We all hear people or even ourselves call every meat beef because we all don’t know the different names—or don’t bother—and that’s cool. But it’s not so cool when you must identify them for specific purposes, and that’s when it becomes embarrassing.
Here are the common kinds of meat we eat:
Animal | Meat name |
Cattle (cow or bull) | Beef |
Calf (young cow) | Veal |
Pig | Pork, Ham, Bacon (in small pieces, treated with smoke or salt) |
Pigeon | Squab |
Sheep (ram or ewe) | Mutton |
Young sheep | Lamb |
Deer | Venison |
Goat | Chevon |
Turkey | Turkey |
Chicken | Chicken |
Water Buffalo | Carabeef |
Crab | Crab/Crabmeat |
Horse | Horseflesh |
Wild animals | Bushmeat |
Hope these provide some help.