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I need to translate the type of meat called "Eye of Round Roast" to Danish.

It would be extremely lucky, if anyone here speaks Danish as well as having a quite good English cooking technical knowledge. It might be a long shot.

So, if there isn't any Danish speaking helpfull mind here, I would really appreciate if I could get a good definition or explanation in English of what the eye of round roast is.

I have tried with no luck the Google translator, www.ordbogen.com (a Danish very indepth dictionary), and other kinds fx www.thefreedictionary.com to try guessing the actual meaning. I need a dictionary with cooking specific technical phrases, and that is not exactly lying around.

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I think the Danish use the English style cutting and names not the US style, so direct translation is not really possible. The round is often just English "Roast Beef"

The main part of the round we would call topside, which is Danish is Inderlår og klump (topside and rump)

The top part we call Silverside is the "Culotte" (leg)

There are other untranslatable parts like Tyksteg, Lårtunge, and Couvette; these are referred to as just "Roast Beef"!

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The word "eye" in the name of a cut of meat is like in the phrase "eye of the storm" - a round part in the middle of something. There are well known cuts like rib eye, and less well known ones like chuck eye. The Round specifically refers to part of the cow. There's a good diagram at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef#Cuts and if you scroll down, you can see the UK cuts, which not only have different names, but different boundaries.

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  • What exactly does it mean then, when there is "eye of" in the phrase too? Is it then a specific part of the round or just any round part? Does that bit have different characteristics compared to the rest of the round? I can translate "round", but not the "eye of" bit.
    – Steeven
    Aug 9, 2011 at 6:51
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    A round steak or round roast isn't necessarily round. And any round piece of meat doesn't qualify as round steak or round roast. It refers to a steak or roast cut from the hindquarter of the cow. Within that general area, there is a muscle (I actually think it's the wide end of the tenderloin) that is called the eye because it's round. If you translate "round" literally, you'll confuse people. Instead, find a meat chart that uses the Danish words and boundaries, and use whatever the Danes call that cut.
    – Kate Gregory
    Aug 9, 2011 at 11:02
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In the UK it's topside / silverside roast, but I don't know how standard cuts are across the rest of the EU. Certainly France and UK are far more similar than UK and US, but for Scandinavia it might vary more.

You'll find the joint in any butcher or supermarket in UK as a standard cut for a Sunday lunch. Very similar to rump roast.

If you're in Denmark, I would take one of the wikipedia diagrams, or just head to a butcher where there will be a diagram, and then point to the bit you want.

My grandmother is Danish, and would know, but at this point has had far too many strokes to be know what a cow is, otherwise I'd ask.

Do you need it to be eye of round? If you're translating recipes between countries the cuts can vary a fair bit. It might be easier to not translate the cut directly, and rename it to something more local and appropriate, or there might be a similar dish with a name you can use. eg. in the UK, just saying roast beef would often imply a cut like this. A better cut would be spelled out - rib roast.

Eye of round is just part of the ass of the cow, basically. It's the round muscle with a small layer of fat on the top.

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  • I need it to be eye of round roast or something similar in the way, it will be cooked. I comes down to how tender it is, and I have to translate "eye of round roast", which is used as an example of a cut of meat not very delicate and tender in contrast to fx tenderloin. I could also use some other example of a cut, which would require same cooking time and similar.
    – Steeven
    Aug 9, 2011 at 6:46
  • By the way, I'm translating an American manual, and "eye of round" is very frequently used. That's why it's getting on my nerves.
    – Steeven
    Aug 9, 2011 at 6:48
  • That going to the local butcher with a Wikipedia diagram print idea is actually not bad...
    – Steeven
    Aug 9, 2011 at 6:55
  • In terms of cut and tenderness, etc, rump would be the most generic in UK terms. Not sure how that spreads across the rest of the EU. I did find this: Dansk (Danish) n. - [zool.] ende, [zool.] hale, tyksteg idioms: rump steak oksetyksteg
    – Alex
    Aug 9, 2011 at 7:05
  • Very good! Thanks. So in UK terms rumb and eye of round have the same characteristics and both can be used as an example of a (well known) tough piece of meat requiring more work?
    – Steeven
    Aug 9, 2011 at 7:15
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I don't know if this helps, or just confuses the matter further, but the USDA Instutional Meat Purchase Specifications defines :

Item No. 171C - Beef Round, Eye of Round (IM) - This boneless item consists of the M. semitendinosus and shall not be severed on either end. The eye is separated from the top and outside rounds and heel between the natural seams.

M. semitendinosus is the main muscle to force the knee of the hind leg to bend, and is located on the back side of the femur.

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