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AraignéevsPoire

beef · Close equivalent

These cuts are closely equivalent — the same or nearly identical cut across different butchery traditions.

Both *morceaux du boucher* — small premium muscles on the round, traditionally kept by French butchers. Araignée is the spider-shaped muscle on the rear thigh; poire is the pear-shaped muscle on the inside thigh. Different muscles, same cultural-identity category.

Araignée
Beef · Round

Spider steak — a small, web-shaped muscle (about 200–300 grams per beast) lying on the inside of the hip socket, named for the spider-leg pattern its connective tissue traces…

TenderloinRoundBottom SirloinRibPlateChuckShort LoinBrisketFlankSirloinShankShank
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Poire
Beef · Round

A *morceau du boucher* — one of the three small premium muscles on the round historically reserved by French butchers for themselves and their best customers (alongside merlan and …

TenderloinRoundBottom SirloinRibPlateChuckShort LoinBrisketFlankSirloinShankShank
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CountryAraignéePoire
🇫🇷FranceAraignéePoire

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