Is Beef and Veal only one, or is it the same?

Question

Beef is from Cow, how about the Veal?

Answer 1

Veal is young cow meet. Like lamb is young sheep.

Answer 2

Both are from the cow. Veal is until 6 weeks of age, then baby beef, and finally beef! E-mail lodamee and tell him to do some research before answering questions he knows nothing about!

Answer 3

Veal is beef. There is nothing wrong with cutting them on the same board. Don't cut vegetables or other ingredients on the board without washing it, but cutting different cuts of the same animal is not a problem. Wash between different items like chicken and beef, chicken and fish, fish and beef, etc.

Answer 4

Same animal different meat
Veal is young beef usually under 4month old when slaughtered Beef usually sent to market 18 months to two years old. Both great on the BBQ.

Answer 5

Beef is meat from a cow. veal is meat from a BABY cow. As wikipedia says it; Veal is a meat produced from calves

Answer 6

Beef is from a mature bovine, while veal is from immature bovine. The term cow refers to a female bovine, and since most beef comes from castrated males (known as steers) it is likely that the beef that you are eating does not come from a cow.

Answer 7

Don't let them fool you. Beef is from Steer,Veal is also from Steer but they are the calves, male baby Steer that are restricted in thier movements and fed grain so the muscle fibers don't toughen up and become "Red Meat". They are one in the same. There is no "Giddy-up little doggie" in Veal

Answer 8

Hi beef comes from cows and steak and roast usually from steers in the feed lots,,,, hambger from bulls, because they are so tough,,, and Veal,,,, sadly is baby calves... its not nice way that they slaughter them either,,,, i had to go to a packing house one time,,,,, I quit eating veal after seeing that.....

good luck

Answer 9

Beef = fully grown cow
Veal = young calf

Answer 10

beef is cow
veal is lamb or goat