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?

In article >,
Dave Smith > wrote:


> 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?

Of course. Just ask the cow. I promise that they won't lie to you!

:-)

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Dan Abel said...

> In article >,
> Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>
>> 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?
>
> Of course. Just ask the cow. I promise that they won't lie to you!


A smart cow would point to the chateaubriand!!!

Andy wrote:
> Dan Abel said...
>
>> In article >,
>> Dave Smith > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> 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?
>> Of course. Just ask the cow. I promise that they won't lie to you!
>
>
> A smart cow would point to the chateaubriand!!!

If he right handed cow he might have to point, but if it is left handed
he will find a more artistic way to express the information.

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:20:01 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:

> In article >,
> Dave Smith > wrote:
>
>
>> 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?
>
> Of course. Just ask the cow. I promise that they won't lie to you!
>
> :-)

nah, they lie all the time. i've had several tell me they were chickens.

your pal,
blake

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:20:01 -0800, Dan Abel wrote:
>
> > In article >,
> > Dave Smith > wrote:
> >
> >
> >> 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?
> >
> > Of course. Just ask the cow. I promise that they won't lie to you!
> >
> > :-)
>
> nah, they lie all the time. i've had several tell me they were chickens.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Only on those billboard signs...
--
Peace! Om

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them." -- Dalai Lama

Dave Smith > wrote:

> Mark Thorson wrote:
>
>> 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?

It's take off from the decades old Moosemeat (aka "Moosie") skit in
where he describes to some lady at the grocery store that the
left-side chicken quarters are bigger then right chicken quarters
because the birds walk around counter-clockwise.

-sw