[Sca-cooks] Tartare and Tournedo (was automat)

[Elaine Koogler]

You know....I wish I had remembered that you're in Chicago.  My lord, Phillip is
there in your city even as we speak...he's staying at the Hotel Monaco on Wabash
Ave at Wacker.  He comes home Friday night...YEAH!!! (this after two full weeks on
the road).  He'll be back to Chicago on January 2, but will be doing a first teach
of materials that still haven't been released yet!  However, I'm sure he'll be back
on other occasions...

Kiri

Gorgeous Muiredach wrote:

> At 09:02 PM 12/19/2001 +1100, you wrote:
> > > Do you just not like the idea of the steak cooked tartare? Or is
> > > this not the type of meat that you usually cook tartare?
> >
> >Steak Tartare is uncooked.  If one were to cook it, it would no longer be
> >"tartare".
>
> This is one of the most often confused thing about steak tartare...
>
> Although, one might argue that the meat is somewhat cooked by the acidity
> found in the mustard and/or lemon juice, depending on the version you're using.
>
> A word of caution:  Do not, repeat NOT, eat steak tartare in a
> restaurant.  Too often it will be prepared with ground beef instead of
> chopped fillet, or the meat will be chopped ahead of time.  This can cause
> no end of troubles, such as e-coli infestation.
>
> Steak tartare is just about as safe as anything else to eat, when you take
> a few precautions, such as making sure your meat is fresh (doh!), and
> slicing off the outter layer of the meat before chopping.  By doing this,
> you remove the areas where the offending bacterias would reside.  Then you
> chop it (ideally with a knife, though a robot-coupe will do in a pinch).
>
> Incidentally, in Belgium, steak tartare is known as: "Fillet Americain".
>
> If you want to try steak tartare, find me at an event, or come by
> Chicago.  I make a mean one, even if I do say so myself.  Goes real well
> with fries.  Served with home made mayonaise, of course <grin>
>
> Oh!  but, this wasn't period cooking, was it?  Could anyone find it in
> their little heart to flog me with a wet noodle, please? :-)
>
> Gorgeous Muiredach
> Rokkehealden Shire
> Kingdom of the Middle
> aka
> Nicolas Steenhout
> "You must deal with me as I think of myself" J. Hockenberry
>
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Elaine Koogler

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