# President Obama eats his steak medium-well! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634 "2009-10-05T03:12:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/1 "2009-10-05T03:12:41Z")
I just watched the Air force One special on National Geographic and he was asked by the steward how he wanted his steak and he said medium well. :eek: Clearly this man cannot be trusted. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/2 "2009-10-05T03:16:37Z")
Clearly he adjusted his order due to the fact it was airline food. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/3 "2009-10-05T03:25:39Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Clearly he adjusted his order due to the fact it was airline food. He’s just lucky they didn’t make him switch flights in Atlanta. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/4 "2009-10-05T03:44:43Z")
> [@gravitycrash](#): > > I just watched the Air force One special on National Geographic and he was asked by the steward how he wanted his steak and he said medium well. :eek: > > Clearly this man cannot be trusted. 😉 I am shocked! Well, maybe it’s one of those things where the Secret Service can over-rule the President. Maybe he’s not allowed to eat any meat that isn’t cooked to USDA standard (i.e. drastically overcooked). ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/5 "2009-10-05T04:13:10Z")
He’s lost my vote, that’s for damn sure. ---
**Author:** ![leander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bcef8e/32.png) [@leander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leander)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/6 "2009-10-05T04:20:17Z")
> [@gravitycrash](#): > > I just watched the Air force One special on National Geographic and he was asked by the steward how he wanted his steak and he said medium well. :eek: > > Clearly this man cannot be trusted. 😉 Are you sure? I thought he was referring to his burger. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/7 "2009-10-05T04:50:54Z")
Well, the man also drinks Bud Light. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/8 "2009-10-05T04:52:10Z")
Those damn centrists and their fence-straddling, medium-well ways of doing things! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/9 "2009-10-05T05:11:49Z")
If that’s not a high crime or misdemeanor, I’d like to know what is! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/10 "2009-10-05T05:14:20Z")
Drudge is currently exposing that the Obamas went to a moderately priced local restaurant for their anniversary. For some reason, that’s supposed to be scandalous. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/11 "2009-10-05T05:37:52Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Drudge is currently exposing that the Obamas went to a moderately priced local restaurant for their anniversary. For some reason, that’s supposed to be scandalous. Because they spent too much or didn’t spend enough? Mark me down as another who is suspicious of anyone who requests their meat cooked above medium. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/12 "2009-10-05T05:43:53Z")
I already accepted that he’s got low brow taste when he chose to have a Bud Lite at the beer summit. ---
**Author:** ![anya\_marie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ebca7d/32.png) [@anya\_marie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anya_marie)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/13 "2009-10-05T07:09:00Z")
Some people have a really sad life when they make a fuss about other people’s food choices ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/14 "2009-10-05T07:38:29Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I already accepted that he’s got low brow taste when he chose to have a Bud Lite at the beer summit. Jon Stewart had a good bit noting that Obama’s beer of choice changes based on whatever the local favorite is. > [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Drudge is currently exposing that the Obamas went to a moderately priced local restaurant for their anniversary. For some reason, that’s supposed to be scandalous. I’ll repeat- too much or too little? Sheesh, it makes him seem pretty average and normal to me. EDIT: Apparently the issue is not the moderate price, but the fact that several soldiers died in Afghanistan today, which means that the President has to go into a period of fasting or something. I quit reading halfway through. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/15 "2009-10-05T08:35:26Z")
Is there really an association with the lowbrow and cooking your meat until it doesn’t taste like blood? Yet not actually having any burnt taste? Because that’s what medium-well means around here. (Our “lowbrow” refer to it as “wit jest uh liddle pink inut”) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/16 "2009-10-05T13:50:24Z")
Steak is supposed to be medium rare. Anything more is overcooked. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/17 "2009-10-05T14:25:40Z")
There is no doubt that he is a communist. I will be voting Republican next time around. Why would the most powerful man in the free world purposefully ruin a steak? I mean I sure he’s getting top quality meats. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/18 "2009-10-05T14:27:54Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Steak is supposed to be medium rare. Anything more is overcooked. Absolutely! I can forgive his choice of beer. Barely. ---
**Author:** ![UncleNito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7cd45c/32.png) [@UncleNito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleNito)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/19 "2009-10-05T14:28:27Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > (Our “lowbrow” refer to it as “wit jest uh liddle pink inut”) Medium-well is not pink in the middle. Nor is it the correct way to order a steak. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/20 "2009-10-05T15:15:38Z")
Perhaps he’s erring on the side of caution: the prez can’t afford to be down with a case of salmonella. But the beer? Impeach the bastard! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634.md?page=2)