Comments on: Steak tartar – forbidden food http://www.whatgeekseat.com/wordpress/2008/05/13/steak-tartar-forbidden-food/ eating and thinking in Wisconsin Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:49:59 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Sara http://www.whatgeekseat.com/wordpress/2008/05/13/steak-tartar-forbidden-food/comment-page-1/#comment-62996 Sara Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:16:45 +0000 http://www.whatgeekseat.com/wordpress/?p=373#comment-62996 There is indeed an "e" on the end. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tartare My mother started making this for us when I was a young girl and insisted then, correctly, that it is tartare with an "e". Yes, the origins are based on the raw meat eaten by the German Tartars, however, the adaptation is French, with an "e". Either way...yummy stuff. I am actually making a batch as we speak to take to a friend's holiday party. There is indeed an “e” on the end.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tartare

My mother started making this for us when I was a young girl and insisted then, correctly, that it is tartare with an “e”. Yes, the origins are based on the raw meat eaten by the German Tartars, however, the adaptation is French, with an “e”.

Either way…yummy stuff. I am actually making a batch as we speak to take to a friend’s holiday party.

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