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Subject: Re: Thursday Night Leftovers! 3/13/2025
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On 3/13/2025 11:37 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:
> On 3/13/2025 10:25 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
>> On 2025-03-13 9:38 p.m., ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:
>>> On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 0:03:26 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> Dave, chicken fried steak is different from country fried
>>> steak although they both use the same tough bottom round
>>> steak.  Both involve gravy, too.
>>>
>>> Chicken fried steak is fried quickly with a crispy breading
>>> and serve immediately with gravy.  Country fried steak is
>>> also fried, but the meat is removed from the pan, gravy is
>>> made with the drippings same as chicken fried steak.  But
>>> country fried steak is then placed back into the gravy,
>>> covered and left to simmer on a very low heat.  After
>>> about an hour, enough time for the meat to become super
>>> tender, it is then served.
>>
>> Thanks for the clarification. Now I don't know which one my friend 
>> had. I definitely remember him referring to it as chicken fried steak. 
>> This was close to 48 years ago.FWIW he had done a lot obstetrics and 
>> delivered a lot of babies in his practice here. My son was the last 
>> one he delivered here.  He regretted his move there. He had had a deal 
>> with a small down doctor but then the guy's son took over and things 
>> did not work out. He had to give up obstetrics because the insurance 
>> was so expensive.
>>
> Okay... that was a total non sequitur, Dave.  I'm not sure what his 
> profession or the cost of his insurance had to do with the terms chicken 
> fried vs. country fried steak.
> 
> Jill

Easy to follow.  After paying his insurance bill, he could not afford 
the steak, he had Spam instead.