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Why do butchers have yellow breadcrumbs on their meat? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago by makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I've noticed and I've never really understood why that when you buy any meat that is crumbed from a butcher in Australia, it is always or nearly always yellow in colour.

Why do they do this and where does the yellow colour come from?

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[–] shrodes@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Do ya’ll not have beef/chicken/veal schnitzel over there?

OP is not saying “any meat” as in “every meat”, just ones specifically designed as crumbed. It’s pretty popular here in Aus to have breaded meats.

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

It's certainly a rarity (and a crying shame!). The closest things we see regularly are chicken nuggets and battered/breaded fried fish, but I've never seen those premade at a butcher shop either, just the freezer section from the giant companies at the grocery store.

But this thread did make me recall https://shorelunch.com/ which is a DIY crumb. Shake-n-bake is the pervasive product.

Panko is also a popular option for the crumb.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

Breaded meat is fine. Buying pre-breaded meat sounds gross.

Probably a good way for the butcher to sell wheat flour at the same price as meat.