Overuse of machine tools?

[krw]

They're *NOT* "phony names". The names of various cuts, and the cuts themselves, vary by region. Demand that *your* name for the cut of meat is the only "true name" is absurd and quite arrogant.

Absurd. How does agreeing with *your* names assure that they are getting what is advertised?

They have weighed the merits of spending time considering such things. It's *not* important to some. Some *like* plastic furniture. If it's not your cup, fine, but they're not inferior beings for having different tastes and priorities.

[dadiOH]

No, totally different thing. The bone in flat bone sirloin is from the hip. The large muscle after removing the backbone is the shell aka strip, NY, KC and, in France, entrecote.

There are/were/should be three primary sirloin cuts starting just aft of the porterhouse...

flat bone round bone wedge bone

The tenderness of the cuts is in the order listed.

Each has several muscles. The largest one is what is usually sold as top sirloin. The first two listed also have tenderloin, largest in the first.

Now, since a "top sirloin steak" can be from anywhere within the area and since tenderness varies considerably, it also follows that some top sirloins are nice, others are less so.

And that is why I miss bone-in meat...I like to know what I'm buying.

More info on other sirloin cuts and pix...

[dadiOH]

You know, you really are a dipshit. An ignorant one at that.

Have you never seen a supermarket selling a thick piece of top round as "London broil"? Or, worse yet, as "chateaubriand"? If you saw it, would you know the difference? ________________

They aren't my names, DS, they are the names used throughout the meat industry. I had nothing to do with selecting them.

[none]

On Thu, 2 May 2013 16:42:25 -0400, "dadiOH"

Yeah, he is a DS, but sometimes he's right. Once in awhile, I've seen local butchers, (or maybe not yet butchers) attach some name to a cut of meat in order to make it more attractive. And, in the past when I was traveling more, I've also seen various names pop up depending on what province or state they were located in.

The only real way you can protect the value of your dollar is to generally educate yourself on the product you're buying (in this case meat). It doesn't have to be an extended education, just 30 minutes or so with a chart detailing the particular types of meat that you want to buy.

[woodchucker]

Leon, you could have hired Swingman.. How's the SS ? You making lots of sawdust? When you mounted the WWII was the cut any better than on your Jet??

[CW]

I have zero problem with that; however, "choice" implies that someone has weighed the merits of two or more things and has based their decision on those merits as they apply to their need. That's what most people do NOT do. ======================================================================= Congratulations, you have solved everyone's problem. Since "most people" can't make up their own minds, all we have to do is elect you king. That way, you can make all decisions for them. That would ensure that they never make a bad choice. You would then be able to dictate to them what is important and what is not. "Most people" should be overjoyed that they no longer have to make up their own minds as, "most people" know that thinking and decision making should only be done by those that know how.

[dadiOH]

Works for me. You realize, of course, that there will be taxes.