Its not cooked!

[Andrew_P]

When I was 18 (along time ago) on my first ever trip to France with my girlfriend, I was bit stuck ina restaurant not knowing what was what so went for the safe bet and ordered steak......

Tartare. I asked them to cook it a bit, should have seen her face, bloody English lol

 

[Andrew_P]

Or the time I told my kids the red was tomato sauce, in a French service station

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Nobody mentioned deep-frying steak yet? Strange....

 

[Cubist]

I'm going to see if the Gogs Farm Shop has some of their marrowbone burgers for tea tonight You've got to be careful not to overcook them...

They're lush - particularly with a slice of blue cheese on the top.

Anyone ever heard of Brett's Burgers, originally Oxford, but they had an outlet in Reading too? I knew the place on Cowley Rd as it was opposite school, but they had a shack near the station. opened very late 70s early 80s, and did the most awesome burgers on a flamegrill burner in the shop. Their secret ingredient was bone marrow.

 

[martinclive]

I managed to get some. I've opened a bottle of Cotes du Rhone Villages, which will go well with them. They'll be accompanied by a nice salad and some home-made wedges.

Where you live - I'm on my way over from Castle hill right now - pour me a glass so it can breathe - ta

 

[Glow worm]

I'm going to see if the Gogs Farm Shop has some of their marrowbone burgers for tea tonight

That place looks excellent. I never knew it was there. May have to extend my cycle commute to include it soon!

 

[jefmcg]

When I go to France, I often order steak tartare. The waiter says "you know it's raw?" I assume this is because anglophones stare at the menu, see one word they recognise, and order it; then send it back to the kitchen angrily complaining "it's not cooked!"

When I was 18 (along time ago) on my first ever trip to France with my girlfriend, I was bit stuck ina restaurant not knowing what was what so went for the safe bet and ordered steak......

Tartare. I asked them to cook it a bit, should have seen her face, bloody English lol

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That's one TMN to me. Thanks for ruining France, @Andrew_P

 

[Andrew_P]

That's one TMN to me. Thanks for ruining France, @Andrew_P

Well I was 18 lost in the Aquitaine with only an AA Map of Europe and starving! Part of my problem is that say hello and ask for a table for the number of people in my party and I deliver it so expertly that they do not realise I am Pie & Mash Brit.