On 2006-04-10, Steve Pope > wrote:

> What is the definition of a chop?
>
> I have a James Beard cookbook that has one chapter on
> steaks, in which it is defined what cut of meat each
> type of steak is (and it's been years since I've seen
> a Spencer steak); and the next chapter is on chops and
> there is no discussion as to what, exactly, a pork chop
> or lamb chop is.
>
> Perhaps a chop is just a random unidentified cut of meat?

Have you ever seen a "beef chop"? Loin meat from a cow includes strip steak,
t-bone steak, porterhouse steak, and tenderloins, but the same cuts of meat
from a slightly different kind of cow are called veal loin chops.

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Clay Irving >
My memory's not as sharp as it used to be.
Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be.