What are these clear parts in beef steak?

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What is the white stuff on steak?

Intramuscular fat is found within the muscles. When looking at the surface of a piece of steak, intramuscular fat appears as thin creamy white streaks that contrast against the red of the flesh. The pattern it makes is referred to as marbling. Marbling varies from one cut of steak to another.

What is muscle fibers in meat?

muscle fibers, or cells. Meat is mostly the muscle tissue of an animal. Most animal muscle is roughly 75% water, 20% protein, and 5% fat, carbohydrates, and assorted proteins. Muscles are made of bundles of cells called fibers. Each cell is crammed with filaments made of two proteins: actin and myosin.

Where can I find collagen and elastin in meat?

Collagenous connective tissue is also found in the tendons that attach muscle to bone, as well as the skin and the bones. So, collagen predominates over elastin in most cuts of meat, except for some muscles in the round, the chuck (or shoulder area), and some cuts from the legs.

What is collagen in meat?

Collagen is a long, stiff protein that is the most prevalent protein in mammals. It's made up of three separate molecules composed of amino acid chains, twisted around each other, something like the way fibers are twisted around each other to form a rope.

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