English Idioms

BLOODY, RARE

Jean-Pierre Ronzeau

User since 2015
Posts: 1

31 March 2015

Can you explain to me the real difference between : BLOODY and RARE with regard to a steak.

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Thierry
User since 2012
Posts: 54
1 April 2015

Wotcha Jean-Pierre,
I guess it's only a question of cooking time :
the duration of cooking for a bloody steak is shorter than for a rare one...
But I agree with you, the subtlety of these 2 cookings isn't obvious for me either...
Nice day to you
Wotcha Jean-Pierre, I guess it's only a question of cooking time : the duration of cooking for a bloody steak is shorter than for a rare one... But I agree with you, the subtlety of these 2 cookings isn't obvious for me either... Nice day to you
Pimpanella
User since 2012
Posts: 288
3 April 2015

Hi Jean-Pierre, and Thierry,
I agree with Jean-Pierre and with the translation given by gymglish for "rare", the difference is in the cooking time.
But we do have the same subleties in French: when we cook a steak SAIGNANT its RARE, and when we cook it BLEU it's BLOODY, warm but almost raw.
Have a nice rare day both of you!
Hi Jean-Pierre, and Thierry, I agree with Jean-Pierre and with the translation given by gymglish for "rare", the difference is in the cooking time. But we do have the same subleties in French: when we cook a steak SAIGNANT its RARE, and when we cook it BLEU it's BLOODY, warm but almost raw. Have a nice rare day both of you!
AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715
3 April 2015

On the rare occasions I was ordering a steak so far, I asked it be well-done because I couldn't make out that bloody words 'rare' and 'bloody'. My thanks go to the cycler Thierry who enables me to end my next dinner with a red blood trickling down my mouth.
On the rare occasions I was ordering a steak so far, I asked it be well-done because I couldn't make out that bloody words 'rare' and 'bloody'. My thanks go to the cycler Thierry who enables me to end my next dinner with a red blood trickling down my mouth.
anper
User since 2010
Posts: 19
8 Sept. 2015

A recent experience in London made me find out that bloody and rare are both synonymous of well done
Nice day
A recent experience in London made me find out that bloody and rare are both synonymous of well done Nice day
Thierry
User since 2012
Posts: 54
8 Sept. 2015

Hi anper,
This is the reason for what English cooking has always been beyond all understanding for me ...
Good digestion despite everything and nice day to you
Hi anper, This is the reason for what English cooking has always been beyond all understanding for me ... Good digestion despite everything and nice day to you

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