It is the opposite. The French think the English eat overcooked meat. An English "well done" is what the French would consider "burnt".
It wasn't really the case until very recently. Cuisine changes like all things do. You could also look at South America, where undercooked meat is often called "English".
Meat is SUPPOSED to be slightly cooked, to keep some of the flavours. Why do you think we have steak tartare ?
I have no idea why people eat steak tartare (since Tatars cook their meat very thoroughly as a rule), and why anyone would enjoy a thick slab of something cold, wet and gelatinous when it could be properly roasted or stewed instead.
But to each their own.
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