To each his own. I like my steak (and my tuna) grilled so it is charred on the outside and purple in the center. The best of both worlds. I also enjoy steak tartare, but that is harder to find. The last excellent one I found was in Quebec.
Dan MN On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:25 -0400, "Doug Franklin" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2010-03-23 12:24, John Francis wrote: >> > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 08:34:00AM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: >> >> On 2010-03-23 8:04, William Robb wrote: >> >> >> >>>> I've stopped ordering steak when I go to a restaurant. I'm a philistine >> >>>> who like steak well done (ie. not a pink morsel anywhere). I think >> >>>> that's a task beyond the ability of most chefs. >> >>>> >> >>> Any chef worth of the title would consider that a lack of taste on the >> >>> part of the diner. >> >> >> >> F*** the chef, I'm paying for the meal, not a snotty attitude. >> > >> > Then go to a diner. >> > >> > When you go to a "fine dining" establishment you are paying for the >> > expertise of the chef. Telling him how to do his job is a dumb idea. >> >> We'll just have to disagree on this one. If I'm footing the bill, it >> should be cooked the way I want it, if I specify. Asking for a steak >> with no pink and receiving a mooing cow, on my dime, is not on. > > > Yes! In any restaurant I've been to the waiter asks how you'd like your > steak cooked. If I say 'well done', I bloody well mean it! > > (er, I mean it un-bloodied, actually) > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and > love email again > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
