Maybe it was his reward for going through with the break up? I use pie/food a reward for unpleasant things, but then I'm a simple creature in many ways.

Grandmother was exactly the same. Came from Eastern European culture to Despression-era America, so she assumed meat would kill you unless you extra-killed it.

Well, I can understand pie.

you're forgetting the Rare>Mid-Rare, my good sir

But.... why would you want to eat while doing this ?! I couldn't possibly stomach any food. The one time I tried to break up with someone in a public place I made him come to a busy coffee shop, didn't order anything, pulled us aside as much as possible and whispered. Then I married him, so I am clearly a failure at…

Oh, this wasn't a tenderloin. I'd have no real complaints in that situation. This was just giant chunk of super fatty shoulder steak. Having tasted it, I assure you that it was the type of steak that needed to be dipped in something to be edible. All it tasted like on its own was blood and fat.

Seconded, this would be an awesome Very Special Behind Closed Ovens.

Yes...I've heard that advice and witnessed a couple as a customer. So awkward. I never had to be the server. I will admit that it was advice I followed with one guy who really scared me, but I used the popular fountain in a busy downtown area on a Saturday morning instead of a restaurant. I didn't want some poor soul…

Hmm....the senior special in my family is actually the exact opposite. My great aunt LOVES steak, but she likes it rare. And by rare I mean "bordering on raw". I like my steak med, or med rare, but the way she eats it is just kind of gross. I mean, if you're into a tartare, or a carpaccio, cool. But don't take a…

My folks always liked their steaks and roasts done well well well done. When I started to cook, my mother assured me that roasting meats was easy. Sure it is, if your goal is to overcook everything!

Once upon a time I gagged just touching raw chicken. But I got over that a couple of decades ago. Still wouldn't EAT it. That's reckless as well as gross.

It is regional. We also put them on sandwiches.

My grandmother has restaurants do this with FISH.

I have heard that, just didn't realize people were doing it. PINKHAM, ARE YOU LISTENING? THIS NEEDS TO BE A BEHIND CLOSED OVENS ARTICLE.

Haha! I don't know what it is, but as my mother has aged, she's become adamant about having her steaks cooked extra well done. My siblings and I can't handle it.

Also known as "shoe-leather."

Well, hot and crispy on a salad isn't regional, I don't think bacon is a rare thing to put on a salad, or hot croutons! But fries seem to be the very antithesis of salad to me. Definitely sounds regional, but one of those regional things that would horrify people in Canada (and be yet another example of "crazy…

As a person who enjoys vegetables more than meat, I find it equally awful, although the veggies are generally less expensive. It's the reason why so many people don't like cooked vegetables, because they taste like water and have the consistency of mush, when they can be so much better.

And for the rest of his life I decided to follow this guy around, and several times a day when he was least suspecting it I would jam a sewing needle in his ass.