Tartare de Beouf is made by taking 250 grams of raw beef mince, making a hollow in the middle of the round mound and into this, cracking a raw egg. Preparation time, 2 minutes, cooking time, nil. Sharon said the look on my face when it arrived at the table was priceless. Two nights ago I ordered steak at a restaurant and at least it was lightly singed even though the inside was absolutely raw. The juices hadn’t even had time to run! Now on the table appears a mound of raw mince, ten capers and three cherry tomatoes. I looked over to the waiter to see if he was on the phone laughing with his mate in Montsoreau who gave me the raw steak, but he was going about his business as normal. I told Sharon to stop laughing and because her chicken had a chance to go cold, eat it before it did so. I poured copious amounts of Holbrooks sauce and Tabasco on small portions of the red meat but could not stand the sounds of the mournful lowing from the dying beast as it went down so I covered the remaining portions with a serviette and made a cross with my knife and fork on top.
When the waiter returned, he said with a smile in his eye and a hint of a grin around his mouth, “Did Monsieur enjoy his meal?”
[Sam’s Edit]
That’s a crack up Dad, I had to include this video just in case your wonderfully crafted words don’t paint the picture for everyone. It did for me and this is exactly what I pictured… Haha
hahahaha! Oh Dad, thats priceless!
SAM! I remember watching that Mr Bean episode when we were kids! How funny is that! Oh the whole things has tears running down my face… 🙂