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the body's most muscular real estate, prized by butchers and lazy abs alike
means The cut of meat (or the part of a body) along each side of the spine between the lower ribs and the hipbones — and, by extension, the region of the loins itself.
from From Old French 'loigne' (a cut of meat), which traces back to Vulgar Latin 'lumbea,' from Latin 'lumbus' meaning loin — the same root that gives us 'lumbar.' English borrowed it after the Norman Conquest, when French-speaking lords ate the 'loigne' while English-speaking peasants raised the beast; the 'gird up your loins' of older Bibles uses it in the older, broader sense of the hips and waist where one tucked a robe before hard work or battle.
- latin root
- from lumbus, source of lumbar and lumberjack vibes
- sirloin myth
- king never knighted a steak, sadly fictional
- gird up
- ancient phrase for tucking robes to fight or run
- loincloth
- humanity's oldest, most efficient outfit by far
- butcher gold
- tenderloin is the least-worked, most tender muscle
porterhouse steak — cut from the short loin, prized for its tenderloin and strip sections combined
new york strip — from the short loin, signature cut at peter luger steakhouse since 1887
filet mignon — from the tenderloin portion of the loin, most expensive retail beef cut