IIRC, you're from the Chicago area? Growing up in the Midwest as well, I can confirm we didn't know about flank steak, skirt steak, etc. One of my uncles was a dairy farmer and my parents would get a half a cow (processed of course) each year for pennies on the dollar, at cost. I guarantee you that among the many T-bones and Sirloins in our freezer, there was never a flank. Now it's one of my favorite cuts. Maybe back then it was considered scrap meat, I don't know.

Tonight - buffalo chicken salad and probably a stiff Coke cocktail (Even though I don't drink much soda, I like the taste of Coke with spicy foods). Tomorrow, the dog and I are on our own for dinner, which is the perfect time to make something my wife doesn't like. But it may just end up being takeout instead.