Twelve, 5-cm-long rectangles (1×1-cm2 cross-section) were cut
parallel to the direction of the muscle fibres, and subsequently sheared
perpendicular to the muscle fibre direction with a 3 mmthickWarner–
Bratzler shear blade attached to a TA-XT2 Texture Analyser (Stable
Micro Systems, Godalming, UK) equipped with a 250-N load cell and a
crosshead speed of 2 mm/s