The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Do not eat meat with a knife, for it is a foreign practice, but bite it, for it is more beneficial and wholesome. Abu Dawud said: This tradition is not strong.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لاَ تَقْطَعُوا اللَّحْمَ بِالسِّكِّينِ فَإِنَّهُ مِنْ صَنِيعِ الأَعَاجِمِ وَانْهَسُوهُ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُ  

I was eating with the Prophet ﷺ and snatching the meat from the bone with my hand. He said: bring the bone near your mouth, for it is more beneficial and wholesome. Abu Dawud said: 'Uthman did not hear (traditions) from Safwan. This is a mursal tradition.  

كُنْتُ آكُلُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَآخُذُ اللَّحْمَ بِيَدِي مِنَ الْعَظْمِ فَقَالَ أَدْنِ الْعَظْمَ مِنْ فِيكَ فَإِنَّهُ أَهْنَأُ وَأَمْرَأُ  

The bone dearer to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the bone of sheep.  

كَانَ أَحَبَّ الْعُرَاقِ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ عُرَاقُ الشَّاةِ  

The tradition mentioned above (No. 3771) has also been narrated by Ibn Mas'ud with a different chain of narrators. This version has: The Prophet ﷺ liked the foreleg (of a sheep). Once the foreleg was poisoned, and he thought that the Jews had poisoned it.  

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُعْجِبُهُ الذِّرَاعُ قَالَ وَسُمَّ فِي الذِّرَاعِ وَكَانَ يَرَى أَنَّ الْيَهُودَ هُمْ سَمُّوهُ