Something stirred in me today. It may have been the comment from Ferret earlier this morning about raw meat and vets that did it, but I went out and bought a kilo of rminced steak, chopped up an onion, four or five cloves of garlic, various pickled gherkins, a handful of alcaparras, wassaname in English? – capers – added loads of salt, sixty four grinds of black peppercorn, cracked a fresh country egg on top and ate the lot.
I absolutely love steak tartare even more than sex and sashimi. Or is it just me?
OZ
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No, I’m quite fond of it as well. The Koreans do magical things with beef, their tartare is no exception.
Aye! I posted the previous comment without finishing it! Brilliant me! I’m quite fond of sashimi as well.
There are some high-end sushi restaurants in both California and Japan that do amazing things with it.
Christoper – You’re welcome at The Cave any day.
OZ
It’s not just you, but flippin’ ‘eck OZ, a kilo of steak. I mean I love the stuff, but a kilo! I am more of a sushi man than sashimi. I can eat til it is coming out of my ears. Love it with hot sake.
Christopher, I remember 3 things about Korea. The best coffee I have ever had, kimchi and the worst ‘beef’ I have ever eaten. To this day I am convinced I was fed dog. All at the Seoul Hilton.
I am reminded of a chant the Man United fans sang about Park Ji Sung.
He shoots, he scores,
he’ll eat your labradors,
Park Ji Sung, Park Ji Sung!
By the way, did you know that the steak in Vanuatu is so good they export it to Japan, the home of Kobe beef?
OZ
Sipu: aye, aye, aye! Don’t eat at hotel restaurants! Korean street food and small vendors are the best!
Lobinho: be careful, I might just accept the invitation! I’ve had my Lusophile tendencies whetted by a visit to Macau.
OZ: no, but it does not surprise me. The climate is perfect for growing good beef.
Here is another. All good natured I am sure since he played for Man U. But bloody funny.
10 Alsatians walking down the street,
10 Alsatians walking down the street,
and if Ji-Sung Park should fancy one to eat
there’ll be 9 Alsatians walking down the street.
Sipu: one of my Chinese friends has a dog. He’s quite fond of him and gets quite irritated when I ask him if he loves his dog more with sweet-and-sour sauce or black bean sauce.
Sipu – You’re welcome at The Cave too. In my previous incarnation it became a tradition that our Samoan manager would buy a quivering tuna from the market in Apia and we would spend the evening drinking beer and eating achingly fresh sashimi worth a couple of mortgages in any Tokyo restaurant with lashings of soy sauce and wasabi dip.
OZ
Hang on, OZ. I once tried to eat a 16 OZ steak (tehehehe?) in the US. Couldn’t. One kilo is how many OZs? Er, 2.2 x 16 = a lot of meat.
Aren’t you afraid of worms down there either?
Yup, 2.2lbs and all gone. I woz hungry and there are no worms in beef.
OZ
OZ, I was reminded of this kind of info:
http://voices.yahoo.com/is-ok-eat-raw-steak-3814058.html
‘I absolutely love steak tartare even more than sex ‘ ? really?
Or even sashimi. A raw wench is fine and dandy, but give me raw steak any time.
OZ
Health and Safety don’t recommend it here, and I wouldn’t order it in a restaurant, although I used to do so years ago. One of my favourites too, OZ. 🙂
Christopher,
I can speak with absolute authority when I say that the Lupos is the finest host a man could wish for.
Hell if the ol’ wolf is up for it and Mars is in the house of Saturn I would love to join the two of you for some poolside bevvies and meat that still moo’s.
I know you only pretend to love me because I have a Cave…. in Portugal…. in the summer….. with a pool…. and a proper barbie…. and freezers full of wild boar.
Sob!
OZ
OZ,
You forgot the fridge full of beer. What’s not to love. 🙂
Thank you OZ, I may just take you up on that. A mate of mine lives in Southern California. He is about to make a fortune, or alternatively lose it all. If it is the latter, we have agreed that we will walk across Spain. I am sure we would fit in Portugal as well. I have some friends in the port business and they have often invited me to that part of the country. I have only been to Portugal once on a stop over in Lisbon, but loved it. I must go back. It would be fun to take a drive up to Douro. I gather the road there from Lisbon is the most dangerous in Europe, so that should be exciting.
As I think you know, one of my ancestors fought in the Napoleonic wars at Salamanca so it would be interesting visit there as well.
Ferret: be warned, it might just happen! Then you’ll have to put up, if the Lobo permits it, with my curries,
wild boar carnitas and chili verde, and boar and beer stew!
I’m glad you enjoyed the meal you derscribe so well. If I can go back to the opening remarks of your blog, “Something stirred in me today”, I think that’s the reaon a lot of people do not eat steak tartare.