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This is a quick-to-make and almost no-cost part of the puzzle. One of the handiest gifts you can give in this pack is a collection of meat charts. VirtualWeberBullet has a bunch of pdfs that outline exactly where each piece of meat can be found on a variety of animals -- cows, pigs, and lambs.

One like the beef cut chart above is particularly handy -- it not only shows what each type of beef looks like, but which pieces are appropriate for grilling (as well as roasting, stewing, and the rest of the cooking methods).

You could print them out and put them in a folder, laminate them, stick some magnets to the back so they can hang out on mom's fridge, or just simply slip them into a cookbook.