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Killmonger
08/01/23 7:34:19 PM
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bsp77
08/01/23 7:35:49 PM
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Steak sauce is only for shitty steak

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Irony
08/01/23 7:36:26 PM
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If you cook a steak and you eat it with steak sauce you made a bad steak

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Priere
08/01/23 7:36:35 PM
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I always drown it in A1. It makes steak good

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modena
08/01/23 7:37:53 PM
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Yes but it's mainly for the mashed potatoes,broccoli and toast clean up. I don't pour sauce onto the steak, just maybe dab it in.

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bluezero
08/01/23 7:38:07 PM
#7:


bsp77 posted...
Steak sauce is only for shitty steak


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Ultima_Fury
08/01/23 7:38:16 PM
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Irony posted...
If you cook a steak and you eat it with steak sauce you made a bad steak

bsp77 posted...
Steak sauce is only for shitty steak

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SaikyoStyle
08/01/23 7:45:41 PM
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Like A1? No not my thing. But a whiskey cream sauce or a shallot and red wine reduction can be very nice on a steak.

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Dabrikishaw15
08/01/23 7:46:29 PM
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Priere posted...
I always drown it in A1. It makes steak good


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ArsGoetia
08/01/23 7:48:15 PM
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there are killer steak sauces that will, depending on the cut the temp and the crust, make a great steak next level good (good horseradish, fresh made bearnaise sauce [jar shit is fuckin less than worthless] , compound butters, etc.)

a1 and similar vinegar based sauces typically referred to as "steak sauce" are not those and belong nowhere near a fuckin steak. they are occasionally good on burgers tho
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MrResetti
08/01/23 7:49:14 PM
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Steak sauce doesn't even taste good
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tankboy
08/01/23 7:49:48 PM
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Definitely not "steak sauce", but yes to chimichurri, barnaise, or peppercorn. But as others have said, the best steak needs the least sauce.
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Glob
08/01/23 7:50:58 PM
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This is true, but there are a number of good sauces to add to a good steak.
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AloneIBreak
08/01/23 7:51:56 PM
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No, thats what the blood is for

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Derwood
08/01/23 7:52:02 PM
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You eat the steak the way the chef prepared it, the end. You don't add sauce, you don't add salt, you just eat it

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bsp77
08/01/23 7:53:10 PM
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ArsGoetia posted...
there are killer steak sauces that will, depending on the cut the temp and the crust, make a great steak next level good (good horseradish, fresh made bearnaise sauce [jar shit is fuckin less than worthless] , compound butters, etc.)

a1 and similar vinegar based sauces typically referred to as "steak sauce" are not those and belong nowhere near a fuckin steak. they are occasionally good on burgers tho
Definitely. I don't think of things like butter, horseradish and bernaise as "steak sauce" though.

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ForsakenHermit
08/01/23 7:55:41 PM
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I don't get the controversy about putting sauce on steak. Just about any type of meat can be improved through condiments. The only exceptions are those that have been in a phenomenal marinade which the average steak has not.

That said, A1 goes better with hot dogs than anything else.

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Enclave
08/01/23 7:56:42 PM
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Depends on how shitty of a steak it is and how over-cooked it is.

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emblem-man
08/01/23 7:59:25 PM
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Steak sauce seems too sweet to me

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ClayGuida
08/01/23 8:01:11 PM
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Bottled sauce, no. Homemade sauce or compound butter? Absolutely.

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Gremlynn
08/01/23 8:02:14 PM
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At home maybe just a few dabs of hotsauce with the butter.

Out to eat if they offer a house steak sauce I'll take it, otherwise just whatever it's served with so long as it isn't horseradish or mustard based (don't like either and allergic to mustard anyways).

If something vinegar based like A1 is already at the table I'll put like a quarter sized dollop on my plate for light dipping, but I don't ask for it.

Basically I just try to be a fucking normal human being about it and not make how a chunk of cow is eaten into a big deal.

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TimeForAction
08/01/23 8:03:35 PM
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ForsakenHermit posted...


That said, A1 goes better with hot dogs than anything else.

thing is for me I dont eat beef but I love steak sauce. I put it on grilled sausages and turkey burgers
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Gamingsince1989
08/01/23 8:05:15 PM
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A good steak doesn't need any kind of sauce on it. The only time I put sauce on a steak is if someone cheaped out and bought low quality meat or didn't cook it properly.
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Imit8m3
08/01/23 8:07:17 PM
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Only if the steak is ruined (medium-well / well done)
Properly cooked steak (medium-rare / medium) has more than enough of it's own juiciness.

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Glob
08/01/23 8:11:57 PM
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Derwood posted...
You eat the steak the way the chef prepared it, the end. You don't add sauce, you don't add salt, you just eat it

I mean, many chefs do serve steaks with sauces. This seems a really weird line.

Nothing wrong with a good steak with no sauce. Nothing wrong with preferring that either, but theres a reason that most good steak places offer a variety of sauces and butters to go on your steak.
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Xenogears15
08/01/23 8:12:43 PM
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Pan sauce? Yes.

Any other sauce? No.

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thronedfire2
08/01/23 8:13:06 PM
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what kind of sauce

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HeeathLivesOn
08/01/23 8:15:14 PM
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thronedfire2 posted...
what kind of sauce
Secret sauce, which turns out to be just ordinary water, with LSD laced in

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El_Marsh
08/01/23 8:18:08 PM
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No.

You gotta do you but I have never cared for it, regardless of brand or style.

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Derwood
08/01/23 8:28:09 PM
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Glob posted...
I mean, many chefs do serve steaks with sauces. This seems a really weird line.

Nothing wrong with a good steak with no sauce. Nothing wrong with preferring that either, but theres a reason that most good steak places offer a variety of sauces and butters to go on your steak.

If the chef prepared the sauce, then that's fine. It's as the chef intended.

Thinking that a professionally prepared steak requires salt of shitty bottled sauce is the problem

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Glob
08/02/23 4:48:11 AM
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Derwood posted...
If the chef prepared the sauce, then that's fine. It's as the chef intended.

Thinking that a professionally prepared steak requires salt of shitty bottled sauce is the problem

Oh yeah, if people are putting shit like ketchup on then thats stupid.

But actual steak sauces can be really good.
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Priere
08/02/23 5:16:21 AM
#36:


Derwood posted...


If the chef prepared the sauce, then that's fine. It's as the chef intended.
If im paying for it, ill eat it anyway i want.

If the chef doesnt like it, he can go suck a lemon.

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Ultima_Fury
08/02/23 6:56:05 AM
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I really want steak au poivre.

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mustachedmystic
08/02/23 7:05:01 AM
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bsp77 posted...
Steak sauce is only for shitty steak


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Philip027
08/02/23 7:11:00 AM
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No; I may use other sorts of seasonings though.

As far as what the chef "intended", I couldn't care less. People have different tastes.
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Derwood
08/02/23 7:55:54 AM
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Priere posted...
If im paying for it, ill eat it anyway i want.

If the chef doesnt like it, he can go suck a lemon.

Sir, my maitre'D will kindly ask you to leave this establishment

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FighterMcWar
08/02/23 8:05:26 AM
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Depends on the steak. Sometimes, yes, you are eating a bad cut of steak and a sauce will bring the flavor and is the profile you are aiming for. If you spent some real money on a nice cut you should probably focus on the steak itself, otherwise it is like forking out for saffron threads then dying the food with red food coloring....why spend the money? All that being said, I personally don't hate A1, actually I quite like it but it really only belongs with crap cuts or on ground beef. A horseradish sauce is almost always better but both are just there to break up the monotony of what is usually a large hunk of protein with no real change in flavor for a good amount of food.

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ArsGoetia
08/02/23 8:14:00 AM
#42:


ForsakenHermit posted...
The only exceptions are those that have been in a phenomenal marinade which the average steak has not.

tbh the only cuts that really benefit from marinades are those like flank and skirt afaik

thicker cuts like ribeye/strip/filet wont really see any benefit that couldnt be provided by a sauce/glaze/seasoned crust because iirc marinades wont penetrate further than somewhere between 1/16" and 1/8"

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Solid_Sonic
08/02/23 8:24:08 AM
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Sauces and I have a tenuous relationship in general.

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AnsestralRecall
08/02/23 8:36:03 AM
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AloneIBreak posted...
No, thats what the blood is for

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voldothegr8
08/02/23 8:40:16 AM
#45:


I like to put some on the side and dip a few of my bites into it.

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Nemu
08/02/23 8:43:46 AM
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I'm not a fan of steak by itself at all. I usually need ketchup to make it taste good, so I never order it. Otherwise, I only find it good if it's in something like a sandwich.
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GranAures
08/02/23 8:46:47 AM
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Sometimes. I generally eat them as is but sometimes I just want something extra so I'll go through what I have.

I cut and dip though instead of pour to my own tastes.

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LeCh0nk
08/02/23 9:20:10 AM
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Bottled sauces are garbage. A1 is for burgers, not steaks.

For a leaner cut of meat like filet mignon, it's typically served with a sauce like Barnaise.

For a fatty cut of steak like a ribeye or new york strip, they don't typically need a sauce. The existing fat does all the heavy lifting.

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PraetorXyn
08/02/23 9:34:53 AM
#50:


bsp77 posted...
Steak sauce is only for shitty steak

Irony posted...
If you cook a steak and you eat it with steak sauce you made a bad steak

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These, but if youre pan searing it and baste it with compound butter, or put a pat of butter on during the rest, thats fine.

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ForsakenHermit posted...
I don't get the controversy about putting sauce on steak. Just about any type of meat can be improved through condiments. The only exceptions are those that have been in a phenomenal marinade which the average steak has not.

That said, A1 goes better with hot dogs than anything else.
You literally cant taste anything but the steak sauce, so youre basically telling the chef they did a shitty job. I find it insulting every time I grill my dad a steak and he ruins it with A1. Besides, most people that do this either do it because they ordered the steak ruined (medium well or well done) which is a worse crime, or because their parents did it etc., and they have never tried it any other way and thus dont know any better.

Solid_Sonic posted...
Sauces and I have a tenuous relationship in general.
This, I only tend to sauce ribs and pulled pork as far as meats go and what I cook. I dont even sauce wings. I will occasionally do barbecue chicken.

AloneIBreak posted...
No, thats what the blood is for
The blood was drained from the carcass before it was butchered. What you see on the plate is myoglobin, a protein found in the muscle fibers.

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