[Sca-cooks] ground vs. finely diced meat
Stefan li Rous
StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
Sun Jul 23 23:01:47 PDT 2006
Aislinn commented:
<<< Apparently, even in pre-Revolutionary Russia, they didn't actually
grind up their meat, but diced it very finely. The Russians felt that if
you ground the meat, you let out all the flavorful juices, so they
used two large, sharp knives to dice it finely. >>>
It is also a matter of having the technology to grind the meat. This
was the case in period also. As you mentioned, some technology and
cultural ideas didn't make it to Russia until later than in western
Europe.
For some previous discussion, see this file in the FOOD-MEATS section
of the Florilegium:
chopped-meat-msg (7K) 10/11/04 Period chopped meat. Differences
between
chopped and ground.
Stefan
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