primals

In between chronicling her marital difficulties, she explains how to break down a side of beef (to explain the eight "primals" of a cow, she writes, "First, hang yourself by a hook upside down, gut yourself, take off your head, and cut yourself in half vertically"), bone a turkey ("Start by slicing down the length of the backbone, then just work down the rib cage toward the breastbone") and make headcheese (it involves keeping pigs heads in brine for a week).

NYT > Home Page By AMY VIRSHUP 2011

In between chronicling her marital difficulties, she explains how to break down a side of beef (to explain the eight "primals" of a cow, she writes, "First, hang yourself by a hook upside down, gut yourself, take off your head, and cut yourself in half vertically"), bone a turkey ( "Start by slicing down the length of the backbone, then just work down the rib cage toward the breastbone") and make headcheese (it involves keeping pigs heads in brine for a week).

NYT > Home Page By AMY VIRSHUP 2009

In between chronicling her marital difficulties, she explains how to break down a side of beef (to explain the eight "primals" of a cow, she writes, "First, hang yourself by a hook upside down, gut yourself, take off your head, and cut yourself in half vertically"), bone a turkey ( "Start by slicing down the length of the backbone, then just work down the rib cage toward the breastbone") and make headcheese (it involves keeping pigs heads in brine for a week).

NYT > Home Page 2009

These primals: what could they know of science or mathematics?

"The Morons" by Harl Vincent, part 3 Johnny Pez 2010

Also still under consideration is a method devised last year by the USDA for slaughterhouses to detect unacceptable levels of E. coli in the primals they are producing.

U.S. Beef Safety Plan Languishes Amid New Illnesses 2009

Although steaks are considered safe even if the bacteria is present, portions of the primals they come from are often used to also make ground beef, which has been sickening consumers.

U.S. Beef Safety Plan Languishes Amid New Illnesses 2009

Another separate but related safety gap is a lack of government testing for E. coli in "bench trim," which is the leftover material once steaks and roasts and other cuts are produced from beef primals.

U.S. Beef Safety Plan Languishes Amid New Illnesses 2009

Even though primals aren't considered a health threat, or adulterated, even in the event of E. coli contamination, JBS Swift & Co. voluntarily recalled the meat because people were getting sick.

U.S. Beef Safety Plan Languishes Amid New Illnesses 2009

Administering antimicrobial treatments to those primals at the slaughterhouse is sufficient to kill the bacteria before they are sold for further processing, he said.

U.S. Beef Safety Plan Languishes Amid New Illnesses 2009

Back in April, the trim was diverted for the production of cooked product, as the cooking process kills the bacteria, but the steak - and roast-producing primals were not.

U.S. Beef Safety Plan Languishes Amid New Illnesses 2009