Want to cut my own meat!

I've wondered exactly the same thing! Could not find any intel on this issue via Google a while back...T

 

Showmanship. Either that or they don't trust customers with sharp knives. Ask them next time you go.

 

Just ask for it "non-tagliare" or "pas coupe"

Have a camera waiting for the reaction.

sjd

 

Tagliata is a typical Northern Italian steak dish, cut into strips and served on a bed of greens.

Tagliare is the verb to cut (into pieces)
Non taglio = not cut

 

I can't recall having anyone do it outside of Tuscany and Peter Luger's. Its merely one of several things that makes Luger's...well, Luger's. So, I'm happy to have them do that as part of their shtick. But, I'm generally with you, I've been cutting my own meat since momma said I was a big boy a few years back

 

Some might find it a silly rant, but I agree with you based on two things.

Firstly? I like my steaks quite rare, but warm. If it is all cut up at once, the first few pieces you eat may be warm, but the rest will quickly be room temperature.

Secondly? What is a satisfying "bite size" for one person may be VERY different for another.

 

One of the best places for a steak in Houston does the same thing. I've started asking them to not cut the steak for me. They happily oblige. I've never understood why anyone would want this done. Cutting the steak before you eat it leaves it exposed so it cools down too fast.

 

In the words of the late great, Albert Collins..........Don’t go reaching across my plate!

 

LOL. Well done, Ron! Post of the day. The last person who cut my food for me was my grandma. If you ain't my grandma, keep your hands off my grub!
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Which restaurant is that?

 

Ritual on Studemont. The dry aged ribeye is fantastic.

 

Ritual is just down the street from me. Love that place!

 

Haha, all in good fun. All the while, full well realizing there may come a time down the road when I will need my food cut for me.

 

My MIL lived to a hundred, and she'd pitch a fit if the folks at the nursing home cut up her grub for her!
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Rock on!

 

When I saw the title of this thread that's exactly what I thought it was going to be about. Cutting up a beef, doing your own butchering.

 

Me too!

 

Pedant time from me:
"Non taglio" would be "you don't cut"
You could use the imperative "Non taglia" o"non ne taglia le carne" as an instruction or if referring to the meat itself "non tagliato!"