The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to meat:

Meat – animal flesh that is eaten as food.[1]: 1  Humans have hunted and killed animals for meat since prehistoric times. The advent of civilization allowed the domestication of animals such as chickens, sheep, pigs and cattle. This eventually led to their use in meat production on an industrial scale with the aid of slaughterhouses.

What type of thing is meat?

Meat can be described as all of the following:

Types of meat

Food Meat
Seafood Meat

Poultry

Poultry

Game

Game

Livestock

Livestock

* Beef

Minilivestock

minilivestock

Seafood

Fish

Crustaceans

Shellfish

Other seafood

Cooked meat

Meat dishes

Methods of preparing meat

Methods of cooking meat

History of meat

History of meat

General meat-related concepts

Meat organizations

Meat publications

Persons influential in meat

See also

Lists

References

  1. ^ Lawrie, R. A.; Ledward, D. A. (2006). Lawrie’s meat science (7th ed.). Cambridge: Woodhead Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-84569-159-2.