"Master Chef Richard Campbell" > wrote in
message . ..
> Hi all,
>
>
> Tonight I went to the East Peoria Texas Roadhouse with my wife, child, and
> in-laws. I ordered a T-bone rare; I told my waitress "That I meant
'RARE.'"
> Our dinners arrived and my steak was on the far side of med well almost
> well. It was a skimpy 1/4" thick and looked to have been cooked only one
> side. I sent it back and then received a steak cooked to the proper
doneness
> of rare. But the filet side of the steak was about the size of walnut and
it
> was about 1" thick. The tail of the second steak was all fat and gristle,
at
> least a 1/5 of the steak went into trash. The rest of my party had already
> finished their meals and I need to eat it. If I had been alone or just my
> wife I would have sent it back again.
>

Never cop an attitude with your food server("I told my waitress that I meant
RARE") and never send food back to the kitchen.
Either course of action is likely to get you someone else's DNA in your food
or your steak can "accidently" hit the floor before being served.