What is the Difference Between Porterhouse Steaks and T- Bone Steaks? Does it Make any Difference, if a Wing Steak is From the Left or Right Wing of a Beef Animal?

Many people ask "what is the difference between Porterhouse steaks and T-Bone steaks." Well, in reality not much and yet a whole lot. No, a porterhouse is not just a larger version of the T-Bone. A Porterhouse is the "King of the T-Bones", and therefore the "KING OF STEAKS" because, as shown above, it contains, proportionately, a larger (same portion correctly, used, in the Chateaubriand recipe)portion of the “Beef Fillet” (tenderloin), because it gives the diner a contrast of appearance, taste, and texture-ALL THREE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF A "REALLY GOOD STEAK".

Both are cut from the short loin area of the beef. A centre "T-Shaped Bone" divides two sides of the steak. On one side is a tenderloin filet and the other is a Top Loin which is better known in North America=United States there of- as the New York Strip (ped) Loin Steak.

When the bone is removed, the result is two distinctly different cuts. A Filet and a Strip (ped)Loin. When the bone is left on either side, it becomes either a "Bone-in Filet" (United States of the Americas fictation, the tenderloin fillet- psoas major muscle-contains no bone)or a "Bone-in Strip (ped) loin often refered to-in the United States of the Americas only- as a “Kansas City Strip Loin".

To be “Really, Realy, Really, Good” all T-bone steaks-all steaks or chops- should be cut a minimum of an inch and a half thick; so are often best carved and portioned, at the dining table, and  served for two (or more).

The United States of the Americas Department of Agriculture specifications require the filet portion “must be at least 1.25"(???) thick at its widest point to qualify labelling as a Porterhouse Steak. A T-Bone Steak must be at least 0.25"(???) thick. Anysmaller(???), it would be called a Club Steak. The next time you try to decide between a T-Bone or Porterhouse, remember that size"(of something or other) "is the only difference.”© Al (Alex, Alexander) D. Girvan. All rights reserved.