what is meat?

Question

I know that sounds like a goofy philosophy question, but i'm serious. Is it the muscle of the animal or something else? I'm sad to say it's something my friends and i have been pondering since our year 11 trip (2 years ago lol)

Answer 1

Ahhh... year 11 camps....

'Meat' as in steaks, chicken breats, etc etc, is muscle. Of course there is fat, organs and bone etc, but the actual 'meat' is muscle - pure and simple.

Answer 2

You've pondered the question for a long time. From Wikipedia:

"Meat, in its broadest definition, is animal tissue used as food. Most often it references to skeletal muscle and associated fat, but it may also refer to non-muscle organs, including lungs, livers, skin, brains, bone marrow and kidneys. The word meat is also used by the meat packing and butchering industry in a more restrictive sense - the flesh of mammalian species (pigs, cattle, etc.) raised and butchered for human consumption, to the exclusion of seafood, fish, poultry, game, and insects. Eggs are rarely referred to as meat even though they consist of animal tissue."

Answer 3

Are you serious? If so, meat is any animal part. Rump roast is a rump, chicken breast is the breast... leg, wing, thigh... not just muscle but "pickled pig feet" etc. When you (or someone) eat a steak, there is not just the steak but the fat, which is not muscle but still meat. Any part of the body of anything with a face is meat.