Beef cuts renamed steak...premium names on inexpensive cuts to entice buyers

Charlotte News Observer ^ | 7/13/05 | Vicki Lee Parker

[hispanarepublicana]

I grew up on something called "chuck steak" and have wondered why I can't find it now or what it's now called. These cheaper cuts of meat aren't bad if they're prepared correctly. But I still loves me my ribeye.

[coloradan]

There's a steak I used to call a "mystery steak." It's oval, (beef!) and has a thin line of gristle right down the middle, parallel to the long axis of the oval. Haven't seen them in years. They were excellent grilled!

[cweese]

"beef chuck thin steak" at Food Lion

Wasn't Food Lion the "grocer" busted for using chlorox to "freshen up" their yellowed chicken a few years ago?

[Red Badger]

Flank Steak, that new here, too? In Europe, the the cow is cut into different parts........

[Red Badger]

ABC fakumentary......they paid dearly for it, ABC that is......

[coloradan]

Grosser?

[Revolting cat!]

[babaloo]

An article almost exactly like this was in the WSJ a few weeks ago. A cut called "Top of Iowa Sirloin" from Fareway Foods in DSM, IA beats anything hands down-Approx $6.00/lb.

[cweese]

Better!

[BenLurkin]

"16-ounce ribeye steak from the dinner menu for $31.95"

No way. For that kind of money they better sit someone next to me to cut that steak and feed me included with the price.

[kx9088]

Ribeye steaks > *

[al baby]

Looks gross but good stuff Gotta get sum

[mykdsmom]

I've been buying the flat iron steak at Lowe's after sampling it at a women's show last year. It's thinner so it cooks fast and it's tender and tastes great too.

I tend to grocery shop in the evening after 9 pm so I don't have to haul kids with me. I save a LOT of $$ on meat this way. They discount the meat that is due to expire within a couple of days and a lot of times I will get it for 50% off or more. Then I just take it home and throw it in the freezer.

MKM

[rattrap]

while at Lowes, it's simply called a "flat iron steak."

Wait a minute here... isn't Lowes a hardware store?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Chuck Roast maybe?

I love a good 7 chuck roast. Why do so many stores insist on taking the bone out? That is what makes it good!

[conservativebabe]

I'm from IL where corn-fed cattle is in abundance and you can get an awesome steak at any grocery store or any of many meat markets.

What is it about CO, where I currently live? Can't find a decent cut of meat anywhere without paying an arm and a leg for it? Grain-fed too, which they advertise as though it is something special.

[N. Theknow]

Never forget my first experience with ordering a chopped sirloin steak sandwich.

And I got fries with it!

[conservativebabe]

Ever had what Illinoians call a Maid-Rite?

Loose meat beef sandwiches with mystery spices that are simply delicious. No-one knows what the secrest spices are, but we have heard it's Coca-Cola.

[hispanarepublicana]

I may be wrong, but I think the Flat Iron Steak might have been researched and developed at my alma mater, Texas Tech University. I've been looking for it in the grocery store, but I can't find it by that name. I did notice on my last grocery trip that there were several "new" cuts of steaks with names I'd never seen before.

[Stump]

It wasn't a fakumentary. Food Lion never challenged the accuracy of the report and all the damning film footage. They sued, and won, because the reporter lied in order to get the job.