cube steak

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noun

a thin, square or round cut of beef tenderized by cubing.

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Origin of cube steak

First recorded in 1925–30

The lobster is taken away and a steak, something he considers edible, is provided.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Geometrically, it is a cube being forced into a rhomboid by the fault.
Silicon Valley Mansions, Swallowed Alive|Geoff Manaugh|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Ice Cube and Schoolboy Q.” Osorio seems dumfounded by the decision.
It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source Magazine|Alex Suskind|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Wiz Khalifa and Young Jeezy were on the cover; April's issue had Schoolboy Q and Ice Cube.
It Was All a Dream: Drama, Bullshit, and the Rebirth of The Source Magazine|Alex Suskind|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Such dry reasoning was unsettlingly common with the student contingent at the steak fry.
The Coronation That Wants to Be a Movement: Scenes From Hillary’s Iowa Steak Fry|Ana Marie Cox|September 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They took their chop or steak at their inn or hotel, or visited the tripe houses.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
Ethel's mind was in too irritated and tumultuous a state for her to derive her usual solace from Cube Root.
The Daisy Chain|Charlotte Yonge
A thick underdone steak that overwhelmed his plate appeared to melt away rapidly from before him.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
It consists of vaulted terraces, raised one above another, and resting upon cube-shaped pillars.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo
"They beat me to hit," he said in a low voice as Jode went back to the stove for his steak and potatoes.
David Lannarck, Midget|George S. Harney