# 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:** 14\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/101 "2009-10-11T14:16:03Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > Yes, but at the risk of being terribly politically incorrect Obama is half-white, half-African man raised by his white mother and white grandparents in Hawaii and Indonesia. To continue being terribly politically incorrect, that’s why the steak was medium well rather than well done. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2009, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/102 "2009-10-11T14:27:01Z")
> [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](#): > > To continue being terribly politically incorrect, that’s why the steak was medium well rather than well done. 🙂 You will both burn in hell for all eternity. Or maybe you’ll just, you know, win the Nobel prize or something. 😉 ---
**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 11, 2009, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/103 "2009-10-11T23:45:41Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > Not only do I agree with you 100%, but I’ve even thought about starting _threads_ on this topic. What is it, exactly, that makes people believe _their_ opinion is the only possible valid one? The act of cooking meat changes the flavor and texture. This is known. If I prefer the flavor and texture of a medium steak (which in fact, I do), while my husband prefers the flavor and texture of a very rare steak (which he does; he might even like it topped with ranch dressing, but he’d be put off by the raisins. . .) who’s to say that one of us is wrong? > > A lot of people like to talk about how much they value diversity. Unless, of course, that diversity happens to include: enjoying a _cooked_ steak, putting ketchup on a hot dog, or drinking light American beer.:rolleyes: > > I myself do not enjoy light beer. I only put ketchup on a hot dog if it’s a mediocre hot dog (good ones get brown mustard for me), I _do_ like my steak cooked. But the point is, what’s it to anyone? It’s not like I’m forcing _you_ to wash down a medium well cooked steak with an American beer. I’m actually wholly disturbed by it. We go so far as a society to get rid of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. And then people just come up with other reasons to think of themselves as better than everyone else. It seems it is human nature to belittle others based on trivialities. And that sickens me. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/104 "2009-10-12T00:51:06Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’m actually wholly disturbed by it. We go so far as a society to get rid of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. And then people just come up with other reasons to think of themselves as better than everyone else. > > It seems it is human nature to belittle others based on trivialities. And that sickens me. Yeah. I mean, maybe when we eradicate ‘foodism’ (that’s an extremely valid word I just invented; you got a problem with that, you languicist??😉 ), I guess people will think of _something else_ to feel superior about. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/105 "2009-10-12T02:13:26Z")
Yeah, foodists, what’s the problem with medium well? Whenever anyone asks me how I want my steak, something that only occurs about once every five years but that is often enough to keep me drooling, I reply “Joan of Arc is alive and medium well.” [SIZE=“1”]However her favorite song is not “Light My Fire.”[/SIZE] ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/106 "2009-10-12T02:21:14Z")
Nobody’s advocating laws that prevent you heathens from getting married or voting. It’s just joking around, grow a thicker skin willya? ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/107 "2009-10-12T03:36:54Z")
It could be what you’re used to, growing up. My parents are from Eastern Europe and on the few times when we had steak at home growing up, it was always on the well-done side of medium. Not that we used those terms, it was just “raw” or “done”. I never knew that steaks could be made any other way until I was much older. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/108 "2009-10-12T04:39:29Z")
> [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](#): > > That moment of topicality aside, I don’t get the need that some people seem to feel to dictate the “correct” way to prepare or eat certain foods (steak being high on the list.) If person A eats a well-done steak and enjoys it, and person B eats a medium rare steak and enjoys it, why on earth should anyone have reason or the right to say that one or the other is “doing it wrong” or that cooking a steak one way or the other is “a waste of beef”? If you like your steak charred black and topped with ranch dressing and raisins, why should I care unless I’m eating it? Can anyone tell me how this kind of food snobbery is anything but ridiculous? In general I agree with this. People are perfectly capable of deciding what they like. On the other hand, I have met a few people that wont eat anything less than medium well. They also don’t think very highly of steak. I often wonder if they would change their mind if they tried it less cooked. A quality rare to medium rare steak is right up my list as food of the gods. ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2009, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/109 "2009-10-12T14:44:40Z")
> [@HamaMotoMan](#): > > …do you freeze it before you eat it like that or is it better like that directly from the butchers or whatnot (question mark missing because Windows Vista is a bitch). I’ve always just et it straight from the butchers. I’m uncertain if freezing would do anything to the buggers we’re generally concerned about with raw beef. Since I don’t cook the burgers enough to kill all the little beasties anyway, I don’t think eating the raw meat is really any _more_ dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/110 "2009-10-14T12:45:12Z")
As I mentioned in a related thread, you aren’t a real foodie unless you gnaw fresh beef off a living cow, with all the authentic humors and juices flowing. I don’t mind if some of you gawk at my own steak preferences, just stay the hell away from my plate. As for Obama, I can’t see giving the man the Nobel Peace Prize if he’s eating well-broiled meat. Next thing you know, he’ll be roasting puppies and saying the Pledge of Allegiance. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/111 "2009-10-14T14:58:20Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Next thing you know, he’ll be roasting puppies But if he puts ketchup on them, they’ll take his Peace Prize away! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/112 "2009-10-14T22:10:01Z")
I’m more upset Obama wastes the tax payers money by just sitting there waiting for his medium-well stake to be ready. He should just eat it raw and get back to work. Better yet, he should be hooked to an IV that gives him nutrients so he never has to leave the war room, not even to go to the bathroom. Only socialists take a break to eat. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/113 "2009-10-14T22:15:06Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > I’m more upset Obama wastes the tax payers money by just sitting there waiting for his medium-well stake to be ready. He should just eat it raw and get back to work. Better yet, he should be hooked to an IV that gives him nutrients so he never has to leave the war room, not even to go to the bathroom. Only socialists take a break to eat. Under your proposal, he would need not only an IV, but a catheter as well. Not that there’s anything wrong with that idea. . .😉 ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2009, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634/114 "2009-10-14T22:22:06Z")
He could just take a dump in the Press Secretary’s hand, that’s what he’s there for. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-eats-his-steak-medium-well/512634.md?page=5)