Oh pshaw, on Sat 05 Aug 2006 08:31:56a, Michael "Dog3" Lonergan meant to
say...

> Wayne Boatwright <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com>
> 28.19:
>
>>
>> You cannot make "chicken fried steak" out of hamburger. :-)
>
> I was wondering about that. I've never made "chicken fried steak" out
> of ground beef. Most often I grind my own beef and make thick, juicy
> burgers out of it. However, I have made mock salisbury steaks out of
> ground beef (usually store bought), meat loaf, beef loaf, some soups,
> tacos for kids that are visiting (they don't seem to like the shredded
> beef tacos), noodle casseroles (for work), meat balls and on and on.

Here's my take,l and I think it's fairly common...

Chicken fried steak is usually made with round steak. Before mechanical
tenderizers it was pounded to death with either a meat mallet or the edge
of a sturdy saucer, all the while pounding the seasoned flour into it.
Many people today select their round steak and have the butcher run it
through the tenderizer. Years ago many shops called it the "cubing
machine", hence "cube steak". The so-called cube steak patties that are
prepacked, IMHO, bear no resemblance to the real thing. It may be the cut
of meat they use or the setting on the machine. I dunno.

Salisbury steak is, indeed, made with ground meat that has been seasoned
and often estended with bread crumbs or whatever, then browned and cooked
in gravy or sauce of some type.

Swiss steak is, again, a piece of round steak that has been pounded to
death, usually with weasoned flour, browned, then cooked in sauce (often
tomato based with vegetables).

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Wayne Boatwright
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