Originally Posted by
violist
9 times out of 10 I too either get a "huh" at asking for a black and blue steak
or else get something way overcooked that has to go back. At Ruth's in
Indianapolis last week, though, the waiter was so cowed, and so cowed the
kitchen, that I got a steak that was sort of tan and blue and cold on one side.
That was almost right, so I ate it.
I'd never heard the term "black and blue" for steak until I was at a restaurant in
New York earlier this year. I definitely approve! My favourite reaction to ordering my steak blue was once in Australia when the waitress's
response was "Yuk! Really?"
They say that the rarer you order your steak, the better the piece will be,
partly becasue the chef knows that you are a true connoissuear, and partly
because you can't disguise any shortcomings with over-cooking.
I'm happy eating good steak raw but it tends to upset one's fellow diners,
also searing the outside does something magical to the flavour.
I would love to be a vegetarian but my mouth is watering just thinking.
about steak.