Seared Raw Beef Steak added to children’s dinner
On with the family experiment on raw food. I told my wife I tasted raw beef this afternoon, that it tasted really good. She didn’t want it. Oh I pulled her over to demonstrate how it is done. I told her Carol Alt the supermodel eats seared beef. Though my wife does not know what searing is, my wife does not cook at all, let’s be clear about this point.
Anyway I showed her the big slab of beef steak I had. Nice, tender and fresh. I showed her the small cut I was making. And I pulled her to where I was going to sear it. She told me to marinate it. No no no, I told her, that was not part of being raw. Being raw is savoring the true flavor of the meat as it is naturally. This was batangas beef fed with grass on the pasture under sunshine, open air. So she sees me sear the meat 3 seconds on all sides so it looks socially cooked on the outside.
The seared beef smelled good. I put it under my wife’s nose, and under my children’s noses. They liked what they smelled. Out comes my sharp steak knife and I make fine sashimi style slices for each child. They loved it! And this was while they were having the kinilaw na tangigue for dinner too. They couldn’t make up their mind. Which one tasted better? I told them both the kinilaw and the raw steak tasted great but both had different flavors.
My 2nd boy got greedy and stood beside me and consumed the rest of the raw bloody beef. Plainly eaten. No condiments whatsoever. Along with the trim yellow fat.
This experiment was great. I got my wife’s approval for seared beef. It seems socially cooked so it was visually acceptable. And that is what matters to her. Inside, it is all bloody raw. My cut was around 1.5 inches thick.
This was a first. A few more experiments with me consuming the raw beef and I will find out how beneficial raw beef is to my diet. If it is then we can add it as a staple to the children’s diet. What is important is I sear it myself, not the cook. If I let someone else sear it, they will instead want to really cook it and that destroys it. I want to sear it enough just so the aroma comes out and it is socially acceptable visually. But inside it is all raw fresh goodness.