--- In Clare-Emilie-Michelle@yahoogroups.com, "art" <artkay1963@a...>
wrote:
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>Extra
> pepperoni-- good thing she's not a vegan anymore!!! hehehe!!!
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Clare in Vegas - Clare's Bloody Steak & Our Gen. Grant Gray

Yeah, we had quite a discussion about her eating habits.
She's gone 180 from her vegan days. She eats her filet
mignon almost raw. Blood oozing all out.

She meticulously cuts it completely into small squares
and then starts eating.

We all commented about the right way and the wrong way. We tend to
cut steaks into bite-sized pieces up to half-way, then start eating.

We don't eat bloody meat and told her & Camden (who got salmon, but
asked for a couple of pieces of Clare's bloody steak to try it)
about the General Grant steak story.

It seems that eating bloody rare steaks was the way to go during
the Civil War for the Union generals.

Except for General Grant.

The other generals made fun of the fact that he had his
steaks cooked until they were Confederate gray.

Or General Grant gray.
So from then on Clare called our meat General Grant gray.

As we pointed out, Grant went on to win the Civil war
and then was elected to President twice. Maybe he had
the right idea...?

Couldn't resist adding this one...
-Gloriana