I'm fairly sure I had the thinly sliced, red-juiced beef from the silver-domed carving trolley, brussels sprouts in cream and something at the finish that was sticky with either golden syrup or treacle.

Avkndba's plate had sliced beef, though it looked tough.

"I was slicing beef," she said in a surprisingly deep voice, waving the blood-stained kitchen knife.

Whenever anyone came in from a watch he was usually up, slicing beef or freshening his coffee.

- the "date" steak - T-bone steak of Chianina beef cooked over hot charcoal and served very rare with its more recently derived version, the tagliata, sliced rare beef served on a bed of arugula, often with slices of Parmesan cheese on top.

She began slicing bread and beef to make a plate of food for Terel.