Short loin is a cut of beef that comes from the back of the steer or heifer. The short loin contains part of the spine and includes the top loin and the tenderloin. This cut yields types of steak like porterhouse, strip steak (Kansas City Strip, New York Strip), and t-bone (a cut also containing partial meat from the tender loin). The t-bone is a cut which contains less of the tenderloin than does the porterhouse. Webster's Dictionary defines it as "a portion of the hindquarter of beef immediately behind the ribs that is usually cut into steaks."
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The Beef Short Loin is located on the top of the cow between the Rib and the Sirloin area. It...
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short loin Of the major wholesale cuts of beef, this is the most tender. It lies in the middle of the back between the sirloin and the rib, and the.
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