Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Kobe beef can be prepared as steak, sukiyaki, shabu-shabu, sashimi, and teppanyaki. Within Japan, Kobe is one of the three Sandai Wagyū, the "three big beefs", along with Matsusaka beef and Ōmi beef or Yonezawa beef. Kobe beef is also called Kōbe-niku (神戸肉, "Kobe meat"), Kōbe-gyū or Kōbe-ushi (神戸牛, "Kobe cattle") in Japanese. [1]
In 1868, Englishman Edward Charles Kirby established the first slaughterhouse in Kobe, and in 1869, a sukiyaki restaurant called "Gekka-tei" opened there. [24] [25] According to a newspaper article in 1875, Kobe was the first place where meat eating was popular, with 800 cows slaughtered in a month.
Marbled Kobe beef Extensive fat marbling in slices of high-grade Wagyu beef Marbled entrecôte from Angus cattle, a rib eye cut. Marbled meat is meat that contains various amounts of intramuscular fat, giving it an appearance similar to marble. The term is principally applied to red meat.
Japanese wagyu bull on a farm north of Kobe. Beef cattle are cattle raised for meat production (as distinguished from dairy cattle, used for milk production). The meat of mature or almost mature cattle is mostly known as beef. In beef production there are three main stages: cow-calf operations, backgrounding, and feedlot operations. The ...
A raw rib roast A serving of prime rib roast Wagyu cattle are an example of a breed raised primarily for beef. Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (Bos taurus).Beef can be prepared in various ways; cuts are often used for steak, which can be cooked to varying degrees of doneness, while trimmings are often ground or minced, as found in most hamburgers.
It has a high fat-to-meat ratio. Within Japan, Matsusaka is one of the three Sandai Wagyū, the "three big beefs", the others being Kobe beef and Ōmi beef or Yonezawa beef. About 2,500 cows are slaughtered for Matsusaka beef each year; the meat commands high prices. [1]
Ōmi beef is generally considered one of the three top brands of wagyū, along with Kobe beef and Matsusaka beef. [1] Ōmi beef is said to be the oldest beef brand in Japan. In the Azuchi–Momoyama period, Takayama Ukon, who was associated with Ōmi Province, treated the warlords to beef. [1]
Japanese Black cattle at a wagyū show in Sasebo, Nagasaki Cattle of the Tajima strain on a farm in northern Hyōgo Prefecture. The Japanese Black (Japanese: 黒毛和種, Kuroge Washu) is a Japanese breed of beef cattle.