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Carpetbag steak is a uniquely Australian dish that was first popularised in Sydney, around 1950. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...


It consists of an end cut of scotch fillet steak, served standing up like a miniture mountain. Pockets in the meat are made by small cuts, into which an exceptionally rich and creamy species of Sydney rock oysters are stuffed and sutured with toothpicks. As the dish is broiled, the flavour of the fresh oysters permeates and delectably blends with the juice of the tender meat. A strip of bacon may be wrapped around the serving and surrounded by peeled and browned baby potatoe halves. After partaking of a well-prepared Carpetbag steak, all other steaks appear as fast-food. A steak served with a pat of butter and mushrooms A pair of ribeye steaks being grilled A steak is a slice from a larger piece of meat, usually beef. ...


Most steak and oyster lovers have one of two reactions to this dish, either delight or disgust. In a scene from Richard Condon's novel The Manchurian Candidate, the villainous Eleanor Shaw Iselin eagerly consumes a carpetbag steak, while her son Raymond Shaw remarks on the vulgarity of both the dish and the diner. Crassostrea gigas, Marennes-Oléron Crassostrea gigas, Marennes-Oléron Crassostrea gigas, Marennes-Oléron, opened The name oyster is used for a number of different groups of mollusks which grow for the most part in marine or brackish water. ... Richard Thomas Condon (born March 18, 1915 in New York, New York; died April 9, 1996 in Dallas, Texas), was a satirical novelist best known for conspiratorial tales such as The Manchurian Candidate. ... The Manchurian Candidate is a 1959 novel by Richard Condon. ...

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carpetbag steak: Information from Answers.com (309 words)
Carpetbag steak is a uniquely Australian dish that was first popularised in Sydney, around 1950.
As the dish is broiled, the flavour of the fresh oysters permeates the steak and blends with the juice of the tender meat.
In a scene from Richard Condon's novel The Manchurian Candidate, the villainous Eleanor Shaw Iselin eagerly consumes a carpetbag steak, while her son Raymond Shaw remarks on the vulgarity of both the dish and the diner.
Steak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1108 words)
A steak served with a pat of butter and mushrooms
In France, steak is usually served with French fried potatoes, and the combination is known as 'steak-frites'.
A fish steak is a portion of cut perpendicular to the backbone, as opposed to a fillet, which is cut parallel to it.
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