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I could never understand the episode where...


He goes to a restaraunt for his birthday and they just give him raw beef! I looked up Steak Tartare and its apparent to me that its always served as such but.. Wow, why is that a thing? i know i must seem unsophisticated or primitive to someone out there but it just baffles me.

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Steak Tartare sounds awful but I've heard many love it. But I think the joke in this episode was that it was all he could afford. Remember how he takes all the money out of his wallet and counts it before deciding what to buy.

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That's what I thought as well. He wants to get something nice but once he realizes he doesn't have enough money he looks at the prices and picks that obviously not knowing what it is which I also thought was funny. I don't get either how people like this dish either but I do know that people eat it and enjoy it. I felt so bad for him at the end though. After all his efforts to get rid of it they give him the same thing!

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Why would they give him something else lol?

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There are a lot of weird delicacies out there. That actually looked like a raw hamburger patty to me.

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Well, sort of... Steak Tartare, or Filet Américain, as it's referred to in Brussels, where I grew up, is raw ground beef fillet, served with an assortment of additional ingredients (raw onion, finely chopped pickle, beetroot, raw egg, and anything else similar). The fashion used to be to serve the dish like an artist's palette, with the additional ingredients around the outside, allowing the diner to add as much, or as little as they wanted, and the beef patty in the centre of the plate. Sadly, fashions change, and it's now the norm to receive the dish 'ready-mixed', according to the chef's taste. Try it-you'll instantly be converted-it's wonderful!..

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Steak tartare is very tasty!

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