where does the skirt steak come from
Skirt Steak is a long, thin, flat, boneless, tough piece of meat with a coarse grain that was the cow's diaphragm muscle. The cut has abundant marbling, though, so it cooks up with good flavour. The grain runs across the strip rather than lengthwise. Traditionally, Skirt Steak has come from the Flank, and it still does in the UK. In North America now, however, the United States Department of Agriculture and Agriculture Canada consider that Skirt Steak comes from the Plate area.