Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ed P Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: Thursday Night Leftovers! 3/13/2025 Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 23:42:22 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <8e20546345552253114fefda90a8d446@www.novabbs.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 04:42:23 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="444723f0a77d836d00240745625067e7"; logging-data="477185"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/q7RAS4Icy/fQLHNy31uegZZOZAWzRk8Q=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:v4H35tLZR/D5ppqIDCBZG6qjYX4= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2985 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.