What The Color Of Your Steak Fat Really Means - Chowhound

Katarzyna Hurova/Shutterstock Fat is central to the steak discourse. It provides flavor, succulence, and moisture, and it influences the meat's texture when it's cooked. The highly desirable intramuscular specks of fat will sell any steak savant on a cut, and even the United States Department of Agriculture uses this marbling as a quality indicator — beef is designated USDA Prime, the highest grade, only when it…