Between carne asada and steak fajitas?

"The Wolf" > wrote in message
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> Between carne asada and steak fajitas?

The spelling, a person's belief in period authenticity, perhaps a regional
source of pride in renaming an old thing to reflect anglo-centric views but
above all, marketing!

"The Wolf" > wrote in message
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> Between carne asada and steak fajitas?
>

The market your at!

On Jan 4, 3:05�pm, The Wolf > wrote:
> Between carne asada and steak fajitas?

Some people like to argue the fine points...

Fajitas ("little makings") are narrow strips of thin *raw* beef which
you briefly fry with vegetables before eating.

Carne asada is the same beef, not sliced so narrow, *after* frying in
a pan (or roasting over dry heat).

To me, carne asada is usually tough and dry and too chewy after being
overcooked on a grill in a taqueria, aka "Mexican restaurant", so I
don't order it.

> To me, carne asada is usually tough and dry and too chewy after being
> overcooked on a grill in a taqueria, aka "Mexican restaurant", so I
> don't order it.

Carne asada doesn't have to be tough and dry, but it usually is
because it is usually a tough cut of meat that has been seriously over
cooked. I hate it.

My friends here in México often have carne asada for special
occasions. I always ask the guy doing the grilling to take my piece
off before he thinks it is done -- not over cooking helps a little.

On Jan 7, 10:34*am, Rolly > wrote:
> > To me, carne asada is usually tough and dry and too chewy after being
> > overcooked on a grill in a taqueria, aka "Mexican restaurant", so I
> > don't order it.
>
> Carne asada doesn't have to be tough and dry, but it usually is
> because it is usually a tough cut of meat that has been seriously over
> cooked. I hate it.
>
> My friends here in México often have carne asada for special
> occasions. I always ask the guy doing the grilling to take my piece
> off before he thinks it is done -- not over cooking helps a little.

And the Carne Asads I've had was flank steak, which can be very tender
if cooked to medium, and sliced in 1/2 inch wide slices across that
stringy grain. We marinate ours in french dressing and shake finely
ground coffee grounds over it(very finely ground, like powder), then
do it on the BBQ. Delicious and tender. Also, Skirt Steak is great,
cut again across the grain.

A Noble Wolf wrote to The Wolf about the dif between carne asada and steak
fajitas


"Some people like to argue the fine points...
Fajitas ("little makings") are narrow strips of thin *raw* beef which
you briefly fry with vegetables before eating.
Carne asada is the same beef, not sliced so narrow, *after* frying in
a pan (or roasting over dry heat).
To me, carne asada is usually tough and dry and too chewy after being
overcooked on a grill in a taqueria, aka "Mexican restaurant", so I
don't order it."


Booger, where did you come up with this information:

Little makings? I understand it to be" belt "or gridle refering to the
skirt
cut.
how does cutting the meat before or after cooking makes a difference?

The size of the cut makes it different? if so how wide are the two cuts to
make them different?

Taqueria is a Mexican restaurant?

Here are some basic information links that may help you :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fajita
http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodmexican.html#fajitas
http://www.cambridge.org/us/books/kiple/mexico.htm

Simplisticaly, carne adasa is generic for grilled/roasted meat, arrachera is
cut-specific from the plate, a skirt steak! Which is different, yet oft
subbed with the similiar flank steak hence the more generic carne asada but
can be region specific if one does not know what a real skirt steak is and
uses flank.

The fajita is a Tex Mex name given to the arrachera which was
very cut specific. The now TexMex Fajita is mostly commericialized to mean
any
sliced up meat, usually with something one might call an citric sauce. The
quality of
the meat, seasonings, side dishes and presentation are usually dependent on
price and establishment.

So again what is the difference? For me it is still in the cut of the meat
, the skirt steak.

also see Arrachera a La Parrilla, Barbacoa