Now you've done it. I ate a very healthy dinner, salad and some yogurt, and now you have me fantasizing about Texas style chicken fried steak. Which I realize is neither steak nor uncovered but you get my point.

Jello, that's it. I'm going to grab some Jello. There is some lime in the fridge, cooing my name. 10 calories per ton.

>Damn those stealth vegans! What a way to ruin dinner.
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>I'm one of those meat eaters that likes to taste the meat, thankyouverymuch. My husband always gets a chuckle out of the wait-person asking me which steak sauce I want and my reply is always "Why? Is there something wrong with the meat?", so the biggest thing I find off-putting is the whole "MUST have something covering the steak completely" trend I'm seeing in restaurant advertisements. No, really, if I want smothered steak, I wouldn't be spending the money on good meat, and if you're not gonna serve me good meat, I'll eat at home - I've got a GREAT grill and I know how to use it.
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>>>Ok, now that's just wrong! Too small or too expensive....just sad, very sad.
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>>And do not get me started when both things happen :) Or worse, some 13 years ago, new to the city and customs, we used to meet a group of friends every first Friday of the month in a local restaurant chain (White Spot) and the first time around I ask for a "Portobello Mushroom Steak"... To my disgust the "Steak" WAS the portobello mushroom!! It was a vegetarian platter. of course after I finished it I asked for a proper 12oz New York Steak! Nowadays we go from time to time to a different chain "Montanas" where they have a "Portobello Mushroom Steak" which I almost always ask for, for it is the way it should be, a steak WITH portobello mushroom!