"TOliver" > wrote

> In the South at least, young women until recently sort of culturally
> avoided rare meat, the province of the males in the household, yet
> tradition required that females receive the tenderst cuts. Add the matter
> of portion size, and the Tbone became to sort of ideal choice. We still
> occasionally dine in a rural steakhouse/saloon which continues to feature
> both a TBone and Porterhouse "for 2" (along with a traditoinal
> accompaniment in season, sliced tomatoes interleaved with paper thin
> slices of red onion).

For us here in Turkey, the problem is that the T-bones are small (somewhat
biger than a delmonico: bone-in, they weigh 500-600 grams) so that a T-bone
is "for 1". (At least in this household.)


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Bob
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