beefsteak

They gave me what they called a beefsteak pie -- a tough crust and under it some blackish cubes carved out of the muscle of an antediluvian ox-and for this delicious fare and a glass of stout I paid three shillings and odd pence.

Afoot in England 1881

We were treated to the eternal sausage and something they called beefsteak; it might as well have been called "_suprême de donkey_," it was so tough.

In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters 1886

It was true that the Mexicans who ran San Lazaro had been generous with soup and tortillas, but Wesley Buttons had put the notion of beefsteak in their minds.

Dead Man’s Walk Larry McMurtry 1995

It was true that the Mexicans who ran San Lazaro had been generous with soup and tortillas, but Wesley Buttons had put the notion of beefsteak in their minds.

The Lonesome Dove Series Larry McMurtry 1995

And Jim hadn't the heart to tell her that, as a general thing, it would not do to put two eggs in the corn-cake, and that the beefsteak was a great luxury.

A Mountain Woman 1896

Of the tea and coffee it might be said as once it was said of two bad roads -- "whichever one you take you will wish you had taken the other;" the beefsteak was a problem of impracticability; and the chickens -- Fleda could not help thinking that

Queechy Susan Warner 1852

Of the tea and coffee it might be said, as once it was said of two bad roads – "whichever one you take, you will wish you had taken the other;" the beefsteak was a problem of impracticability; and the chickens – Fleda could not help thinking, that a well-to-do rooster which she saw flapping his wings in the yard, must, in all probability, be at that very moment endeavouring to account for a sudden breach in his social circle; and if the oysters had been some very fine ladies, they could hardly have retained less recollection of their original circumstances.

Queechy 1854

Of the tea and coffee it might be said, as once it was said of two bad roads — "whichever one you take, you will wish you had taken the other;" the beefsteak was a problem of impracticability; and the chickens — Fleda could not help thinking, that a well - to-do rooster which she saw flapping his wings in the yard, must, in all probability, be at that very moment endeavouring to account for a sudden breach in his social circle; and if the oysters had been some very fine ladies, they could hardly have retained less recollection of their original circumstances.

Queechy, Volume II Susan Warner 1852

To add a touch of eye appeal and subtle flavoring, akajiso (purple shiso, aka "beefsteak" plant leaves) is often added to the ginger/rice vinegar/sugar pickling mix, yielding a light pink colored pickled ginger.

Restrictions on food? 2003

a general thing, it would not do to put two eggs in the corn-cake, and that the beefsteak was a great luxury.

A Mountain Woman Elia Wilkinson Peattie 1898