cube steak
A flavorful cut of
BEEF taken from the top or bottom
BEEF/Detail.aspx">ROUND and tenderized (or cubed) by running it through a butcher's tenderizing machine once or twice. Cube steak would be too tough to eat without being tenderized.
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COMPANION, 2nd edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst.