The Primal Cuts is just a phrase that butchers use to describe the way in which they make the major cuts to begin the butchering process for cutting a beast into joints. Some of these primal cuts will be used as they are initially cut, and others will require further cutting to become the joints that we are familiar with.
Move your mouse over the cuts below and when it changes to a hand symbol and you get a popup name - click and you will be whisked to a page where Jonathan Rees will tell you how to cook that joint/cut
