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French: basse cote

English translation: lower rib







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French term or phrase:basse cote
English translation:lower rib
Entered by:Conor McAuley
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Food & Dairy / Beef cuts
French term or phrase: basse cote
Context: in a list of cuts of beef on sale in supermarkets.

Seems obvious but...I'm getting conflicting answers from dictionaries and online sources.

Not one of my specialist areas. Please help!
Conor McAuley
France
lower rib
Explanation:
this assumption is based on the spelling côte

There are two types of beef grades in the United States--quality grades and yield grades. Beef carcasses ... or udder, rump, inside round, flank, lower rib, plate and brisket areas ...
www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/Beef/rp357.htm

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Paula Price
United Kingdom
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks Paula and Claudine!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



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4 +1lower ribPaula Price


  

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lower rib

Explanation:
this assumption is based on the spelling côte

There are two types of beef grades in the United States--quality grades and yield grades. Beef carcasses ... or udder, rump, inside round, flank, lower rib, plate and brisket areas ...
www.ianr.unl.edu/pubs/Beef/rp357.htm



Paula Price
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks Paula and Claudine!

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