[Sca-cooks] semi OT question on steer butchering and costs

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Jul 19, 2005, at 11:48 AM, Micheal wrote:

> Sorry work being a boring female dog today answer kind of snapping  
> not meaning to. Paper paper paper dang I hates end of month times.  
> Anyway I will just duck and cover as I am some what cranky and  
> shouldn`t be on here anyway. Sorry everybody.
> Cealian

No harm done, I'm sure. I was just wondering if beef cattle are cut  
up differently in your neck of the woods, is all. I know France, the  
UK, and the US all have different breakdowns, and I thought maybe  
parts of Canada might follow the French system.

Adamantius

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus  
> Adamantius" <adamantius.magister at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 12:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] semi OT question on steer butchering and  
> costs
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>
>>
>> On Jul 19, 2005, at 11:13 AM, Alexa wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Thank you for the correction.  It's been 6 months
>>> since I got it and I am not at all familiar with what
>>> comes from what.
>>> Alexa
>>>
>>
>> Urm, maybe there are differences in local meat-cutting practices,  
>> but  in the US, the division between front and hind quarter is  
>> generally  either just above or just below the last rib, depending  
>> on the  animal. The main exception is with pork, whose loin is in  
>> the front  quarter, but then more often than not, pigs are sold by  
>> halves. If by  t-bones you're referring to beef t-bone or  
>> porterhouse steaks,  they're from the short loin and are indeed in  
>> the hind quarter.
>>
>> Adamantius
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- Micheal <dmreid at hfx.eastlink.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>  That would be the front quarter hind quarters have
>>>> no t-bones.
>>>> Cealian
>>>>
>>>>
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"S'ils n'ont pas de pain, vous fait-on dire, qu'ils  mangent de la  
brioche!" / "If there's no bread to be had, one has to say, let them  
eat cake!"
     -- attributed to an unnamed noblewoman by Jean-Jacques Rousseau,  
"Confessions", 1782

"Why don't they get new jobs if they're unhappy -- or go on Prozac?"
     -- Susan Sheybani, assistant to Bush campaign spokesman Terry  
Holt, 07/29/04