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TexLaProgressive

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48. It's not chicken or even a steak you would grill
Mon Oct 27, 2025, 03:58 PM
Oct 27

It's a fairly tough piece of meat pounded in submission, battered and deep fried in the manner of fried chicken.

It's a good way to use a less desirable piece of meat for those who do hard physical labor.

I suppose you'd be more comfortable with the euphemism country fried steak.

My. German descent great grandmother and grandmother would use the edge of a heavy plate to tenderize and then prepare that beef like Wiener Schnitzel.

There was very little veal available in late 29th early 20th century Texas. People make do with what they have.

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Heavens no! LoisB Oct 26 #1
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Hell Yeah! DinahMoeHum Oct 26 #3
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Maybe if it was ground turkey. multigraincracker Oct 26 #4
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I can't handle the duality PikaBlue Oct 26 #5
Schrodinger's chicken ? Layzeebeaver Oct 26 #10
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It's not chicken or even a steak you would grill TexLaProgressive Oct 27 #48
Hell no. markodochartaigh Oct 26 #6
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Yes! Yes! Yes! PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 26 #8
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Heavens no! Vegetarian/vegan here. Sogo Oct 26 #9
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fuck!!! no ironman99 Oct 26 #13
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Before I turned vegetarian, this was the only way I wanted to eat steak. Beef is just bland and boring otherwise. eppur_se_muova Oct 26 #14
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not a fan of gravy from a 20 pound bag nt msongs Oct 26 #15
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If it was a good steak, they wouldn't be chicken frying it. marble falls Oct 27 #26
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Oh, yeah! MiHale Oct 27 #27
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Very tasty, but not healthy. tblue37 Oct 27 #28
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The good ones are worth going out of your way for. cloudbase Oct 27 #29
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Yum. ms liberty Oct 27 #30
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Lunch! (n/t) PJMcK Oct 27 #31
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Ohhh yes! SARose Oct 27 #38
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Growing up, it wasn't referred to as "chicken fried steak" in our home. Paladin Oct 27 #42
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Used to love this, dh still does, mwmisses4289 Oct 27 #44
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Hell... dlilafae Oct 27 #46
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