I think it is called hard or tough meat. That's all I know. Go to a steak house and ask a chef.
They actually shorten the protein strands which makes the meat more tender.
Tender meat
"Stick/sticks" is the present tense of "stuck". They stick their forks into the tough meat. He sticks his fork into the tough meat. "Stuck" is the past tense. He stuck his fork into the tough meat.
Probably not as a rule, there are a lot of different reasons for a cow to be tough, surprisingly, the best piece of meat I ever enjoyed was from an old milk cow. I don't think that blindness is a reason in itself for the meat to be tough, unless you are teaching her to read. That might be kinda tough.
Docile cattle give tender meat. When cattle are stressed out, levels of cortisol and adrenalin hormones surge through their bodies into their muscles making the meat dark and tough. Dark meat or animals that are "dark cutters" have tough meat, and is the kind of meat consumers won't buy.
Cowboys loved a colorful phrase! This was what a cowboy called corned beef. The insinuation was that it was as tough as horse meat.
tough (meat) - fefeu; difficult - faigata; hard to break - ma'a'a
It means meat that has spoiled and is not fit to eat. It can also refer to meat that is too fresh. When an animal is slaughtered the carcass stiffens and undergoes a process called "rigor mortis." If the meat is frozen at this point it is called "green meat" and can be tough and a bit flavorless. If you wait to freeze the meat (but still keep the carcass cold, just not frozen) till after rigor mortis has passed a few days later your meat has a much better quality.
Some cuts of meat are tough because they come from an area of muscle that works hard, or they have a lot of connective tissue in them. Tough cuts of meat are best cooked in a slow moist way, such as a stew, because this gives the fibres time to absorb moisture, soften and break down. Meat from more tender cuts can become tough if overcooked, dried out, or if not given a few minutes in a warm location to relax and let the juices redistribute after cooking.
Because it tastes good. (:
Yes. Milk is acidic and can break down tough meat. I use buttermilk, don't worry you won't taste it. Buttermilk is more acidic than regularmilk which is why it tastes bad but is better for marinating.