Beef refers to the meat obtained from cattle and is one of the common meats. Sources can be cows, bulls and heifers. The muscle part of cattle can be cut into steak, beef pieces or beef bones, and can also be mixed with other meats to make sausages or blood sausages.

Donkey meat refers to the meat of a donkey. "Dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the ground" is the highest praise for donkey meat.

The difference between donkey meat and beef:

1, different from tenderness:

Beef: Fine texture, granules in cross section and obvious muscle membrane.

Donkey meat: It feels hard and rough.

2, distinguish from the smell:

Beef: There is an inherent beef flavor, which is very strong and will stick to your hands after touching it.

Donkey meat: The fishy smell is weak, and it will soon disappear after being touched.

3. Distinguish from the characteristics of muscle fiber velvet:

In cattle: muscle fibers are thin and have particles in the cross section. The sarcolemma is obvious.

Inside the donkey: the muscle fibers are thick and hard. The grain on the section is obvious, but the muscle membrane is not as obvious as that of cattle.

4, from the color difference:

Beef: red or black and red.

Donkey meat: crimson or dark red.

5, from the color, hardness to distinguish:

Beef: the cut surface is shiny, hard and crisp, and it will be crisp when rubbed.

Donkey meat: the cut surface is rough and dull, soft and sticky.

6. Different from intramuscular fat.

Beef: intramuscular fat distribution is obvious, and the section is marble-like.

Donkey meat: there is less fat between muscles, and the marble pattern on the cut surface is worse than that of beef.