.
• Ground beef is pretty straight forward, just remember that the higher the number the less fat that is in the ground beef.

Here is a great website for different ways to cook.

And then here is my follow-up post on buying pork:

Here are some tips on what to except when you buy pork:

• Boneless pork loin chops, pork rib chops, center cut loin chops, sirloin end chops and boneless sirloin chops will all be nice and tender.
• Boneless ribs, country style ribs and Slab ribs are overlooked for great meals. All work well in a crock pot, slab ribs on the grill will be very tender and have a wonderful flavor, just remember to cook low and slow.
• Pork roasts;
  Boston butt roast is a fatty roast works well in the oven, crock pot or a smoker. Boneless loin and crown rib roast are all ways a great meal, cook in the oven at a lower temp for best results. Bone in and boneless sirloin roast are very good oven roast.
• Ground pork is all ways a great item to use in place of ground beef. Another one to use is ground Chicken this has a nice buttery flavor and makes wonderful tacos.

What are your favorite cuts of meat to serve your family?