Saavik drops her steak dinner.
Steak is a type of food, a serving-size cut of meat. On Earth, the most common steaks are those cut from beef, although lamb and fish have similar preparations.
History and specifics[]
The dish of Steak and Oysters was one of the many meals served at the San Francisco gambling halls in the year 1867. (TOS novel: Ishmael)
Pancho Barnes offered a free steak dinner at her restaurant, the Happy Bottom Riding Club, to anyone who flew faster than the speed of sound, the first to take up the offer was Chuck Yeager. (TNG novel: Q & A)
Both Jonathan Archer and Charles Tucker III of the Enterprise (NX-01) ate steak quite frequently when dining together. Matthew Ryan of the ECS Fortunate enjoyed the first steak he had had in months when he shared a meal with Ensign Travis Mayweather on board the Enterprise. (ENT episode: "Fortunate Son") Archer often enjoyed the porterhouse cut of steak. He would also share parts of his steak with his pet beagle Porthos. (ENT novel: Last Full Measure)
When Ensign Hoshi Sato was examining the Kanthropian replicator she wondered if it could produce Tekka-maki or Kappa-maki. When it could not produce the Japanese dishes, she ordered a steak. It created a steak that was a little dry. Hoshi realized she should have specified medium-rare. (ENT novel: Rosetta)
Captain James T. Kirk's preferred preparation was cooked over a wood or charcoal fire, or fried with a brushed-on sauce, either way accompanied with baked potatoes, corn pudding, and coleslaw. The sauce was made with butter, Hungarian paprika, dry mustard, salt, pepper, and Worcestershire sauce. In the 2260s decade, He provided Nurse Christine Chapel with a recipe she adapted for the USS Enterprise's food processors. (TOS reference: Official Cooking Manual)
Ensign Shaffer and Lieutenant Vitali planned to have a meal of Terran beefsteaks after they had completed their shift on the bridge. (TOS novel: Spock, Messiah!)
Doctor Leonard McCoy once enjoyed a meal of steak and salad in 2269. (TOS novel: Death's Angel)
In the 2260s, Maglus of the Klingon battlecruiser IKS Fire Blossom was known to order a rare steak and four fried eggs for breakfast. (TOS novel: How Much for Just the Planet?)
When Captain James T. Kirk was introduced to the Joy Machine he dreamed about the first time he had tried various foods including a broiled steak. (TOS novel: The Joy Machine)
Hikaru Sulu once told Nyota Uhura of a place on Earth he knew which served steaks two inches thick, with a Murvonian coconut punch that tasted like "paradise in a glass." (TOS comic: "Furlough to Fury")
Captain James T. Kirk suspected that Lieutenant Saavik was Enigma when she was carrying steak meal. After Doctor Leonard McCoy confirmed that she was the real Saavik, she explained that as a half-Romulan she could eat meat. (TOS comic: "Who Is... Enigma?")
When it appeared that Jadzia Dax was going to cancel her wedding to Worf, Julian Bashir prepared to enjoy a steak to mark the end of his participation in Kal'Hyah. He was prevented from enjoying this meal by Benjamin Sisko. (DS9 episode: "You Are Cordially Invited")
In 2378 Admiral Kathryn Janeway commented to Lieutenant Commander Tom Paris that she could not see him settling for risotto when Harry Kim was enjoying steak. (VOY novel: Spirit Walk)
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See also[]
- alicorne steak
- Caribbean steak kabob
- Maporian rib-eye
- steak and eggs
- steak and mushrooms
- whitefang steak
- steak house
- slug steak
- zabo steak
External links[]
- Steak article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Steak article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.