Cube Steak is a cut of meat, usually top round, tenderized by a fierce pounding of a mallet. Some claim that it is also the gravy bound dish known as Salisbury steak, but that is heavily disputed by the grandma burger clause (at least in Southeastern Connecticut). It is also the most common cut of meat used for Chicken Fried Steak (also known as Country Fried Steak). This article describes the meat dish. ... Chicken fried steak or country fried steak is a food preparation associated with soul food and Southern U.S. cuisine, particularly Texas. ... Chicken fried steak or country fried steak is a food preparation associated with soul food and Southern U.S. cuisine, particularly Texas. ...
The cubesteak is popular because many people believe it is tender, but often it is made up of tough, stingy, meat scraps that couldn't otherwise be sold.
Unfortunately the package label doesn't tell you if your cubesteak was made from a single relatively high-grade cut of round steak, or unidentifiable scraps of meat that have been 'knitted' together in the cubesteak machine.
Before the cubesteak machine was invented, cooks used a meat mallet to tenderize or reduce the thickness of cuts of meat.
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