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Default A couple of different thoughts here; steaks: what's good, and not so good


sf wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 23:21:10 -0400, "Tom Del Rosso"
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > > 9. Hanger Steaks: Never had them, but correct me I'm wrong, this
> > > steak comes from the chuck eye.
> > > 10. Skirt steak? WTF is that? I sometimes wonder if it's part of
> > > the flank steak?

> >
> > Hanger and Skirt are the same, and it's from the belly, hanging
> > loosely below the flank AFAIK.
> >

> They're from a similar area underneath the animal, but they are NOT
> the same. In fact, they are quite different even visually.


I guess that's so before trimming, but after the butcher gets done with them
I can't tell the difference.

Once I bought an untrimmed hanger steak but I never saw an untrimmed skirt
steak.


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