? Look at the color: fake beef is lighter in color, usually pink or white, while real beef is darker in color, usually dark red, with a layer of color on the surface. However, profiteers will add a lot of soy sauce and pigment in the production process. It's hard to tell the difference only by color. Step 2: Look at the appearance. Look at fake beef carefully, because it is soft and tender, it can be cut flat like dried tofu, but there will be some pits on the surface, like bubbles; If the beef is really cut well, the surface will be very flat; If the chef's knife is not sharp, beef will only leave uncut fibers, and there will never be a bubble-like pit. The best way to imitate real beef is to make some transparent ribs on it, but the ribs in fake beef are scattered and distributed in points. The tendons of real beef are all connected.

Compared with pork, the overall color of fresh beef is darker and redder. The meat is shiny and the fat color is white or milky yellow. Fake beef is light in color, uneven in meat color and dark in muscle fibers. If it is cooked beef, the beef treated with oil will turn white, while the pork soaked in beef sauce will turn yellow when treated with hot oil. Pork has a special sweetness, while beef has a little fishy smell. Fake beef smells strange and the meat is not fresh.

? ? To the touch, beef is hard and pork is soft. Cut two pieces along the grain of meat with a knife, and you will find that beef is difficult to cut, while pork is easier to cut. Judging from the section of meat, beef is rough in texture, compact in meat quality and clear and long in texture. Real beef, squeezed, has good elasticity and can restore its original appearance. Fake beef is tender, loose and elastic. The edge of the meat has been scattered, and the elasticity of the meat is obviously not strong, so it is impossible to restore its original appearance. The meat is also thick, sticky and uncomfortable to the touch.

? Generally speaking, beef is difficult to chew and has a heavy taste. Beef has long fiber and dense meat structure. When eating beef, the meat is old; when eating pork, the meat is tender. Fake beef is ripe and easily broken into small pieces. It tastes like bean dregs and tastes terrible. In addition to the above aspects, you can also judge by talking to your boss. You can talk to the boss and ask about the source and purchase time of beef. If you often buy meat in the same restaurant and are familiar with the boss, you can ask for relevant information. Generally speaking, in the face of old customers, the boss will have the psychology of retaining customers and will answer your questions more frankly. But this time it didn't work for the sly boss. But you can tell from his answer whether he is lying or not. It is difficult for dishonest bosses to sell good things, so you should be careful.