[Sca-cooks] ground vs. finely diced meat

[Stefan li Rous]

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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