> > Steak fried the way you'd fry a chicken. That is to say, coated in bread crumbs. A guess it is an American thing.
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> > Speed'hmmmmmm,steeeeaaak'ball
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> Also, it is made with chopped steak or cube steak, not "steak" steak, like a sirloin or T-bone or what-have-you. At least, I have never heard of it made with choice cuts of meat.
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> Up here in Ohio, and I'm sure in other locales as well, they also serve a dish called Swiss Steak. It's made with cube steak, drenched in a tomato gravy with lots of vegetables in it. I personally have never tried it, but our senior citizens really seem to like it.
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> Gri"has never really liked country-fried-steak"shny

In Oklahoma we have a restaurant called Del Rancho that has the absolute *best* chicken fried steak you could ever imagine. I have never eaten there that the steak wasn't at least 10" in diameter. These things are absolutely huge. And they're not pre-breaded and frozen either. They are hand breaded right there... when you order.

They're served with country gravy that is made with milk not water. It is thick and creamy. The mashed potatoes are instant but hey, that's trivial to me.

You can also get them as a sandwich. Same sized steak on a bun with Mayo, and all the toppings (you have to ask for cheese). Now the steak sticks out from the bun all around and it's almost an entire meal just eating the steak from around the sandwich to get to the rest of the goody under the bread.

Drac "Guess I know where I'm going for lunch" imaS