To be a country you must fit certain criteria. Scotland and for that matter, all parts of the UK, do not.
There are a few but a key one is you must have diplomatic recognition in other countries, ie an embassy.
Have you ever seen a Scottish embassy?

Sad though it may be we are all British

Dont worry Kporte, us English will look after you

we're counting on it

Obviously by the same criteria England is not a country either.

exactly. now you get it

No, but we're still in charge


Sorry... (ducks under table)




Ahhhh the memories.... this reminds me of the banter i had with my ex husband. He is a Dundonian

ahh . Fundee. that explains a lot

Well, a village called Invergowrie actually, so not technically Dundee.

Beautiful place I have to say.

Does he know you go around telling everyone that he's from Dundee?

Slander! And libel since you published it.

[QUOTE=Graham and Maria;7071076]Hang on though, if the restaurant made there own burgers whats wrong with a rare burger, when I make mine at home I like them a little pink, and quite a lot of people eat raw mince i.e. Steak Tartare.

That reminds me of Mr Bean when he goes to that restaurant orders it and then tries to hide in in all different places (very funny) eventually the waiter accidentaly knocks into him and then they go and present him with a new one The kids loved that one

I care not. Havent seen him in over a year

Having worked in fast food I will say the same as Jerserygirl.

It's ok to serve a steak medium or even rare (although even that carries a higher risk of food poisoning compared to well done). However minced beef is HIGHLY likely to carry harmful bacteria and the only way to kill it is to cook the beef at a certain temperature for a certain minimum amount of time. In laymans terms that means it has to be well done.

I don't know if there is a law specifically about having to have a burger well done, but there are laws that say restaurants must properly cook food and take all reasonable precautions to prevent food poisoning, so that's probably what they mean.

There have been cases of people dying from eating undercooked burgers, so it is serious food poisoning we're talking about, not just feeling unwell for a while!

This post has got me thinking, tbh I prefer my meat well done and the thought of any kind of blood seeping out of it gives me something approaching a dry retch.
Could be I am suffering PTSD from growing up on a farm.

Anyway I think if someone as a consenting adult requests a rare piece of meat in a restaurant then that is their choice. As long as I don't have to look at it or eat it.

If the OP comes to Aus they will find that they get the choice here, but quite often they overcook it whatever you order according to my OH.

This is patently nonsense, if a restaurant were to serve you something that they knew could potentialy make you sick (even if you requested it) and you subsequently became sick they would be wide open to litigation.

Previous posters have explained the problems of steak versus mince.

Stuff burgers.....i had a WELL DONE fillet steak at a restaurant last night, exactly how it should be, cooked