MSE Pregnancy Club IX

Sami_Bee

I love this...
http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/17264

"I'll have my steak blue" is a socially acceptable way of saying "just bring me the cow. I'll bite off my own steak!"

:rotfl:

mountainlioness

Off to scan now - will report back later!

Sami_Bee

Mrs_Moc wrote: »

I didnt even know blue steak existed, how do they get it blue???

its not actually blue
The amount of time a steak is cooked is a personal preference; shorter steak cooking times retain more juice, whereas longer steak cooking times result in drier, tougher meat but reduce concerns about disease. A vocabulary has evolved to describe the degree to which a steak is cooked. The following terms are in order from least cooked to most cooked:

• Raw - Uncooked. Used in dishes like steak tartare, Carpaccio, Gored gored, tiger meat and Kitfo.
• Blue rare or very rare - (37.8°C/100°F core temp) Cooked very quickly; the outside is seared, but the inside is usually cool and barely cooked. The steak will be red on the inside and barely warmed. Sometimes asked for as 'blood rare'. In the United States this is also sometimes referred to as 'Black and Blue' or 'Pittsburgh Rare'.
• Rare - (48.9°C/120°F core temp) The outside is gray-brown, and the middle of the steak is red and slightly warm.
• Medium rare - (52.2°C/126°F degrees core temp) The steak will have a fully red, warm center. Unless specified otherwise, upscale steakhouses will generally cook to at least this level.
• Medium - (57.2°C/135°F degrees core temp) The middle of the steak is hot and red with pink surrounding the center. The outside is gray-brown.
• Medium well done - (62.8°C/145°F degrees core temp) The meat is light pink surrounding the center.
• Well done - (73.9°C/165°F degrees core temp) The meat is gray-brown throughout and slightly charred.

searching_me

hope all goes well ML x

searching_me

so blue basically means cold ... _pale_ x

jacksons_mum

im back from my scan, everything is fine, and we are team blue! its a good job as i have already been buying boys clothes as i was that sure!

i didnt see a midwife after my 12 week scan but i did today, she went through my blood test results, tested my wee, gave me loads more leaflets, my bounty pack and my MATB1.

good luck to everyone else having scans today, it was brill, you could see the little fingers and toes and facial features really clearly!

searching_me

YAYYY!!! JM another for the blue team :D:D:D x

mrsapple_2

JM Glad all is well. I take it this was the 20 week one?

jacksons_mum

yes it was the 20 week scan

Glamazon

Sami_Bee wrote: »

what did you have for lunch?
I've not had mine yet but I've just been on the Costco hunt thread and I'm thinking costco jacket spud and getting some rib eye steak for tea while I'm there!

Chicken and Mushroom Pot Noodle

OK, 10 mins then I'm going .... oops I need a wee and needed a full bladder! I'll go now and just try to drink before I go - I know it doesn't make that much difference but I like to be good!

Blue is how my dad has it - I am more a Medium steak