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Old 02-10-2010, 01:55 AM
 
Location: New Mexico to Texas
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I never even knew there was 2 different steaks, I only heard of Chicken fried steak, its probably one of the most popular foods in my hometown and is always served with cream gravy, I have heard of country fried though but I just assumed it was the same thing with a different name.
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Old 02-10-2010, 07:07 AM
 
Location: SouthCentral Texas
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I'd like to know what's the difference. I read it years ago in Southern Living but we no longer have the magazine and I forgot.

I'm a BIG fan of country-fried steak.

Apparently in the eastern half of the South, country-fried is the most popular and in the western half, chicken-fried is the most popular. I've only travelled through the eastern half of the southern U.S. though.
Its location and gravy...

In Texas we bread a steak, pan fry it and cover in cream( white) gravy

In (mostly) the south, they bread a steak, pan fry it and cover in a BROWN gravy...


Chicken fried steak with cream gravy


Country fried steak with brown gravy



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Old 02-10-2010, 07:41 AM
 
Location: East Tennessee
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^^ East Tennessee / Central Florida girl here. After staring at the two pictures, the top picture appears to be Country Fried Steak which is breaded and fried and is covered in Sawmill (aka cream) gravy. The bottom picture looks like Salisbury Steak which is not breaded and would indeed be smothered in brown gravy. Two totally different dishes IMO.
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Old 02-10-2010, 07:58 AM
 
Location: Murrayville, Georgia
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^^ East Tennessee / Central Florida girl here. After staring at the two pictures, the top picture appears to be Country Fried Steak which is breaded and fried and is covered in Sawmill (aka cream) gravy. The bottom picture looks like Salisbury Steak which is not breaded and would indeed be smothered in brown gravy. Two totally different dishes IMO.

I agree...But either way they both look GOOOD...

Good call on the Sawmill Gravy...
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Old 02-10-2010, 08:01 AM
 
Location: Mayberry
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Here in NC, it's the gravy!! Brown is country, white is chicken - fried!!
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Old 02-10-2010, 08:04 AM
 
Location: SouthCentral Texas
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^^ East Tennessee / Central Florida girl here. After staring at the two pictures, the top picture appears to be Country Fried Steak which is breaded and fried and is covered in Sawmill (aka cream) gravy. The bottom picture looks like Salisbury Steak which is not breaded and would indeed be smothered in brown gravy. Two totally different dishes IMO.

I know what salibury steak is...this is breaded and pan fried steak.
I use the small photo , but as you can see from the larger, its steak...not hamburger.


[LEFT]Although not official, the dish is considered the state dish of Texas. According to a Texas Restaurant Associate, it is estimated that 800,000 orders of Chicken-Fried Steak are served in Texas every day, not counting any prepared at home.
1844-1850 - The origin of the Chicken-Fried Steak probably comes from the German people who settled in Texas from 1844 to 1850. As Wiener Schnitzel is a popular German dish that is made from veal, and because veal was never popular in Texas and beef was, the German immigrants probably adapted their popular dish to use the tougher cuts of beef available to them.[/LEFT]
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Old 02-10-2010, 08:09 AM
 
Location: Murrayville, Georgia
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I know what salibury steak is...this is breaded and pan fried steak.
I use the small photo , but as you can see from the larger, its steak...not hamburger.

Thanks for the larger photo, that just increased my appetite...
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Old 02-10-2010, 03:46 PM
 
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^^ East Tennessee / Central Florida girl here. After staring at the two pictures, the top picture appears to be Country Fried Steak which is breaded and fried and is covered in Sawmill (aka cream) gravy. The bottom picture looks like Salisbury Steak which is not breaded and would indeed be smothered in brown gravy. Two totally different dishes IMO.
Salisbury steak is made with GROUND beef.

1751Texan - What cut do you make your country fried steak with?
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Old 02-10-2010, 03:50 PM
 
Location: East Tennessee
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Sheesh, I said IMO! Anyone else care to pounce on a hillbilly Realtor who doesn't share your definition of country fried- or salisbury- steak? And for the record, we have always used cube steak to prepare both recipes.

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Old 02-10-2010, 03:56 PM
 
Location: Looking East and hoping!
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All I know is I am drooling.
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