"Opinicus" writes:

"R. Fizek" wrote in message
news:ym8ce.9194$WX.7524@trndny01...


Was making a favorite this weekend "Swiss Steak" and was
wondering about the origin of the name for this dish? Is
it really
Swiss? Anyone have any info.


According to
http://www.foodreference.com/html/newsletterstk_34.html

quote
The term 'Swiss Steak', referring to a cut of beef that has
been pounded thin and floured before being cooked, may have
come from 'swissing', a British term for cloth run through
rollers to smooth the cloth.

The OED quotes L. P. de Gouy's "Gold Cookery Book" (about which
I know nothing else), p. 345: "Swiss Steak. The original name of
this recipe was `Schmor Braten'... It is three centuries old."

Lee Rudolph