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What does "with elbow" mean?

RRP
RRP Posts: 26,453
edited November -0001 in EggHead Forum
I just went in search for a primal strip loin from a couple local butcher shops. I want about a 10 to 12 pound one to dry age. The only response so far has been:

...USDA Certified Angus Choice Strip Loins in stock $6.99/LB. with elbow…normally it’s $9.99/LB. for individual steaks per elbow.

What's an elbow?
Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,453
    I emailed the butcher back and got this response:
    don’t mind the “elbow” terminology…just slang..sorry!
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • RU Eggsperienced
    RU Eggsperienced Posts: 1,527
    my bet is that it is a slang way to say LB. LBow (i.e elbow).. maybe I am wrong but I'm sticking with that bet.
    Cheers.....Jerry


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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,453
    ??? what does LB stand for?
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • RU Eggsperienced
    RU Eggsperienced Posts: 1,527
    Ok I'll be obnoxious and quote the wiki definition.

    The pound or pound-mass (abbreviation: lb, lbm, or sometimes in the United States: #) is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement. A number of different definitions have been used, the most common today being the international avoirdupois pound of exactly 0.45359237 kilogram.

    The word pound comes from the Latin word pondus meaning "weight".[1] The abbreviation lb comes from the Latin word libra, meaning "scales, balances",[1] which also described a Roman unit similar to the pound (note that the commonly used lbs abbreviation for the plural unit of measurement is incorrect, as lb is both the singular and plural abbreviation). Usage of the unqualified term pound reflects the historical conflation of mass and weight resulting from the near uniformity of gravity on Earth. This accounts for the modern distinguishing terms pound-mass and pound-force.
    Cheers.....Jerry


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  • jagweed
    jagweed Posts: 188
    that's not obnoxious. obnoxious is going to wikipedia and then reading it and trying to type it like it's something you knew off the top of your head. :whistle:

    (i miss the guy, he must be studying for his A&P midterms...

    and by "miss" i mean, well, "i'm enjoying the quiet" .hahaha)
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,453
    ok touche' :laugh:
    just the same look again the way elbow was used thus redundant $6.99/LB. with elbow
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Hoss
    Hoss Posts: 14,600
    ONLY a guess!I would think it means untrimmed.I call it the tail,when you buy a whole ribeye and slice it has a "tail' that is usually just fat.I trim them off.I usually see why they were cheaper per pound to buy that way when I see how much unusable trimmings I have left over when finished.
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