I have a piece of cube steak in here somewhere.

It will mean cutting down on dishes like bacon and sausage sandwiches, or his favorite dinner: "cube steak smothered in gravy and cream peas and mashed potatoes."

'Mangled like cube steak.'

Less tender cuts from the chuck or round are cooked with moist heat or are mechanically tenderized (cf. cube steak).

The Southwestern oddity is well-pounded cube steak dipped in flour and buttermilk batter, then fried like chicken.

In Canada as well as in some parts of the United States, cube steak may be called a minute steak, because it can be cooked quickly.

The term "minute steak" is also used in the United Kingdom, where the term "cube steak" is little known.

Of course he must also speak degenerate pidgin, as on the afternoon when Kelly was protesting the price of cube steak at the comer drug store.

Diced chuck roast, ground beef or hamburger is often substituted for cube steak.

Mary Moore, spokeswoman for the chain, said D'Agostino lately had been selling more stew meat, cube steaks and ground beef.