Just when you thought it wasn’t safe to eat steak anymore, along comes Ruth’s Hospitality Group (RUTH) with a strong quarterly earnings report last week to swat away worries over America’s self-professed, but perhaps half-hearted, aversion to the red meat. The company reported adjusted earnings of $0.10 per share, which was 11% higher than the $0.09 average analyst estimate.

That may be why someone placed a huge options bet on RUTH in early September, loading up on 4,000 call option contracts with a strike price of $17.50 that expire in February. Since each contract controls 100 shares of stock, the total value of that transaction equates to roughly $6.3 million at a recent share price of $15.85.

That’s a lot of dough riding on a restaurant chain that seems hopelessly out of sync with America’s eating habits. But with employment in this country on the upswing, perhaps a lot of people feel like it’s time to go old-school and treat themselves to a juicy steak, loaded potato and glass of scotch. Keep in mind we also have a couple of healthcare stocks in our portfolio, so we may end up profiting in more ways than one if they keep it up!