On Apr 30, 4:17*pm, Mark Thorson > wrote:
> Dimitri wrote:
>
> > I was at my local Ralphs (Kroger) this morning & they were having a T-bone
> > sale about $4.00/pound. *There was a little marbling (USDA Select I presume)
> > for a 10% up charge $4.40/per pound they had some very nice porterhouse
> > steaks. *Great Big fillet on the short side.
>
> > IMHO the 10% up charge is well worth the difference in price.
>
> Yes, for right-hooved cattle that's true.
> Sometimes you can spot a T-bone from a
> left-hooved cow, and buy what is essentially
> a Porterhouse steak at a T-bone price.
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1269555

Left-hoofed T-bone is a Porterhouse? Yes, that is exactly like with
the cephalopods: if you buy an Italian-American one, you get yourself
a calamaro, but if you you buy a Protestant-American one - you will
eat a squid.