And it appears that the lowly flank steak received the European treatment when London broil was created ... in the United States. Like the French dip and other iconic, foreign-sounding foods that ...

When the term "London broil" first spread through America, it referred to a lean cut of beef, like flank steak or round, tenderized with a marinade before cooked under a broiler and sliced against ...

Getty Images) London broil. This is basically a flank steak that is broiled and cut into slices, seeming to derive from the English city of London, But the term is never used in London and you won ...