The cuts
Where each cut lies on the animal and what each butchery tradition calls it. Beef is charted for France, Britain and the United States; pork, lamb, chicken, duck and rabbit charts follow.

Beef cuts
72
- CutOnglet (hanger)
- CutHampe (skirt)
CutAraignée
CutFausse araignée
CutPoire
CutMerlan
CutDessus de tranche (topside cap)
CutDessous de tranche
CutTranche (talon de tranche)
CutPlat de tranche
CutRond de tranche
CutMouvant
CutRond de gîte (eye of round)
CutSemelle
CutNerveux de gîte à la noix (gousse d'ail)
CutGalinette
CutJumeau à bifteck (chuck tender)
CutJumeau à pot-au-feu
CutMacreuse à bifteck (boule de macreuse)
CutMacreuse à pot-au-feu
CutDessus de palette (blade undercut)
CutGros bout de poitrine (brisket point)
CutMilieu de poitrine (middle brisket)
CutBavette à pot-au-feu
CutCœur de rumsteck (eye of rump)
CutFilet de rumsteck
CutNoix d'entrecôte (rib-eye roll)
CutEntrecôte découverte- CutFilet mignon (French butchery)
- CutPaleron (shoulder blade)
CutJoue (cheek)
CutCollier (neck)
CutBasses-côtes (chuck rib)
CutMacreuse (shoulder clod)
CutPoitrine (brisket)- CutGîte avant (fore shin)
CutCôte & entrecôte (rib)
CutPlat de côtes (short ribs)
CutTendron
CutFaux-filet (sirloin / strip loin)
CutFilet (fillet / tenderloin)
CutBavette (flank / flap)
CutFlanchet (thin flank)
CutRumsteck (rump)
CutAiguillette baronne
CutTranche grasse (plat de tranche, rond de tranche, mouvant)
CutTende de tranche (topside)
CutGîte à la noix (silverside)
CutGîte arrière (hind shin)- CutQueue (oxtail)
CutChuck (US)
CutBrisket (US)- CutForeshank (US)
CutRib (US)
CutShort plate (US)- CutShort loin (US)
CutTenderloin (US)
CutSirloin (US)
CutFlank (US)
CutRound (US)
CutNeck & clod (UK)
CutChuck & blade (UK)
CutBrisket (UK)- CutShin (UK)
CutFore rib (UK)
CutSirloin (UK)
CutRump (UK)
CutThin flank (UK)
CutThick flank (UK)
CutTopside (UK)
CutSilverside (UK)
CutLeg (UK)
Pork cuts
4
Lamb cuts
4
Poultry cuts and offal
6














