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Default Skirt steak substitute?

Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >, dsi1 >
> wrote:
>> Flank steak would work great but that's just my opinion. If you don't
>> know how to prepare flank steak, you should do research first cause it
>> can be tricky. You have to cook this piece at a high temperature yet you
>> have to avoid overcooking. Cook it beyond med. rare and you might as
>> well dump it but that's just my opinion. Slice the meat at a shallow
>> angle. I like flank prepared teriyaki style although I haven't bought
>> one in years cause it's expensive. I have no idea why it should be so
>> pricey.

>
> Because there's not much on one critter and the cut has become quite
> popular. Supply and demand.
>


You are right of course. I'd like to know is who's buying this cut and
what are they doing with it? When I was a kid, nobody would think of
grilling this piece of meat. Flank steak would be a braising cut. My
first preparation of flank steak was as a stuffed roll. Stuffed with
Campbell soup. Weird.