tool
Meat tenderizer
To tenderize meat, one can use a meat pounder or a meat tenderizer. The
latter is a wooden hammer - porcelain or aluminum is sometimes used - with
a cylindrical or rectangular head with solid, pyramid-shaped buttons on
both sides. There are often larger buttons on one side than on the other;
for thick and thin cuts of meat respectively. These buttons can be cut from
the wooden head, but this can also be a stainless steel plate with buttons
attached to the face. The head of the meat mallet can also have an axe, ice
pick (1) or steak greith (2) on one side. Another model has a handle on top
instead of a hammer handle. [MOT] (1) See ''The Stanley Catalog Collection
1855-1898'': 64, 241. (2) CAMPBELL: 87.