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- BASIC ROUND INFORMATION
-
- Basic hindquarter section from
- middle of hind leg, this constitutes
- 20% of the carcass. It has 4 compact
- muscles with little marbling -- Top
- Round, Bottom Round, Eye of Round,
- Sirloin Tip. It is used for Roasts,
- Steaks, Stew Meat, kabobs, and ground
- beef.
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- ROUND STEAK
-
- Cross cut steak of the three major
- muscles. Used to make Swiss Steak,
- Cube Steak, Chicken Fried Steak,
- and a variety of others.
-
- OYSTER STEAK
-
- A one-per-hindquarter, tender ╛ lb
- steak. This is boned out when the
- Top round is removed from the H-bone.
-
- BOTTOM ROUND
-
- Lean, compact, boneless muscle cut
- for steaks, roasts, stew and ground
- beef. Less tender than the other
- major muscles.
-
- TOP ROUND
-
- Most tender muscle in round section.
- Weighs 16-20 lbs.
-
- EYE OF ROUND
-
- Solid lean bottom round muscle. About
- a 3 inch diamater, 8-10 inches long.
- Weighs 4-6 pounds, cut for steaks
- and roasts.
-
- FIRST CUT TOP ROUND STEAK
-
- Extar thick 1╜ lb steak cut from Top
- round next to sirloin. Sold as a
- London Broil.
-
- HEEL OF ROUND ROAST
-
- This is the least tender round cut,
- containing thick connective tissue
- and ends of the three major round
- muscles. Usually boneless and wedge
- shaped.
-
- ROULADES
-
- Thin-sliced Top or Bottom round.
-
- VELVET STEAK
-
- Tender, one-per-hindquarter steak
- which weighs about 1 pound. Cut from
- above knee joint between Top and
- Bottom round.
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