If you quit smoking before 44, you live almost as long as a non-smoker

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  1. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    US New York Strip = Porterhouse
    US Porterhouse = T-Bone
    US T-Bone = ???
    US Rib Eye = Scotch
    US Fillet mignon = eye fillet
     
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  3. Asguard Kiss my dark side Valued Senior Member

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    Sounds about right except ANYTHING with a T Bone in it is a T Bone, doesn't matter how big it is though I have seen the big ones called an "Texas T Bone" but as I have never seen that cut for sale anywhere else (and it wasn't part of our meat classes at TAFE or used in any of the restaurants I worked in) I'm not sure if that is its correct name or if it was just the name the shop used
     
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  5. Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

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    Thanks for the clarification, I couldn't remember which is which. But as I said, every butcher I've talked to in the last twenty years said that today, in the USA, the two names mean the same thing in the slaughterhouse, the butcher shop, the grocery store and the restaurant. Sure, they know the difference (at least the older ones) but they don't make the distinction any more in their work.

    "Scotch" is not the Scots name for themselves, only their whisky (which has no E in Scotland), and a few plants like Scotch pine. The people are Scots and the adjective is Scottish, with occasional use of Scots, as in "Scots Gaelic." So whenever you hear the word "Scotch," and it's not whiskey (even with the American spelling), you can be sure that it's from anywhere but Scotland.
     
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  7. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    I've noticed the fillets getting larger on the T-bone at the grocery store. Not the butcher shops though. They charge more for a Porterhouse than a T-Bone and the size of the fillet is the reason. Guess where I buy my t-bone. LOL
     
  8. Asguard Kiss my dark side Valued Senior Member

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    Do you actually read posts or do you just jump in?
    "Scotch" has nothing to do with whiskey OR the scots (in the context orleander and I are using) its a cut of steak which in the US is called a "ribeye" which you would know if you had read the posts. Just like when you jumped in about porterhouse you were talking about the US usage where as we were talking about the commonwealth usage
     
  9. Orleander OH JOY!!!! Valued Senior Member

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    Oh, and I let my cheaper cuts of beef age in teh fridge. My husband calls it 'rotting'. LOL. He doesn't complain about the tenderness though
     

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