steak lover! - need help

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We love eating tri-tip steak back in the US. It's relatively inexpensive and tastier than rib-eye and NY Steak, IMO. However, the butchers I run into here have no idea what it is...I tried "colita de cuadrill" or "felete de tres puntas."

Any idea what the right word is in Dominican Spanish?
 

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We love eating tri-tip steak back in the US. It's relatively inexpensive and tastier than rib-eye and NY Steak, IMO. However, the butchers I run into here have no idea what it is...I tried "colita de cuadrill" or "felete de tres puntas."

Any idea what the right word is in Dominican Spanish?
Firstly a street butcher will not know. In Janets Cabarete it's sold as a California cut.

Besides if you buy that nasty bloody meat on the street you need to dry it at least a week at near-but-not-freezing temps.
 
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We love eating tri-tip steak back in the US. It's relatively inexpensive and tastier than rib-eye and NY Steak, IMO. However, the butchers I run into here have no idea what it is...I tried "colita de cuadrill" or "felete de tres puntas."

Any idea what the right word is in Dominican Spanish?
In English it is also called
  • Newport steak
  • Triangle roast
  • Bottom sirloin cap
 
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As a follow up, if you are truly a beef afficionado do not buy street beef here unless you understand fresh kill preparation. Most better supermarkets here sell preportioned ribeye and tbones. Also 3 to 5 pound tenderloins and skirt. Get the Angus. Spare yourself the disappointment from street vendor fresh kill. Trust me
 

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Once again, Bob. in your attempt to Google and respond to anything, anywhere, that chart and that nomenclature will not work with a street butcher. I'll explain a bit more for the OP here, Bob:

The average street beef butcher rarely has the prime or better cuts of beef to sell to Nana or Abuela cooking the noon arrozihabicuela. Mami and Papi don't know or care either. So what do they do? The have a mess of machete'd up cow leg which is horribly tough. Abuela washes the meat in acids and seasons it to an unrecognizable stewy mess ladened with sazon liquido and sopita. They use blast furnace techniques for cooking. The good cuts never make to the street level butcher. They are earmarked for beef specialists, meat packers, restaurants and supermarkets. Sometimes, I have found a smelly piece of fillet. Very rarely, however.

The street level beef is killed and the junk is sent over to Jose on Callejon in front of Yunior's barber shop. Very few gringos have a palate for this type of fresh beef. To get around this, the Dominicans overseason it and blast it on high heat that could melt steel. It has almost zero marbling, because it comes from the overworked, dehydrated leg of the poor animal.

One of my favorite cuts to play with in the kitchen is the chuck. In this country, it is referred to as Carne 7 (note not on your chart Bob). It is called 7 because of the shape of the joint where the beef is cut. it looks like a rough number 7.

Hopefully this clears things up, in terms of all the Google searches. Buon Gusto!
 

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Once again, Bob. in your attempt to Google and respond to anything, anywhere, that chart and that nomenclature will not work with a street butcher. I'll explain a bit more for the OP here, Bob:

The average street beef butcher rarely has the prime or better cuts of beef to sell to Nana or Abuela cooking the noon arrozihabicuela. Mami and Papi don't know or care either. So what do they do? The have a mess of machete'd up cow leg which is horribly tough. Abuela washes the meat in acids and seasons it to an unrecognizable stewy mess ladened with sazon liquido and sopita. They use blast furnace techniques for cooking. The good cuts never make to the street level butcher. They are earmarked for beef specialists, meat packers, restaurants and supermarkets. Sometimes, I have found a smelly piece of fillet. Very rarely, however.

The street level beef is killed and the junk is sent over to Jose on Callejon in front of Yunior's barber shop. Very few gringos have a palate for this type of fresh beef. To get around this, the Dominicans overseason it and blast it on high heat that could melt steel. It has almost zero marbling, because it comes from the overworked, dehydrated leg of the poor animal.

One of my favorite cuts to play with in the kitchen is the chuck. In this country, it is referred to as Carne 7 (note not on your chart Bob). It is called 7 because of the shape of the joint where the beef is cut. it looks like a rough number 7.

Hopefully this clears things up, in terms of all the Google searches. Buon Gusto!
The only one who has mentioned street butchers is you, not there OP nor anyone else. Put a plug in it.
 

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Don’t knock the street butchers. Where we live they have little wooden huts they sell out of, the head of the animal hung on a hook to identify the meat of the day. Most often pork, but also beef, goat, lamb on occasion. One is across the road from our house. Yes, they have filete.
 
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The only one who has mentioned street butchers is you, not there OP nor anyone else. Put a plug in it.
Sounds like a threat now Bob. Sheesh, some people's kids! The bottom line is you Google and cut and paste this stuff. You don't know beef. You cant know everything, no one would believe that. This is why Zoom has a field day on you every-single-time. :LOL:
 

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If you are a steak lover you are in the wrong country.
The hot climate here is not conducive to producing more than utility grade beef,
I have read that it depends on the grass.
The best beef comes from areas that have a real winter.
In the US its Nebraska.
In the DR its buy imported beef if you like a good steak.
 

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Don’t knock the street butchers. Where we live they have little wooden huts they sell out of, the head of the animal hung on a hook to identify the meat of the day. Most often pork, but also beef, goat, lamb on occasion. One is across the road from our house. Yes, they have filete.
No one's knocking them. Well, maybe some. There are "better" ones. The point is that the cuts the OP is looking for won't be found there. from my experience, these can be found in the better supermarkets. Most of the street beef is leg.
 

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Go to Nacional beef counter. Give a propina to a guy to take out a fresh hunk of Angus NY Steak. Tell him how thick you want it and fat or no fat. You are standing there watching.the cut and approving it. You Get what you need as far as how many cuts.
 

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Sounds like a threat now Bob. Sheesh, some people's kids! The bottom line is you Google and cut and paste this stuff. You don't know beef. You cant know everything, no one would believe that. This is why Zoom has a field day on you every-single-time. :LOL:
On second though it may be too big to plug. We raised beef critters ,mainly Herefords but we had a few Charolais, but we didn't butcher them ourselves. Dominican beef is very lean and tough, and usually requires marinating to tenderize but it tastes ok.
 
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Don’t knock the street butchers. Where we live they have little wooden huts they sell out of, the head of the animal hung on a hook to identify the meat of the day. Most often pork, but also beef, goat, lamb on occasion. One is across the road from our house. Yes, they have filete.

I've only tried one but was less than happy and haven't gone back. So far, the only beef I buy here is hamberguesa. Everything else is tough and inedible. For steak, I go out and pay dearly for it. Same goes with grocery store. I tried Ole's meat twice and couldn't eat it.

I will say the chupetas are not bad at all. I don't get them often but when I do we enjoy it.
 

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I've only tried one but was less than happy and haven't gone back. So far, the only beef I buy here is hamberguesa. Everything else is tough and inedible. For steak, I go out and pay dearly for it. Same goes with grocery store. I tried Ole's meat twice and couldn't eat it.

I will say the chupetas are not bad at all. I don't get them often but when I do we enjoy it.
Go to Nacan steak house in Zona Colonial. Order one of their steaks and sides. You wont be able to finish and you will have leftovers for days. The best steak house in Santo Dom. Will set you back 200 U.S with drinks but its fab. All U.S imported prime.
 

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I've only tried one but was less than happy and haven't gone back. So far, the only beef I buy here is hamberguesa. Everything else is tough and inedible. For steak, I go out and pay dearly for it. Same goes with grocery store. I tried Ole's meat twice and couldn't eat it.

I will say the chupetas are not bad at all. I don't get them often but when I do we enjoy it.
Whats hamburguesa do you mean ground beef or all you buy are hamburgers?