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Mark Thorson wrote:
>
>>>>> Porterhouse, however, *does* have the filet.
>>>> They both do.
>>> Correct. With the Porterhouse, the filet is to the
>>> right of the bone. On a T-bone, the filet is on
>>> the left. Hope this helps. :-)

>> So you sear a porterhouse on a grill, flip it over and
>> it becomes a T-bone. :-)

>
> No, like humans who are predominately right-handed,
> cattle are predominately right-hooved. This gives the
> right loin and shell muscle more exercise, making both
> of them tougher.
>



My gawd. I assumed that you were kidding.
We are not stupid enough to believe that T-Bones come from one side of
the cow and Porterhouse from the other. Are you?