On 7/4/2013 1:06 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
> well, obviously, in other countries. I can't imagine it is called a New
> York steak the world over.
>
>
I used to live in the New York Metro area. They called it a "shell
steak" There was also a chuck steak or roast called "California".
There is no such cut in California.

I wonder if they sell "Boston" butts in Boston.

--
Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

Sometimes, Wikipedia is your friend:

"The strip steak is a type of cut of beef steaks. Internationally it is
called a club steak. In the United States and Canada it is also known as
New York strip, strip loin, shell steak, or Kansas City strip steak. In
Australia it is known as a porterhouse steak or boneless sirloin. Cut
from the short loin, the strip steak consists of a muscle that does
little work, and so it is particularly tender,[1] although not so tender
as the nearby rib eye or tenderloin (fat content of the strip is
somewhere between these two cuts). Unlike the nearby tenderloin, the
short loin is a sizable muscle, allowing it to be cut into the larger
portions.
When still attached to the bone, and with a piece of the tenderloin also
included, the strip steak becomes a T-bone steak or a Porterhouse steak,
the difference being that the Porterhouse has a larger portion of
tenderloin included. The strip steak may be sold with or without the
bone. Strip steaks may be substituted for most recipes calling for
T-bone and porterhouse steaks, and sometimes for fillet and rib eye steaks."

-- Larry

On Fri, 05 Jul 2013 19:25:05 -0500, Janet Wilder
> wrote:

> On 7/4/2013 1:06 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
> > well, obviously, in other countries. I can't imagine it is called a New
> > York steak the world over.
> >
> >
> I used to live in the New York Metro area. They called it a "shell
> steak" There was also a chuck steak or roast called "California".
> There is no such cut in California.
>
> I wonder if they sell "Boston" butts in Boston.

LOL! That's exactly why I wondered what they call it in NY. I know
already they aren't called French windows (or doors) in France. I
know there are more examples, but that's what I came up with.

--
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

In article om>,
says...
>
> On 7/4/2013 1:06 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
> > well, obviously, in other countries. I can't imagine it is called a New
> > York steak the world over.
> >
> >
> I used to live in the New York Metro area. They called it a "shell
> steak" There was also a chuck steak or roast called "California".
> There is no such cut in California.
>
> I wonder if they sell "Boston" butts in Boston.

You know one of the things that annoys me is no standardized terms for
cuts of meat. But then I realize - most of the world now runs on the
metric system EXCEPT the U.S. But even that isn't' true as we've long
been metric here, just not where it counts.

For example, look at the tires on your car. All in milimeters. Then look
at the bolts - same thing.

Look at that bottle of soda or water - it too is now in mililiters.

But our roadways are still marked in miles. And our weights still for
the most part in pounds.

On 7/6/2013 11:19 AM, T wrote:
> In article om>,
> says...
>>
>> On 7/4/2013 1:06 PM, Pico Rico wrote:
>>> well, obviously, in other countries. I can't imagine it is called a New
>>> York steak the world over.
>>>
>>>
>> I used to live in the New York Metro area. They called it a "shell
>> steak" There was also a chuck steak or roast called "California".
>> There is no such cut in California.
>>
>> I wonder if they sell "Boston" butts in Boston.
>
> You know one of the things that annoys me is no standardized terms for
> cuts of meat. But then I realize - most of the world now runs on the
> metric system EXCEPT the U.S. But even that isn't' true as we've long
> been metric here, just not where it counts.
>
> For example, look at the tires on your car. All in milimeters. Then look
> at the bolts - same thing.
>
> Look at that bottle of soda or water - it too is now in mililiters.
>
> But our roadways are still marked in miles. And our weights still for
> the most part in pounds.

And I do hope it stays that way, tradition ought not be swept away for
the sake of "standards" written by the latest consortium.

The metric (Celsius) scale of temperatures is far more coarse then
degrees of Fahrenheit.