STEP into London's clubland, into the Reform or the Garrick or the Beefsteak.
He has crossed Canada on a summer bus tour, with a daily dose of seared beefsteak, extemporaneous speeches, endless handshaking, interviews with local media and even some dancing.
Upon his discharge in 1953, he signed with the Los Angeles Rams for $4,800 and a beefsteak breakfast.
In one famously recounted incident, however, President Truman sent a letter to a critic who had unfavourably reviewed her singing and promised that if he ever met him, the critic would "need a new nose and plenty of beefsteak".
Fistulina hepatica, commonly called beefsteak fungus, is an edible species found in the autumn on oaks and other trees, on which it causes a stain called brown oak.
Rhizomatous begonias include the rex, or beefsteak, begonias (Rex-Cultorum group), including offshoots of B. rex and allied species, prized for their brightly coloured and patterned leaves.
Some female admirers are saying he has the beefsteak appeal to step into the dusty footprints of Johnny Weissmuller, who several lifetimes ago translated five Olympic swimming golds into a huge Hollywood contract to play the part of Tarzan.
Once everyone was seated, Beacon's chef and co-owner, Waldy Malouf, a goateed man in chef's whites, introduced the beefsteak proper.
Voluptuous beefsteak tomatoes, luscious yellow squash, and fleshy musk-melons flaunt their charms.
Ma, accustomed to the non-reply, said, "I hope it's a beefsteak".
Dessert (layer cake) arrived at the same time as the main course (beefsteak or halibut), and after the plates were cleared the room turned quiet as the participants engaged in some serious introspection.
