what exactly is fillet mignon?

[z0mb13]

kobe beef owns fillet mignon

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: jinduy
the reason i was asking was because my friend told me that the way they make fillet mignon is like so...

they get the newborn calf (i think that's what they call em) tie it up by its legs so that it wouldn't use its muscles to make the meat more tender...then butcher it after a certain time period.....is that true?

That's veal. Baby calves that aren't allowed to move much so they don't develop tough muscle.

I'd take a prime rib steak over most anything though. A ribeye is a prime rib without the bone and with the central cord of fat cut out. I like my bone and my fat

 

[MysticWar]

How about Kobe steak? No, it's not made by Kobe Bryant. But his name did come from it. I've heard that they actually "drunken up" the cow with wine or some other alcohol for a period of time to make the meat tender. True?

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: MysticWar
How about Kobe steak? No, it's not made by Kobe Bryant. But his name did come from it. I've heard that they actually "drunken up" the cow with wine or some other alcohol for a period of time to make the meat tender. True?

yes

 

[Shockwave]

I like my ribeye.
In my opinion, fillet mignon is what people who dont know steak buy to make people think they know about steak.

 

[Train]

to get the best tasting meat, inject the cow with a pint of citrus juice (preferably a really exotic citrus from hawaii, forget what its called) wait about 10 seconds (for the juice to circulate to all the meat) then salughter it. This trick was shared with my by a guy who used to run the best meat packing houses in the midwest.

 

[jinduy]

Originally posted by: Train
to get the best tasting meat, inject the cow with a pint of citrus juice (preferably a really exotic citrus from hawaii, forget what its called) wait about 10 seconds (for the juice to circulate to all the meat) then salughter it. This trick was shared with my by a guy who used to run the best meat packing houses in the midwest.

:disgust:

 

[zer0burn]

ok 90% of the crap you've read in this post is wrong...

I work as a butcher and have broken down whole sides etc...

THe fillet is typically VERY marbled... Thats where you get suet from also because the fat just crumbles in your hand.

Thats not a porter house steak a porter house steak is a few more cuts up where it has a line of grisil (spelling) running threw the striploin part, and the bone is more round before the loin is split... Another name for fillet is butt tender...

 

[cavemanmoron]

Beef steak,Yummy

 

[WhiteKnight77]

Kobe beef is similar to veal, but the cattle are allowed to get a bit older. The name is derived from the city of Kobe in Japan (the same city that got hit with a bad earthquake several years ago) where the beef was first developed. It is really tender and the meat melts in your mouth.

 

[heartsurgeon]

filet mignon is a small piece of a tenderloin.

what is a tenderloin you ask?

it's anatomical name is the psoas muscle. there is one on either side of the spine, in the retroperitneum.

humans have them, cows have'm, rabbits have'm,

look it up in an anatomy text for images..

 

[pkananen]

ok, take the whole loin. lets say its about 2 feet long (or at least it is when it comes into the meat shop) imagine a really really thick tbone steak, like 2 feet thick, covered with fat and stuff. take a filet mignon, which tapers down to an end, and place it on the side of the really long tbone. now, the end where there is little to none tenderloin, those are t-bones. where there is more tenderloin, those are porterhouses. cut into 3/4 inch slices, and you have your respective steaks. rip the whole tenderloin off of the loin and slice it seperately, you have filet mignon.

 

[JohnnyRockets]

It's one big slab of delicious!

 

[Ferocious]

fillet mignon or strip (Boston) are what I usually eat once a week.

Doesn't get much better than that.

 

[LunarRay]

How can you eat Elsie or Bambi..?

wouldn't you prefer a nice cheese Pizza... and a chocolate malt.. ?

 

[SilentRunning]

Originally posted by: LunarRay
How can you eat Elsie or Bambi..?

wouldn't you prefer a nice cheese Pizza... and a chocolate malt.. ?

You would steal the milk from the mouths of baby cows to have your cheese and malt? :frown: