Types of meats

Here are some words that might interest the non-vegetarians. We all are quite familiar with such words as beef (meat of cow), pork (meat of pig), mutton (meat of sheep) chicken etc. A little more knowledge about meats might be of use.

Beef, as we all know, is the flesh of a cow used as food. Eating beef or even talking about it is considered taboo in some parts of the world like India due to religious reasons. The meat of a bull or ox is also called beef. When the flesh of a young calf used as food it is termed veal. Another delicious meat lamb comes from a young sheep. Lamb also refers to the animal itself.

Though pork and ham are synonymously used by some people, there is a difference between the two. Pork is the flesh of pig used as food, especially when uncured*. Ham (bacon) is a cut of pork that is taken from a pig's upper hind leg. Ham is usually eaten cured*.

Many other birds and animals are also used for food: duck, deer, buffalo, rabbit, and bear – to name a few. While meat of deer is known as venison the other meats have no particular names.

Cure = preserve meat, fish etc by salting, drying, or smoking.