Beef is meat obtained from a bovine. Beef is one of the principal meats used in European cuisine and cuisine of the Americas, and is important in Africa, East Asia, and Southeast Asia as well. In the Middle East, lamb is the usual meat preferred over beef.

Beef can be cut into steak, pot roasts, short ribs, or ground into hamburger. Several Asian and European nationalities include the blood in their cuisine as well—it is used in some varieties of blood sausage. Other beef variety meats include the tongue, which is usually sliced for sandwiches in Western cooking; tripe from the stomach; various glands—particularly the pancreas and thyroid—referred to as sweetbreads; the heart, the brain, the liver, the kidneys; and the tender testicles of the bull commonly known as "beef balls", "calf fries", "prairie oysters", or "Rocky Mountain oysters."

The better cuts are usually obtained from steers, as heifers tend to be kept for breeding. Older animals are used for beef when they are past their reproductive prime. The meat from older cows and bulls is generally tougher, so it is frequently used for ground beef. Cattle raised for beef may be allowed to roam free on grasslands, or may be confined at some stage in pens as part of a large feeding operation called a feedlot.

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@kicosksticos i ate beef flavored ramen noodle....does that count??? lol
Bratzoholic (Haleigh Sandlin) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:31:58 -0000
@kicosksticos i ate beef flavored ramen noodle....does that count??? lol
RT @SEXciJAZZ: @TwittterHoe lol naw i got my own beef wit @dj______ lol sum nigga wit 11 followers i got him3 lol smh --lmfao--
msjperry (Jessica Perry) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:31:13 -0000
RT @SEXciJAZZ: @TwittterHoe lol naw i got my own beef wit @dj______ lol sum nigga wit 11 followers i got him3 lol smh --lmfao--
#whenimdrunk @noelshalisha is rite there wit me tryna beef wit tha same ppl I don't like!
BrittneyNeshae (Brittney Daniel) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:31:11 -0000
#whenimdrunk @noelshalisha is rite there wit me tryna beef wit tha same ppl I don't like!
I'm good with my girls and a bowl of beef udon :) I'll miss this.. http://twitpic.com/ofm52
kellytru (kelly truong) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:31:06 -0000
I'm good with my girls and a bowl of beef udon :) I'll miss this.. http://twitpic.com/ofm52
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PAiNTMEEPiNK (Nii Nii ♥) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:30:00 -0000
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PetSmart Voluntarily Recalls Dentley’s Beef Hooves: http://bit.ly/1pkcBE via @addthis
BloodhoundNdots (BloodhoundNdachsies) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:29:44 -0000
PetSmart Voluntarily Recalls Dentley’s Beef Hooves: http://bit.ly/1pkcBE via @addthis

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