"PORTER-HOUSE" STEAKS.
Many people have attempted to trace the origin of the term "porterhouse" steak to a man named Porter, who is supposed to have kept a restaurant in New York. The real reason for the term was because, in the early part of the last century, there existed in New York a number of public houses where ale and porter were the favourite beverages ordered. These taverns or saloons came to be known as portehouses. The proprietor of one of these establishments, on being asked for a particularly tender and appetising steak, made the experiment of cutting the top off a joint which had been sent for his personal use. The customer was so pleased that he called a day or two later and demanded another of those steaks. The fame of the tavern and its steak soon spread.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 96, 24 April 1931, Page 7 (Supplement)
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