Why is a very rare steak called 'blue'? - English Language & Usage ...
Nov 17, 2016 · 11. It's called “blue” because it has a blueish color. Beef meat has a blueish (or purplish, depending on your color perception) color, changing to red with exposure to air as oxygenated myoglobin becomes the dominant factor in the color and to brown with heat. The initial “blue” isn't a very strong blue, it's more blue as in not the ...
Why would anybody use "bloody" to describe how would they …
Dec 11, 2021 · In France for the same perfect pasta, a French chef would say à point: perfectly cooked. A steak in France cooked “ à point,” will be rare-to-medium-rare, with the accent on the rare. Rare-to-medium-rare is how the majority of Frenchmen and women prefer their steak and that is "à point", perfectly cooked.** [Medium rare] ordering steak ...
Can adverb be a subject in english? What part of speech can be a ...
Jul 16, 2019 · (adjective) Rare is fine. (Source: Cowboy's Mail Order Bride) These adjectives have an implied noun phrase that is the subject; they have entered such wide usage that the noun need not be specified. (Examples: slow and steady pacing OR slow and steady action; rare steak.) Context or idiomatic usage suggests how the adjective should be understood.
Common expression for having a rich man's taste but a poor …
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What would you call size that fits between small and medium?
Apr 15, 2014 · I like the idea of creating an extra size on the large end of the spectrum rather than the small end of the spectrum because of the difference in sizes. 32 / 48 / 64 have a difference of 16 between them and 64 / 96 have a difference of 32. "Jumbo" is also a fun word and seems to connote inordinately large.
analogy - If cow = beef, pig = pork, and deer = venison, then …
Oct 15, 2015 · I mean "rare" here in the sense that, of the many meats in the world eaten by English-speaking humans, exceedingly few of them have names in English that are "food" words. The only words for meat in English that differ from the name of the animal are those few items that crossed the tables of the Norman lords after William's invasion of England ...
Was “lukewarm” a way of saying “warm warm”?
Nov 6, 2018 · Given that the OED is so comprehensive, the absence of evidence is very strong evidence of absence of any such other 'luke-' word. If there is one it must be extremely rare. Reduplication is a repetition of the same word or morpheme to get a slightly different meaning, either intensifying, plurality, or some other twist. So the answer to your ...
single word requests - Are doggie bags still asked for? - English ...
Apr 15, 2015 · 4. Yes, normally (in the US) one would just ask the server (or counter person, as appropriate) for "a box". – Hot Licks. Apr 15, 2015 at 18:11. 3. The doggie bag term was very common in the past, but in the last decade or so it has completely disappeared locally (Great Lakes region) to be replaced with "to go box".
word choice - Talking about skills level, which adjective fits better ...
Feb 26, 2013 · Medium is no good, IMHO, except when talking about how you like the yolk in your fried egg cooked: over medium, or how you like your steak broiled: medium (rare) = pink, not bloody dark red. Fluent comes in two flavors, however.
phrase requests - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Mar 13, 2014 · The word requisite's primary use is as an adjective, which is common; it's use as a noun in AmE is rare. Terms like "must-haves" and "needs" are more common (btw - it does mean that the item is required).