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Damsel in dis Dress > wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Feb 2009 13:53:01 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> > wrote:
>
> >Wertz? Dimitri? Christine? zxcvbob? Any of the other Bobs?
> >
> >I want to make some fajitas for dinner tonight or tomorrow.
> >I bought a piece of skirt steak from a nearby hispanic market with a
> >meat counter. It weighs .349# and is nearly paper thin. Nice Lady said
> >it's for grilling.

>
> That's such a small hunk of meat, how do you keep it from falling
> between the grates?


It's about 5" wide and probably a foot long. Bigger problem if grilled
would be getting it off the grate. Pretty much too thin to slip a
turner under it, I think.

> >Slice it (after cooking) with or across the grain?

>
> Across.


OK. Reasonable.

> I'm not sure you have enough meat there for more than one or two
> fajitas.


You are correct, Madam! We don't need much meat.
Thanks, Carol.
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