Posted on 03/18/2017 9:57:35 AM PDT by EveningStar
... In Washington under Trump even so rudimentary an activity as eating has become politicized, weighted with aesthetic and class significance, put under the jurisdiction of social arbiters who declare what is woke and what is haram. “Actually, How Donald Trump Eats His Steak Matters,” proclaims a contributor to Eater.com. “The president of the United States insists that his steaks be cooked well-done. Unfortunately, that’s a big problem.” But why is it a problem, Eater.com? Why should so trivial a detail impress itself on the average person’s consciousness for even a microsecond? Aren’t there far more important subjects that warrant reflection and criticism and debate: health care, trade and tax policy, missile threats, the men and women dropping dead from heroin? ...
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If these are your concerns then why are you spending time at eater.com?
It's a foodie site. They talk about food.
Next thing you know we will learn Trump like his bread toasted darkly. Thus proving he’s a racist nazi.
“Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”
The French insist that raw foods like steak tartare actually strengthen the immune system.
Only problem with raw beef is there isn’t much flavor. I make a cannibal sandwich like in “Alas Babylon”: dark rye spread with horseradish & hot mustard, and an onion slice over the ground round.
Anyway, to each his own, Pres. Trump included. Even well done steak with ketchup isn’t nearly as gross as eating ketchup with a hot dog, as Dirty Harry Callahan observed.
Do you really? I don’t see what the big deal is; ketchup is a sweet and salty condiment - why not on steak?
Steak tartare is a german inspired treat during the holidays in Wisconsin.
Presuming to tell someone how they should eat something is really sticking one’s nose where it doesn’t belong. So his $54-dollar steak would be better if he had it charred on the outside and bloody on the inside? It wouldn’t be better for him. Leave him alone.
I believe President Truman addressed the same issue. When asked why he ordered his steak well-done, he said that’s the way midwesterners eat it because they have seen where it came from.
I haven’t had steak well-done with ketchup since I was a kid. But you know what? — that sounds pretty good right now. Of course, I am coming off the flu and I have some unusual cravings. I might go to a Chicago hot dog stand later on and order mine with ketchup only. I like that occasionally (mustard and kraut is my preference), but I would do it just to annoy people who think I shouldn’t eat a hot dog that way.
Wow. Just wow.
Or, eating a burger cooked rare in North Carolina.
I like mine seared outside, can’t deal with raw, cool middle so I go for mid-rare to not quite medium. Chefs and cooks call that Pittsburgh style. I like a little dollop of shallot butter on top. If that’s not available I’m not opposed to a little Lea & Perrins Worcestershire. Actual steak sauce I reserve for those unfortunate occasions when I’m served an inferior steak, whether it’s badly overcooked or whatever. Hides the dryness and poor flavor.
Trump’s steak, Trump’s choice.
Can you imagine all the additional carbon emissions if everyone did this?
Yes, I like it that he is his own man.
Imagine him at a business dinner with some head of state or CEO of a huge corporation. And he declines any wine and orders burnt steak with ketchup while the others are getting sloshed and having PC food. I admire that. Be true to who you are.
I’ve mentioned to you before that you can certainly get a rare burger in NC if you go to a restaurant that makes its own ground beef onsite, I’ve had many medium rare burgers in this state. You’ll find that only the better steak-oriented restaurants offer it, but it is there and plenty of people take advantage of it. The law against serving ground beef cooked less than medium applies to packaged, processed ground beef and ground beef patties, and was enacted in response to several widespread outbreaks of e coli traced to restaurant suppliers.
Wouldn’t having white bread, very lightly toasted so it’s still pale, be even more fascist?
We eat our steaks well done and do like ketchup or sometimes steak sauce. We love Big Macs and KFC. So I guess we could have Trump over to eat no problem:)
Maybe that’s another reason he relates to the middle class so well. Every time I see something like this, I think of Jeb Bush and his million dollar consultants blowing $150 million on $1,000 a night hotel rooms, $100 lunches, $200 dinners and $100 bottles of wine.
The Clinton camp was even worse...750 paid staff!
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