Happy National Filet Mignon Day!

Posted Aug 13th 2007 10:20AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Beef, Recipes, Trends, Holidays

Filet mignon Wow, this seems like a rather expensive holiday to celebrate.

It's National Filet Mignon Day, the day when you go all out and buy some steaks. I'm not a big steak eater (haven't had one in years, now that I think of it), and I doubt this day will make me break my streak, but Ask The Meatman has some recipes for Steak Diane, Beef Filet Mignon Salad, Sauteed Filet Mignon, and a couple of others.

Today also happens to be the day that Julia Child passed away, in 2004. She probably would have liked a nice steak and a few glasses of wine.

Tags: beef filet mignon salad, national filet mignon day, NationalFiletMignonDay, sauteed filet mignon, steak diane, steaks

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

8-13-2007 @ 3:14PM

Ryan Parrish said...

Now I wonder why would it be *national Filet Mignon* day, and not national *Tenderloin Steak* day. Seeing how Filet Mignon is a french term and this is supposed to be a *national* day....

Of course you didn't say what nation, and I could just be perpetuating the stereotypical 'it's all about me' American image ;-)

8-13-2007 @ 3:24PM

Hillary said...

Oh wow - I love finding out about holidays I never knew existed, and especially this one. Guess I'll have to go out for filet mignon tonight to celebrate (thanks!) Haha.

8-14-2007 @ 7:14AM

Peter said...

A pet peeve of mine - filet mignon is *not* steak. Steak is rib eye, NY strip, t-bone, porterhouse, etc... which are cuts that are marbled or surrounded with fat and grill and brown nicely due that that lovely Maillard reaction. Those are the cuts that I want when I crave "steak", certainly not filet mignon.

Filet mignon is dry, non-marbled tenderloin that is perhaps one of the most flavorless cuts of bovine IMO... unless it is wrapped in bacon. :)

8-14-2007 @ 11:34AM

jsmylie said...

Years? Good lord, man!

8-15-2007 @ 1:53PM

Bella said...

You have clearly never has piece of filet mignon cooked correctly. When cooked to perfection that cut of meat is tender juicy and cuts like butter. Delicious!!

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