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Offline Danbono

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Tri Tip/Top Sirlion Cap
« Reply #-1 on: June 13, 2016, 04:36:40 PM »
Hi Went to a local butcher looking for Tri Tip, all he had was Top Sirlion Cap.
1.What is the difference between the two?
2.Is the Top Sirlion Cap just as good as the Tri Tip?
3. Can I buy the Top Sirlion at Restaurant Depot and cut my own Cap? What would the rest be good for?
Looked at some video's about cutting the Top Sirlion. Would be more cost effective to do it myself.
What do guys think?
Thanks Dan

Offline TMB

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Re: Tri Tip/Top Sirlion Cap
« on: June 13, 2016, 04:41:49 PM »
Not much of and expert on this but will tell you the cap is good  but nowhere near as good as the tri tip .   

The tri tip is lower than the cap and thicker then the cap.    I've cooked the cap and sliced it thin for sammies and loved it but the real eating to me is the tri tip it's self.   Nice and thick with great flavor 
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Re: Tri Tip/Top Sirlion Cap
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2016, 05:00:11 PM »
Hi What cut of beef  would I find the Tri Tip?
Thx dan

Offline Pappymn

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Tri Tip/Top Sirlion Cap
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2016, 06:43:18 PM »
I think the cap is called Picanha. Do a search on here. Several have posted that cut recently
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Re: Tri Tip/Top Sirlion Cap
« Reply #3 on: June 13, 2016, 07:21:17 PM »
I absolutely love this cut if you can find it. Love it more than a tri tip. What wikipedia has...

"Picanha is a cut of beef popular in Brazil. In the U.S. it is little known, but referred to as the rump cover, rump cap or coulotte. North American butchers generally divide it into other cuts like the rump, the round and the loin. In some places in the US it is called top sirloin cap."

I cut the fat cap off. I've done it both ways and found I like it without...









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Tri Tip/Top Sirlion Cap
« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2016, 08:05:10 PM »
Don't you be posting that $4.99 per pound of deliciousness for those of us who can't get it. :)
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Re: Tri Tip/Top Sirlion Cap
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2016, 08:18:15 PM »
Don't you be posting that $4.99 per pound of deliciousness for those of us who can't get it. :)
really 8.99 a lb if you can even find someone here who knows what a tri tip is much less cap
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