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A thin slab of meat that earned respect by pretending to be bigger than it is.
means A small, thin cut of meat (or a flat, cutlet-shaped portion of vegetable or legume mixture) taken from the rib or leg, usually breaded and fried.
from From French côtelette, a diminutive of côte meaning 'rib,' which traces back to Latin costa — the same root giving us 'coast' (a rib-like edge or border). So a cutlet is literally a 'little rib,' named for where the cut traditionally came from, even though the word has since wandered to describe all sorts of flattened, breaded things that never saw a ribcage.
- name origin
- From French cotelette, meaning little rib
- the trick
- Pounded thin so it cooks fast and looks huge
- global disguise
- Schnitzel, milanesa, tonkatsu — same idea, different passport
- not a cut
- Often made from scraps, not an actual cut of meat