Red Meat

[JustADude]

Isn't that the myth behind the creation of what we Americans call chips?

Not a myth, actually, and the guy who got the world's first potato chips was being a Sucky Customer first. He was bitching repeatedly that his slices of fried potatoes were too thick and the chef got pissed, sliced them paper thin so that they ended up completely crisp, and served them to him salted. So, yeah, apparently we have a SE and a SC to thank for one of the world's greatest snack foods.

[SuperDan]

Isn't that the myth behind the creation of what we Americans call chips?

Not a myth, actually, and the guy who got the world's first potato chips was being a Sucky Customer first.

Yes. Read the story here.

[Sofar]

It's difficult to get steak done how one likes it, no matter how one likes it. Everyone has these strange convictions about steak, and I'd really wish they'd drop the pretense and get over them. Convictions such as the concept that the degree to which your steak is cooked is inversely proportional to your manhood, (rare=manly) or to the other extent an aversion to blood. Usually these weird ideas belong to the cook. I've been from place to place, my consistant order of "medium" garners everything from charred lumps to slices of meat that look as though all they've experienced as regards to "cooking" is being passed through a warm room. I've given up going out for steak all together at this point, I just let me father cook them. He's very good with steaks.

I edit to elaborate, as a short order cook, I understand that my customers do not have the same goddamn tastes as me and I wish my fellow cooks would do the same. I would not enjoy a well-done burger, but I'll cook one if you ask me to, and I'll try to do it well. I like my burgers plain except for a small amount of chopped red onions, but I'm certainly not going to withhold from you the lettuce and tomatoes simply because of some strange idea that if you'll try things my way you'll like it.