Did anyone hear about a "missing muscle group" that was once included in a prime rib? I was told by my butcher that it was referred to as a "cap steak," and he says he hasn't see on in quite a while. But methinks he is mistaken. I don't think he understands that you can separate the longissimus dorsi from the spinalis dorsi and that is what I call the cap steak. I cook it up all by itself, usually using a skewer to hold it folded in half, in order to get it thick enough to reverse sear. And the "eye" of the Ribeye is what is left. And that is what it is called, the "Eye of the Ribeye." If you don't separate the two, then I guess it's what's known as a Ribeye.
Of course, it may be just my terminology that is off, and that wouldn't surprise me.
I would agree. To me the Cap is the most delicious part of a Ribeye. But as you can plainly see in this pic below, they didn't even label the MOST OF ALL DELICIOUS PARTS!! This is the part I gravitate to instantly on a Ribeye steak, and the fattier the better!
And is that item in the upper right corner of the picture what is known as the lip? I do believe it is. Great! I feel some how vindicated! I'm saving that picture for reference.
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What I did was to go out and buy a whole prime rib. Out of that, I got 8 eye of ribeye's plus 3 more smaller steaks, enough cap steak material to piece together 4 good-sized steaks that will be thick enough for a reversed sear, and I even recovered enough of that lip to make a small-sized meatloaf looking thing that I'll probably use for Kabob's. Also picked up a pair of 5 lb Boston Butts, and a couple of lbs of ground chuck roast. The later was supposed to have enough fat added to make some steakhouse burgers, but the guy failed on that job, no where near enough fat to make up a 70/30 mix. We will have to have a little talk about that. Might just get a chuck steak and some hand-full of bacon fat. . . Yes, that does sound good!
Got to go back on Friday to pick up the pork belly for the bacon and I'll try to remember to pick up some pork spare ribs, too.
I was totally ignorant to this until a friend took me to The Butcher and Boar in Minneapolis. Apparently few restaurants serve this cut. It was transcendent!
Can't believe I forgot to add the very first thing I removed from that prime rib. And that was the ribs, themselves!
I've already forgotten just how many ribs that was, which tells you something about my current ability to retain numbers, but I'm sure it was between 7 and 9. (Or not.) But those ribs are going to be really good! I'm thinking "Cow Crust."
Not only did I save the Lip, I actually painstakingly removed most all the fat from it, which didn't leave much, except when you take in the fact that it was from a whole prime rib. That's how I wound up with what I termed as a "small meatloaf" pile of leftovers. Now I wish I had saved it intact to add to the hamburger. I'll do better, next time.
Mike S.
Last edited by (Mike S.); August 10, 2017, 07:10 AM.
Mike99 S., You'll have to get some lonnie mac "Geeter Music" for Your Girlfriend when You serve the "Lonnie Mac" Steak! You'll be the "Coolest Dude"on the Block! 👍👍👍👍👍
Great Post, Mike! Thanks to You and the Others for Learning Me Something!
Eat Well and Prosper! From a Backyard Cremator in Fargo ND, Dan
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