Hi Penny, I like my steaks branded. Just knock the horns off, skin it, and brand it on both sides. If it doesn't moo when I cut it, the steak is too done. I like my hamburgers reddish brown on the outside from the smoke and done but still juicy on the inside. No more rare hamburgers or raw oysters for me. Pooh!! The "blue" you are describing is that like raw or rare to the point that the meat is still cold? "Blue" is a term not used to describe meat in Texas. Doesn't "bleu" in French mean just barely cooked? Allen Bastrop Co. penny x stamm wrote: > Oh, no, Allen -- both burgers and steaks we both prefer very blackened > on the outside (from a hot fire). Jim likes it blue on the inside, while > I prefer > it pain old ordinary rare. Meanwhile, I guess that the outside could be > called crunchy....... > > 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.