Veiled Praise?

My boss doesn't give feedback very much; typically the only thing I hear from him is when something goes wrong. I do appreciate knowing what his opinions are on what I am doing, both positive and negative, so that I can adjust and ensure he is happy with what I am doing, but I rarely hear anything at all. I'm getting used to the silence, though sometimes it still bothers me.

Tonight we had our third office birthday party in a month (!) for one of our staffers. Now, if I were the boss, we'd have one birthday party a month maximum. We have three of us who have our birthdays in the span of a week, and three more who celebrate theirs within 6 weeks of each other. That's just too much Happy Birthday singing and cake for anybody, in my humble opinion. But I digress...

As we were all standing around the kitchen waiting for dinner, the cook asked me, "Well done?" I was momentarily puzzled, not realizing she was asking about how I like my steak cooked.

The boss jumped in, "She is very well done!" Everyone laughed.

At that moment, it sunk in what she was asking me, and I corrected his statement to medium well. It only occurred to me later that perhaps that was a form of veiled praise from him, that he thinks I'm doing a good job?

Then again, it's more probable that I'm reading way too much into a joke he tried to make at my expense.