banquette, filet mignon, medium, steak frites, rare, Medium rarer

Medium rarer

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“He’d like two,” said his friend and translator, Maggie James, perched next to him on the banquette. “One filet mignon, medium, and one steak frites, rare.”




Steak frites is a popular dish served in Belgian (or French) Brasseries. It is basically a steak accompanied with fries. There may also be lettuce leaves, mayonnaise, mustard, sauce béarnaise, etc.

Steak frites

banquette (băng-kĕt')
n.

1. A platform lining a trench or parapet wall on which soldiers may stand when firing.
2. also ban·kit (băng'kĭt) Southern Louisiana & East Texas. A raised sidewalk: "The flower of loafers . . . was found stretched on the banquette on Tuesday night" (New Orleans Daily Picayune). See Regional Note at beignet.
3. A long upholstered bench placed against or built into a wall.
4. A ledge or shelf, as on a buffet.

[French, from Provençal banqueta, diminutive of banca, bench, of Germanic origin.]

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1 （背もたせのない）長いす；（駅馬車の）腰掛け.

2 （堤防の）小段(こだん)；（カウンターの奥の）張出し棚；《城》射撃用足場.

3 ((米南部))歩道.


 

Temperatures for beef, veal, lamb steaks and roasts

Term (French)	Description	Temperature range[1]		USDA recommended[2]
Extra-rare or Blue (bleu)	very red and cold	46–49 °C	115–120 °F
Rare (saignant)	cold red center; soft	52–55 °C	125–130 °F
Medium rare (à point)	warm red center; firmer	55–60 °C	130–140 °F	145 °F
Medium (demi-anglais)	pink and firm	60–65 °C	140–150 °F	160 °F
Medium well (cuit)	small amount of pink in the center	65–69 °C	150–155 °F
Well done (bien cuit)	gray-brown throughout; firm	71–100 °C	160–212 °F	170 °F

rare[rare²]

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[形]（rar・er, rar・est）((米))〈肉が〉生焼けの, 半煮えの（((英))underdone）

a rare steak
レアステーキ.

rare[rare¹]

• レベル：大学入試程度
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[形]（rar・er, rar・est）

1 まれな, めったにない, 珍しい, まれにしか起こらない, たまの. ⇒SCARCE[形]2

a rare visit
たまの訪問

a rare bird
珍しい［変わった］人［物］, 珍品

(as) rare as desert blizzard
非常に珍しい

It is rare for her to get angry. ［＝It is rare that she gets angry. ］
彼女が怒ることはめったにない.

2 〈空気・ガスなどが〉希薄な（⇔dense）

The air is rare above 3,000 feet.
3千フィート上空では空気は薄くなる.

3 ((限定))たいへんな；すばらしい, 非常にすぐれた；((反語的))まったくひどい, とんでもない

a rare beauty
すばらしい美人

have a rare (old) time (of it)
とても楽しく過ごす；((反語的))まったくひどい目にあう

Her rare sense of humor delighted everyone.
彼女の希代のユーモアのセンスは皆を楽しませた.

4 ((副詞的))((主に話))非常に, とても.

rare and ...

((略式))((形容詞を伴って))とても, 非常に

We are rare and tired.
とてもくたびれた.

rare・ness

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