Hi Allen Not Penny from NY but Penny from Halifax. Funny that you took it to mean burned and crunchy and I took it to mean undercooked. In French when you ask for a steak blue, its rare. Your interpretation is probably correct tho. Penny >>> Allen and Judy Merten <jbmerten@swbell.net> 07/22/99 02:01PM >>> Hi Penny, By black and blue do you mean he ate it kinda burned and crunchy? {;-) Allen penny x stamm wrote: > Oh, Allen -- it wasn't the smoked meat that was the problem. It > was the frequency of eating it that way. We had a cousin who used to > fix himself a steak every night in his Greenwich Village loft, and that's > how the question came up. He liked it black and blue, not slow > smoked. > > Penny, NY > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Get the Internet just the way you want it. > Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! > Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.