Ans: Beat it, but I prefer letting it stand for a day.

I twittered that to someone last night. As a double entendre it has a certain flare don't you think?

It is also a great example of how something perfectly normal may be misconstrued by many.

Unfortunately in this era of authoritarianism and political correctness, our lives are regularly controlled by people who are more than willing to take perfectly good situations and construe them in a way that suits the agenda of the day. Notwithstanding the current furore surrounding the "climategate" e mails, (why is everything perceived as "scandalous" now a gate?) there's the light bulb scam in the UK perpetrated by the EU and supported by the government (although that is a loose description of the bunch of nincompoops currently trying to run the country). The deal here was to reduce the use of energy by ceasing the production and sale of traditional tungsten light bulbs. These would be replaced by the low energy "long life" type of bulb. In turn this would mean people would have less need to replace the bulbs thereby providing two savings, energy for lighting and production of bulbs.

Of course the makers of these bulbs that are much more expensive than tungsten bulbs, are delighted because you see, they produce less light than a tungsten bulb, therefore people are going to install additional light fittings and of course light bulbs, thereby increasing the profit of the makers. We can also assume that the cost in energy terms for making these bulbs is increased due to quantity although I suspect (hope?) the energy required per bulb is lower. Here's a link to one article on the subject. And what about the risk of mercury from discarded bulbs? Pravda er sorry, the BBC had this report concerning the toxicity of these light bulbs in January this year. No doubt we can expect a "green" tax to be levied on individuals who try to dispose of these bulbs in future.

So the EU's environmental credentials are as ever questionable (along with its ethical and moral credentials) and indeed Gordon Brown and his mob have questions to answer, yet will never do so.

Anyway the question that elicited the answer in the title was "How do you tenderize beef?"