sirloin

     

The sirloin steak is beef steak cut from the lower portion of the ribs, continuing off the tenerloin from which filet mignon is cut. Of the steaks typically considered to be premium steaks, the sirloin is the cheapest, because the muscles still do quite a bit of work.

Trivia about sirloin

  • From the Old French for "upper loin", it's an expensive cut of beef from the upper loin
  • This knight eats only the cut of beef from directly in front of the round
  • When it comes to steak, try this cut from just in front of the rump; it's "top"s
  • Actually from the French, the name of this beef cut was noted by Samuel Johnson to have been "knighted"

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