Board 8 > How do you eat your steak?

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Med-Rare for me

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Literally cannot fathom how anyone could eat steak other than medium-rare

With a fork and a knife.

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With ketchup

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Leonhart4 posted...

With ketchup

gross

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I physically cant eat steak beyond medium-rare, but if people want it well done for safety reasons, sure. Nobody can tell me it tastes better at that level of cooked though.

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As a vegetarian, I don't.

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Leonhart4 posted...

With ketchup

Well done with ketchup. Awwwww yeah

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I don't.

But when I did, it was medium.

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Well done.

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bryans7 posted...

Well done.

Thanks! I made it.

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Raka_Putra posted...

Thanks! I made it.

Fantastic job, I'm going to tell all my friends. Do you make custom topics?

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I grew up in a household that cooked all meat even beyond well done which made me not like steak all that much. Once I hit my teenage years I slowly started ordering and cooking it more rare and now I can't imagine eating it in any other way than medium rare.

It was tough to get past the 'red is blood and gross' idea that was instilled in me for that long though.

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Leonhart4 posted...

With ketchup

Blasphemer
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This might be an absurd request, but can anyone find a video where a cook actually demonstrates the "rest your steak" theory by cutting into a steak as soon as it's off the grill?

The conventional wisdom is that doing so would ruin the steak, as cutting a steak before it has rested and slightly cooled will result in the juices leaking out. This leaves the steak tough, dry, and undesirable. I subscribe to the theory myself (and so does seemingly everyone who talks about grilling), but I've NEVER seen anyone actually show us the fuck-up on film.

And yeah, I know that this is essentially asking a cook to film themselves ruining their own steak... but people spend tons of money creating their YouTube videos. Ruining a $30 for a video experiment that might not even exist online is a worthy investment imo.

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Went back and forth between medium and medium rare for a while but settled on med-rare
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I can do medium or medium rare, doesn't really matter to me
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Used to always be medium rare, but I've trended towards rare lately.

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CaptainOfCrush posted...

The conventional wisdom is that doing so would ruin the steak, as cutting a steak before it has rested and slightly cooled will result in the juices leaking out. This leaves the steak tough, dry, and undesirable. I subscribe to the theory myself (and so does seemingly everyone who talks about grilling), but I've NEVER seen anyone actually show us the f***-up on film.

The steak also continues to "cook" while it's resting, so it definitely will affect timing if you want to get the temperature right.

Leonhart4 posted...

With ketchup

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well-done with extra ketchup

real answer mid rare

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HanOfTheNekos posted...

Used to always be medium rare, but I've trended towards rare lately.

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Medium rare like a man

Medium well.

A good steak can be great if well done, but it's just not as juicy. I can eat any good steak regardless of how well its cooked because it's freaking steak!

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Depends on the cut for me. My #1 is a ribeye @ medium rare. But if I'm having something like a filet, I'll get it rare instead.

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Pink is good but not in steak. Well done wit A-1 plz kthx


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Reported

Rare to medium rare

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Medium done served with black tea or an everyday $20+ a bottle wine.
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It really depends on the cut. I'll go as high as medium well for less expensive cuts, but I do medium on better cuts and will go as low as medium rare for prime rib. Most of my concern is getting too much juice on my plate and potentially making my side impossible to pick up (rice especially).

Well done with ketchup

I tried for years to force myself to do a medium/medium well and I'm just not a fan.

But steak is low tier meat in my opinion.

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The well done with ketchup posts are all just joke/meme posts, right?

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Usually medium but sometimes medium rare

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redrocket posted...

The well done with ketchup posts are all just joke/meme posts, right?

It's possible some of these people have never had steaks anywhere but a low-end chain restaurant.
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Interesting (but not too surprising) that there's 0 votes for blue rare. That's just gross, has anyone ever tried it?

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fortybelowsummer posted...

Interesting (but not too surprising) that there's 0 votes for blue rare. That's just gross, has anyone ever tried it?

yeah, it's pretty good

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redrocket posted...

The well done with ketchup posts are all just joke/meme posts, right?

Hey I never said well done

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Medium Rare. I'd order rare but for fear of getting it undercooked.

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red13n posted...

Medium Rare. I'd order rare but for fear of getting it undercooked.

The dangerous bacteria is only on the outside of the steak. It can be as rare as you want in the middle and still be safe.

Leonhart4 posted...

Hey I never said well done

In a way that's almost worse! A well cooked and seasoned medium or medium-rare shouldn't need sauce of any kind, especially not such a basic one. This is blasphemy. This is madness!
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rare to medium rare

I also marinade my steaks beforehand in either korean BBQ sauce or mongolian BBQ sauce
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is yum yum sauce more acceptable

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Anything above medium is an atrocity

Medium. I actually prefer the taste of medium-rare, but I don't like the texture as much.

Also it must be a sad existence to be a person that can't taste multiple things at the same time. Sauce on a steak doesn't ruin the steak taste, it just adds the sauce taste. So if you like the sauce there is nothing to 'ruin' by putting a sauce on a steak.

I love like a Dripping Sauce with Steak. But not drowning in it, just a little bit drizzled maybe.
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Putting any sauce on a steak is an atrocity

Butter and garlic while cooking greatly improves a steak imo.
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Mac Arrowny posted...

Butter and garlic while cooking greatly improves a steak imo.

Bro everyone puts garlic and butter on steak and if you don't what are you even doing