pièce du boucher

English translation: butcher's choice

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French term or phrase:	pièce du boucher
English translation:	butcher's choice
Entered by:	Yolanda Broad

12:43 May 28, 2003

French to English translations [PRO]
/ cooking/gastronomy

French term or phrase: pièce du boucher

This menu has come back to haunt me. I can't seem to find a satisfactory term for the above.

mckinnc KudoZ activity Questions: 280 (1 open) (2 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 2409
Local time: 02:26

butcher's choice

Explanation:
what the butcher would choose for himself if he didn't have to make a living by selling it (often, as implied above, not a 'classic' cut, but something like 'onglet')

Selected response from:

Mike Birch
Local time: 01:26

Grading comment

That's great. Thans very much and to all the others who answered
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +3

butcher's choice

Mike Birch

4 +2

butcher's piece of choice

mchd

the bucher's piece/ Bucher's special

smartJIT

Chuck steak

zaphod

sirloin steak

Lanna Castellano

Answers

18 mins confidence:

the bucher's piece/ Bucher's special

Explanation:
mon grain de sel

smartJIT
France
Local time: 02:26
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in pair: 15

20 mins confidence:

Chuck steak

Explanation:
I think this is what a piece du boucher is. Thick piece of beef, which can also be ground up for hamburger.

zaphod
Local time: 02:26
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in pair: 440

29 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

butcher's piece of choice

Explanation:
une idée !
la "pièce du boucher" se rencontre souvent en France sur les cartes de brasserie ou restauration milieu de gamme. C'est une façon élégante de désigner un "bifteak français" et c'est aussi une façon d'indiquer que le morceau servi dépend de l'approvisionnement du restaurateur : on peut y trouver une entrecôte persillée, une tranche de rumsteak ou un simple tranche de gite ou de poire.

mchd
France
Local time: 02:26
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 209

39 mins confidence:

sirloin steak

Explanation:
'butcher's special': served as a good thick chunk of steak, not too much fat

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Lanna Castellano
Local time: 01:26
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 377

40 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

butcher's choice

Explanation:
what the butcher would choose for himself if he didn't have to make a living by selling it (often, as implied above, not a 'classic' cut, but something like 'onglet')

Mike Birch
Local time: 01:26
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in pair: 126

Grading comment

That's great. Thans very much and to all the others who answered

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