Meat & Poultry

For a long time, butchers and meat packers would grind the tri-tip into hamburger meat, or cut it into stew meat. Eventually, someone in Santa Maria, California, decided to try something different. After applying a rub, they put the tri-tip on a rotisserie and cooked until it was medium rare. The finished product was so well received that Santa Maria steaks are still sold to this day, and the majority of tri-tip cuts are shipped to California. …

Just months after adopting a new five-year strategic plan, the National Pork Board is busy implementing the plans vision, National Pork Board President Tim Bierman told reporters Wednesday at World Pork Expo in Des Moines. …

Chances are if youve eaten chicken, at some point in your life youve eaten chicken owned, sold, brokered, or traded by Marilyn Raybin, a South Florida, Boca Raton-based businesswoman who has earned the national reputation of Chicken Queen. …

Steak lovers around the country are discovering the many benefits of purchasing their favorite cuts of meat onlineaffordable values, premium selection, and the convenience of doorstep delivery, to name a few. With the debut of e-commerce store www.FiletMignons.com in June of 2010, consumers now have an exciting new source for their gourmet steaks. …

The BIG event will center around Columbus Day, Oct. 11, 2010. The strategy is to position veal as the dish for Columbus Day, like turkey is for Thanksgiving. …