This meat cuts well

[optimistic pessimist]

Do you say, "This meat cuts well" to mean "This meat is easy to cut" or "This meat doesn't cut easily" to mean "This meat isn't easy to cut"?

 

[Barque]

This meat cuts well. - doesn't sound correct if you use it to mean "cut easily". But it could work to mean "it cuts in neat symmetrical pieces".

This meat doesn't cut easily. - sounds all right.

 

[jutfrank]

I think both are fine.

 

[SoothingDave]

The meat is tender. The meat is tough.