Chicken Fried Steak – Good Ole Texas Homestyle Cooking

When I first moved to Texas I was bemused by the name chicken-fried steak.  It made no sense to me.  Either something is chicken or it’s steak.  Now I’m used to it and the name makes perfect sense.  Chicken-fried steak is, quite simply, a piece of steak that’s battered and cooked in the same way one would fry chicken.  We think of this dish as being classic Texas comfort food but is it really Texan?  Which state is actually known for chicken fried steak and how did it come to exist?

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Why Americans Should Eat More Lamb

rack of lamb

The new meal on Flavorly’s menu this week is Pistachio Roasted Rack of Lamb and I for one couldn’t be happier.  For some reason lamb seems harder to find in grocery stores than other meat and is infrequently on the restaurant menu – at least where I live here in Texas.  I miss it.  Sundays roasts were always something I would look forward to growing up; a kind of a British institution.  I have often wondered why lamb is so elusive in the US and have read numerous theories.  But it’s time to set the record straight.  I can think of at least five reasons why we should be eating more lamb and here they are.

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