Ground meat Ground meat Ground meat, called mince or minced meat outside of North America, and keema or qeema. (Hindustani: क़ीमा , , () in South Asia, is finely chopped by a meat grinder or a chopping knife. A common type of ground meat is ground beef, but many other types of meats are prepared in a similar fashion, including pork, lamb, and poultry. In South Asia, both mutton and goat meat are also minced to produce "keema." Ground meat is used in a wide variety of dishes, by itself, or mixed with other ingredients. It may be formed into meatballs which
Mystery meat Mystery meat Mystery meat is a disparaging term for meat products, typically ground or otherwise processed, such as burger patties, chicken nuggets, Spam, Salisbury steaks, sausages, or hot dogs, that have an unidentifiable source. Most often the term is used in reference to food served in institutional cafeterias, such as prison food or an American public school lunch. The term is also sometimes applied to meat products where the species from which the meat has come from is known, but the cuts of meat used are unknown. This is often the case where the cuts of meat used include offal