Popeseye steak?

bigmaz

I was chatting to my local butcher, asking what are good cheap cuts of meat. She suggested popeseye steak. I have never heard of this, anyone know what this is, and if its any good? Is it fatty etc?

nuatha

bigmaz wrote: »

I was chatting to my local butcher, asking what are good cheap cuts of meat. She suggested popeseye steak. I have never heard of this, anyone know what this is, and if its any good? Is it fatty etc?

Its an old Scots cut, basically thin slices of rump steak. Tender and quick cooking frying steak.
Strictly speaking its the Pope's Eye, and is the pelvic sphincter muscle, but even my Dad's old meat trade books use the thinly sliced rump definition. There's a photo of the original here which is less appealing.
My favourite cut of beef is hough or shin, needs long slow cooking (or a pressure cooker) to render down the connective tissue but its well worth it. (Supermarkets often sell this as stewing beef - real butchers are more honest about it and price it fairly).
HTH