There’s a staple strip of steak that’s been the meaty go-to for years. We’ve always known it as one thing: a New York Strip Steak.

Ah, just saying the words reminds one of a casual Saturday afternoon grilling with the boys. Or a solid selection at the steak house that doesn’t come with the same sticker-shock as the Wagyu Filet Mignon.

But now, the Lone Star State wants to reclaim the… Texas Strip Steak.

That’s right, there’s a bill working its way through the Texas legislature to direct the TX Department of Agriculture to rename the NY Strip the “Texas Strip” steak.

The law would request that all privately owned TX restaurants and grocery stores change the name of the steak on menus and labels. And people are big mad…

Members of the NY State Assembly, including Al Taylor of the 71st District and Rebecca Seawright of the 76th District are traveling to the Texas Capitol to “confront lawmakers and demand the repeal of the resolution… calling it a full-scale battle between the two states over culinary identity and cultural pride.”

And the owner of NY’s Albany War Room Tavern, Todd Shapiro, is supposedly going to file a $1M lawsuit against the state of Texas for infringing on “NY’s cultural heritage.”

Meanwhile, Kansas City has been real quiet on this one… how long have they been calling the NY Strip a KC Strip for again?

To be fair, while the folks in the big city might have popularized the cut, Texas is quite obviously the nation’s leading beef producer… so maybe they have a claim to it?

But what’s next? The Boston Butt becomes the Iowa Booty? Black Forest Ham becomes Forbidden Forest Boar?

So what do we think? Does NY own the strip steak? Or will Texas take it back?