S/o how do you like your steak cooked?

amother

Springgreen

Thu, Jul 18 2024, 8:22 pm

amother Offwhite wrote:

That's not blood, smarty.

It's a protein called myglobin mixed from water in the meat, and it's delicious.

Sez you. It looks like blood except under a microscope and it's nauseating. It makes you, the eater, look like a caveman.

Plonis bas Plonis

Thu, Jul 18 2024, 8:55 pm

Well done and then cooked for another 4 hours!

amother

Brickred ↓

Thu, Jul 18 2024, 9:07 pm

I've eaten beef tartare and I'd do it again lol. But I voted medium rare even though rare is fine. To me, a well done steak is a shanda. Why waste a steak on that? Just have stir fry meat or something.

We didn't really have proper steak growing up, but my mother would cook the meat well done. It was fine, usually coated in some other sauce or seasoning for flavour. But when I'd help roll the meatballs, I'd sneak-eat some of the meat raw. It was so good! So I guess I started young.

amother

↑ Brickred

Thu, Jul 18 2024, 9:09 pm

amother Springgreen wrote:

Sez you. It looks like blood except under a microscope and it's nauseating. It makes you, the eater, look like a caveman.

When I'm eating a nice steak, I'm too busy living in the moment and enjoying the taste to care about what other people think I look like. I can't imagine limiting my diet based on other's perception of what one looks like when eating a food.

amother

Black ↓

Thu, Jul 18 2024, 10:04 pm

I only recently learned that medium rare is not raw.. I was watching MasterChef and when Chef Ramsey applauded a medium rare steak when I was sure he'll start fuming that it's raw.
Can someone teach a clueless home cook how to cook a medium or medium rare steak?

LovesHashem ↓

Thu, Jul 18 2024, 10:13 pm

I voted rare but I also eat medium rare, but I also love carpacio which is raw meat.

At restaraunts I order medium because in Israel if you order medium rare it's often quite literally raw.

↑ LovesHashem ↓

Thu, Jul 18 2024, 10:15 pm

amother Black wrote:

Peas love and carrots has a recipe in her cookbook. Otherwise there's lots of articles online explaining.

amother

↑ Black ↓

Thu, Jul 18 2024, 10:17 pm

LovesHashem wrote:

Peas love and carrots has a recipe in her cookbook. Otherwise there's lots of articles online explaining.

I tried an online recipe. not sure if I did it right, but I felt like it's chewy and raw.

↑ LovesHashem

Thu, Jul 18 2024, 10:24 pm

amother Black wrote:

I tried an online recipe. not sure if I did it right, but I felt like it's chewy and raw.

It's supposed to be chewy. Its not applesauce.

amother

↑ Black

Thu, Jul 18 2024, 10:30 pm

LovesHashem wrote:

It's supposed to be chewy. Its not applesauce.

lol

amother

Sage

Thu, Jul 18 2024, 11:17 pm

amother Catmint wrote:

Medium rare only, since I’m a little girl
When I got married, I was appalled that my husband’s family ate only well done, and made him try medium rare. He hasn’t looked back since, and has gotten a few of his siblings on our team. His mother however, won’t budge.

Same!! My mil once thought a medium steak was undercooked so she put it in the MICROWAVE. I couldn’t believe it my eyes.

amother

↑ OP

Thu, Jul 18 2024, 11:45 pm

amother Black wrote:

I tried an online recipe. not sure if I did it right, but I felt like it's chewy and raw.

that has to to with the quality of the steak you bought. the cheaper it is the more chewy the meat is.

heidi

Fri, Jul 19 2024, 3:01 am

ra_mom wrote:

Medium at home
Medium rare at a restaurant

I voted medium but meant at home
Definitely medium rare at a restaurant
I used to love rare but my tastes have evidently changed as I have aged

Mollie

Fri, Jul 19 2024, 8:11 am

Well done should be illegal. Fancy restaurants won’t do it for you even if asked, they have a reputation to uphold.

Ruchel

Fri, Jul 19 2024, 8:17 am

Tartare or medium/rare but not too rare unless it's tartare.

Fav sauce béarnaise

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amother

Amaryllis

Fri, Jul 19 2024, 8:19 am

Medium rare with the juice oozing out and crunchy pepper crust… bonus if I bite into the occasional ball of fat that pops like a butter bomb… ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Mouthwatering.

amother

↑ Chartreuse

Fri, Jul 19 2024, 9:45 am

amother Sage wrote:

Same!! My mil once thought a medium steak was undercooked so she put it in the MICROWAVE. I couldn’t believe it my eyes.

That was painful to read.

amother

DarkRed

Fri, Jul 19 2024, 9:51 am

LovesHashem wrote:

It's supposed to be chewy. Its not applesauce.

It's also not bubblegum! 😁

egam ↓

Fri, Jul 19 2024, 9:58 am

amother Brickred wrote:

Completely agree. Why waste a nice piece of meat and turn it into a shoe sole?
There are plenty of cuts that supposed to be well done, why not to enjoy them? Short ribs, brisket, flanken. 🤷‍♀️

↑ Cheiny

Fri, Jul 19 2024, 10:18 am

egam wrote:

It’s not a shoe sole, it’s a nice charred crust on the outside and soft in the middle. Much better taste than that copper taste of the blood…