Is well-done steak a Blue Tribe or Red Tribe thing?

I think this post violates the letter of the ban on culture war topics, but not the spirit. Delete If Not Allowed.

If you like your steak well done, does that mark you as Blue Tribe or Red Tribe?

I've seen two Red examples: Donald Trump and Tim, the "confused redneck at a restaurant" recurring character from Drew Talbert's Bistro Huddy series.

But then there's also Hank Hill from King of the Hill, who is quite Red, but considers well-done steak unacceptable.

All three of the above examples seem to be trying to gesture at a stereotype, i.e. that these are not merely individual preferences, but reveal belonging to a group of people.

That minor differences in food preference should be used as tribal markers should not be surprising to people in this sub. But these are two opposite markers, and both are used to stereotype the same group!

And, like, as a non-American, if I didn't see the contradiction, it would be easy for me to be convinced that this is what the stereotype, for either variant. "Yep, those Reds/Blues sure like their well-done steak, haha". That's wild.

Some other stereotypes I'm familiar with (but obviously not endorsing) that could be related to this:

• Medium-rare steak is a fancy restaurant thing, which is for elitist Blues
• Cooking it well-done is easier (Reds are practical, and have better things to do than to fuss over food)
• Cooking it well-done seems safer to ignorant uneducated Reds who don't know food science

but also

• Blues are pansies afraid of a little blood in their meat (actually myoglobin)
• Cattle farming is a Red thing (so they should be more familiar with it)
• Grilling is a Red thing (as above)

What do you think?

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