"rms" > wrote in message
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> Harry Demidavicius wrote:
>
> > As a person who likes their steaks 'blue', I always provide the
> > obligatory warning about sending it back. (...)
>
> I have had good luck getting an actually rare steak by ordering
> it "MOO" or "still trying to get away". Anyway the original
> poster was probably an fired employee trying to get even.

My Dad's friend Jimmy once told our server to "light a match under it's ass
and throw it on a plate".

He got the rarest steak I've seen that wasn't steak tar tar.


>
> The worst transgression I have ever experienced at a restaurant
> was after ordering the "swordfish special" at the Landmark on
> Chincoteague Island. The large group I was part of must have
> looked like a bunch of tourist and therefore prey for the locals
> that have to work two or three jobs during the on season. When
> the special arrived it took about two bites for me to realize
> that my meal was bluefish in a cream sauce. I've eaten a lot of
> bluefish but always gotten it dirt cheap or off the hook free.
> (keep your fingers away from those sharp teeth) I didn't
> say anything but have never gone back and warned others away.
>
> The transgressors are probably gone by now so I might give them a
> second chance were I to pass that way again. rms

As a family that travels alot, we've eaten out a lot. It's hard to pick just
one thing! One that does stand out in recent memory....I had ordered a
steak, medium. The waitress emphasized "that will be a dark pink, almost
red, center." I said, yes, that was perfect. She brought me a steak that had
not the slightest red, pink or any other color in the red family, to it. It
was at best medium well, if not well done. I sent it back. They cooked it a
bit longer, and brought it back to me! I laughed, and said that the "chef"
must be confused...you can't uncook an overcooked steak by putting it back
on the grill! The manager was at a loss for words trying to explain. I heard
everything from "training a new chef" to "busy night", which I pleasantly
reminded him was not my problem. I finally did get a properly cooked steak,
with the manager in the kitchen overseeing it's preparation.

kimberly