rose meat

From its rosy color; compare rose veal.

rose meat (uncountable)

1. The thin, rose-colored cutaneous trunci muscle, especially of a cow or pig and especially when used as food (suadero or matambre).
   • 2016 June 9, Evandro Caregnato, Churrasco: Grilling the Brazilian Way, Gibbs Smith, →ISBN:

     Braised Rolled Beef / Matabre Recheado […] Part of the challenge [of making this dish] is finding rose meat, which is an extremely tough cap of meat between the cow's ribs and skin. Only a few butchers will be familiar with it, but if you have a Mexican butcher or carniceria nearby, ask for the "suadero"—there is a good chance they will have it. […] 1 large piece of rose meat (weighing about 3 lb / 1.5 kg and measuring about 15 x 8 in / 38 x 20 cm when spread open), trimmed of all fat / […] Open the rose meat on a flat surface. […]

   • 2016, N Huerta-LeidenzMS Rubio Lozanoet al., Comparison of rose meat from the US and Mexico with and without marination:

     […] marinated rose meat higher than non-marinated rose meat […] Marinated rose meat was more tender when cooked using moist heat […]

   • 2019, EL ShebsMJ LukovFM Giottoet al., “Efficiency of Commercial Bacteriophages on Stec O157: H7 Populations in Beef Kept Under Vacuum and Aerobic Conditions”, in Meat and Muscle …:

     Fresh rose meat (Cutaneous trunci) was cut into 100 cm2 and stored at 7C.

   • 2021 April 13, "Mexico City Street Food – Tacos de Suadero", My Slice of Mexico:

     Rose Meat Tacos – Tacos de Suadero

   • 2022 September 14, "Rose meat tacos now on our menu. Tacos de suadero ahora en nuestro menu", cielo_tacos on Instagram:

     Rose meat tacos now on our menu. Tacos de suadero ahora en nuestro menu

   • 2023, M YasutomiD YunaiyamaY TakaraT Saguchiet al., “Application of wireless energy transmission technology into central venous ports with light-emitting diodes”, in Lasers in Medical …:

     The CV port was implanted under the skin of pork rose meat. […] LEDs were easily transmitted through the skin of pork rose meat.

• Spanish matambre, sobrebarriga suadero