my favorite food is steak.
[{"role": "system", "content": "A steak () is a meat generally sliced across the muscle fibers, potentially including a bone. Exceptions, in which the meat is sliced parallel to the fibers, include the skirt steak that is cut from the plate, the flank steak that is cut from the abdominal muscles, and the famous Silverfinger steak that is cut from the loin and includes three rib bones. When the word \"steak\" is used without qualification, it generally refers to a beefsteak. In a larger sense, there are also fish steaks, ground meat steaks, pork steak and many more varieties of steaks. Steaks are usually grilled, but they can be pan-fried, or broiled. Steak is often grilled in an attempt to replicate the flavor of steak cooked over the glowing coals of an open fire. Steak can also be cooked in sauce, such as in steak and kidney pie, or minced and formed into patties, such as hamburgers. Steaks are also cut from grazing animals, usually farmed, other than cattle, including bison, camel, goat, horse, kangaroo, sheep, ostrich, pigs, reindeer, turkey, deer and zebu as well as various types of fish, especially salmon and large pelagic fish such as swordfish, shark and marlin. For some meats, such as pork, lamb and mutton, chevon and veal, these cuts are often referred to as chops.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "The thought of eating meat that is \"sliced across the muscle fibers\" grosses me out, but I love steak anyway!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I also enjoy a good steak on occasion!  How do you like your steak cooked?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I know they can be pan-fried or broiled, but I love them on the grill.  I like rare, too, which bothers some of my family members.  You?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I agree that rare tastes better, but I get nervous about eating under-cooked food.  I prefer the filet mignon, you?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Do you buy a whole tenderloin or have the butcher cut the filets?  I love filet mignon as well as rib-eye."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I usually get them cut to my preference.  I am definitely not good at butchering!  You? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I buy the whole tenderloin, because it's a better price, but I ask the butcher to cut them at 2 inches thickness for me."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I will have to remember that!  Is 2 inches the best thickness?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It cooks faster, because closer to a tenderloin which is the short loin and the rump in Commonwealth countries."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh, I see.  What regions do the best steaks come from?  I heard Japan!"}]