Some of the cuts, or tranches, are high-priced tenderloin, others are just flank steak.

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Ms. STANDEN: And here is a woman covered in flank steak.

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Flanken-cut beef short rib (short rib cut across the bone into half-inch thick strips you may need to ask your butcher to do this) is a wonder, but hangar steak, skirt steak, even flank steak (marinated overnight) will work well too.

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