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OFFAL · Specialty cut

Abomasum

Fourth stomach · reed tripe · ギアラ

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Cook sheet

Doneness, a counter swap, and the safety line for this cut — print this page.

Doneness

Medium heat, patientCooked through

A scorched outside with a raw centre stays tough. Keep the heat moderate until the fat has rendered out.

Species target 52–57°C medium-rare for steaks

Ground beef needs 71°C / 160°F throughout.

Swap at the counter

No close swap in this atlas — stay with this cut or open the swap tool.

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Safety

Offal and mince move faster than steaks. Keep the cold chain short and cook closer to serving.

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Last cook versus this cook

Pin the doneness and method you just left against the pick on this cut’s sheet. Last-versus-now stays on this device — teaching temperatures, not a diagnosis.

Not medical advice, a food-safety certificate or a guarantee. Use the published sheet temps and your own thermometer.

Last cook—
This cook—

Cook sequence from this cut sheet

Follow published Abomasum — teaching, not a thermometer app.

  1. Name the cut — Confirm Abomasum on the sheet.
  2. Pick doneness — Target Medium rare ~57°C.
  3. Pair first method — Lead with Grilling.
  4. Keep safety note — A scorched outside with a raw centre stays tough. Keep the heat moderate until the fat has rendered out.
  5. Last-vs-now is a pin — Cook-pair is a bookmark, not a certificate.

Abomasum: Medium rare (57°C) via Grilling.

Editorial butchery teaching only. Not HACCP or medical advice.

Substitute cut and safety stop

After the cook sequence for Abomasum, a second sheet pass: published swap cut plus the safety line already on this page.

  1. Name the printed substitute — If Abomasum is missing at the counter, the sheet points to related cut Small intestine — same atlas, not inventing a new primal.
  2. Check shared method fit — Prefer a published method that still fits the substitute; lead method on this sheet is Grilling.
  3. Hard stop on safety — A scorched outside with a raw centre stays tough. Keep the heat moderate until the fat has rendered out.
  4. Keep cook-pair as a pin — Saving a cook-pair bookmarks this sheet; it is not a food-safety certificate.

Abomasum → swap toward Small intestine; stop on the printed safety line before plating.

Editorial butchery teaching only. Not HACCP or medical advice.

Cook, swap, or skip

Choose what to do with Abomasum from the lines already on this page.

Use Grilling. Stop when you meet this safety line: A scorched outside with a raw centre stays tough. Keep the heat moderate until the fat has rendered out..

Kitchen teaching. Not a food-safety certificate.

Doneness and method on this cut

What temperature does this page recommend for this cut?
The cut sheet already prints Medium heat, patient (Cooked through) for Abomasum. That is the published recommendation on this page, not a live thermometer reading.
Which cooking method fits this cut?
This sheet lists Grilling · Hot pot · Stir-fry with fitness scores. Pair one of those methods with a doneness from the published scale (Blue 46 C through Well done 77 C). The cook-pair block pins last versus now — teaching, not a diagnosis.
Can I serve this cut pink?
Follow the sheet note already on this page: A scorched outside with a raw centre stays tough. Keep the heat moderate until the fat has rendered out. Connective-tissue cuts ask for time; tender steaks ask for a rest after the published temp. The safety note at the bottom still applies.
Is the doneness scale a food-safety certificate?
No. The pair tool and the recommended temp are teaching numbers from this atlas. Use the printed sheet and your own thermometer. This page is not a medical or hygiene certificate.
Abomasum
Lucarelli · Public domain

The true acid stomach — and nothing like pork makchang, which is the end of the large intestine. A thick wall with fat layered inside: grilled, the outside stays chewy while fat bursts from within. A whole animal yields only about half a kilo.

Profile

Tenderness46
Fat58
Umami80
Price44

Pairs with

Grilling94
Hot pot70
Stir-fry62

Recommended cooking

Medium heat, patientCooked through

A scorched outside with a raw centre stays tough. Keep the heat moderate until the fat has rendered out.

How to pick it

Thick wall, white fat clinging inside. Trim too aggressively and the flavour goes with the fat.

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Grading & naming

Fat cover varies; choose even thickness for the grill.

Grading systems →

Nutrition · Per 100 g raw edible portion

185kcalCalories
13gProtein
14.5gFat
5.5gSaturated fat

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Temperatures are guidance for whole-muscle cuts. Ground meat and poultry need 71°C / 160°F throughout.