How the fuck do I explain this to my wife.

  • JayTwo [any]
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    4 years ago

    USDA grades red meat with the Prime/Choice/Select system, based on marbling, unless you're calling them chicken.

    • CarlTheRedditor [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Let's have a grading system with relatively meaningless names. Let's make the one that seems closest to "best" actually be the lowest one.

      • JayTwo [any]
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        4 years ago

        I've accidentally ordered a tall coffee at Starbucks the first time I ever went there, because a tall glass is a large one. Not for Starbucks.

        There's other grades below select: cutter, canner, utility, iirc, but they're usually not graded as such, because it costs money to grade carcasses, and why grade substandard ones.

        Those usually make their way into things like institutional food, canned goods, and pet food.