How do you like your steak cooked?

28-06-2011 11:33AM

Medium, but I wouldn't mind trying medium-rare sometime

VW 1 · 28-06-2011 11:33AM

Rare for me. I had steak tartar in France last year, to this day I havent tasted anything as delicious

Naikon · 28-06-2011 11:41AM

gonedrinking wrote: »

I hate steak nazis, if you want to eat waterlogged meat go ahead but stop looking down on others who prefer it cooked

I hate people that take a perfectly nice piece of steak and turn it into a hockey puck. If you won't eat steak as intended, eat a burger instead.

Malari · 28-06-2011 11:44AM

Naikon wrote: »

I hate people that take a perfectly nice piece of steak and turn it into a hockey puck. If you won't eat steak as intended, eat a burger instead.

Can't see why that would bother anyone unless they were being asked to eat it?

Naikon · 28-06-2011 11:45AM

Malari wrote: »

Can't see why that would bother anyone unless they were being asked to eat it?

Only when I am cooking for people:) I will do a well done steak, but not without a sigh.

stovelid · 28-06-2011 11:46AM

Medium rare.

I'm not sad enough to get precious about other people eat cow carcass though.

Oranage2 · 28-06-2011 11:46AM

rare, when i cook it at home i take a bite or two out of it raw.

gonedrinking · 28-06-2011 11:47AM

Naikon wrote: »

If you won't eat steak as intended

As intended by who?

endabob1 · 28-06-2011 11:47AM

Sinfonia wrote: »

According to Gordon Ramsay (I think), restaurants will often use lower grade meat for steaks that are ordered well done, simply because you can't taste the difference between high-quality and lower-quality meat when it's cooked that strongly.

Most high end places will simply not cook a steak beyond medium & rightly so

Glenster · 28-06-2011 11:48AM

Depends what kind of steak it is, anything below striploin isnt worth tasting. So char the **** out of it!

If it's nice, I'd go for rare.

Naikon · 28-06-2011 11:49AM

gonedrinking wrote: »

As intended by who?

The steak Nazi's

Malari · 28-06-2011 11:49AM

Naikon wrote: »

Only when I am cooking for people:) I will do a well done steak, but not without a sigh.

OK, yeah. I've a friend who likes to cook the steak till it's well-done. Then treat that as if it's raw and cook it for as long again. Yuck. But if she eats it, fine. If it's cooked it any less for her, she's not gonna eat it and that's a waste.

OutlawPete · 28-06-2011 11:50AM

Recon wrote: »

Medium rare

Ahh, an aristocrat.

Badgermonkey · 28-06-2011 11:50AM

Anyone tried Aldi's Irish Angus steaks?

They're relatively pricey but there's a lot of flavour to them.

Medium rare for me and well seasoned.

GavRedKing · 28-06-2011 11:51AM

Medium rare if I know the place has a good reputation for quality steaks.

leviathon · 28-06-2011 11:52AM

I was in france once with a few mates - one of the lads ordered steak well done. The chef himself arrived out 2 minutes later to see who had ordered it, gave out mad to him n all. He outright refused to cook it well done. so he either had to have it medium at most or order something else. He wasn't impressed but the rest of us found it hilarious. Ah the french,oh so mental.

stovelid · 28-06-2011 11:52AM

Naikon wrote: »

The steak Nazi's

Put three people in a room with only cow excrement to live on and within two weeks, one will have smugly ostracized the other two because only a moron would fail to understand that it really needs a smidgen of piss - just so.

greenybaby · 28-06-2011 11:53AM

now i know what i am having for dinner, a nice medium steak, oh god yes

Gandalph · 28-06-2011 11:56AM

steak nazis hahaha

Naikon · 28-06-2011 11:57AM

Gandalph wrote: »

steak nazis hahaha

No steak for you!

pickarooney · 28-06-2011 11:59AM

Sinfonia wrote: »

According to Gordon Ramsay (I think), restaurants will often use lower grade meat for steaks that are ordered well done, simply because you can't taste the difference between high-quality and lower-quality meat when it's cooked that strongly.

Personally I think this is bollocks. Good qaulity meat will stand up to being overcooked much better than cheap steak. The time it takes to cook a steak depends as much on its age, quality, fat content and thickness as it does personal preference. There's no magical recipe, you need to treat each steak as an individual piece of meat and treat it accordingly.

This applies equally to the other thing.

pickarooney · 28-06-2011 12:01PM

VW 1 wrote: »

Rare for me. I had steak tartar in France last year, to this day I havent tasted anything as delicious

Steak tartare is mince.

Naikon · 28-06-2011 12:02PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Personally I think this is bollocks. Good qaulity meat will stand up to being overcooked much better than cheap steak. The time it takes to cook a steak depends as much on its age, quality, fat content and thickness as it does personal preference. There's no magical recipe, you need to treat each steak as an individual piece of meat and treat it accordingly.

This applies equally to the other thing.

Chances are though, the person eating the overcooked steak won't notice a difference. It's a gamble, but one that is worth it from a cost reduction point of view. Some people are actually afraid of eating undercooked beef. It's a big misconception to believe eating undercooked beef generally leads to illness.

tfitzgerald · 28-06-2011 12:04PM

I like mine well done,but the wife would prefer if hers was just warm with the blood flowing out of it

VW 1 · 28-06-2011 12:07PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Steak tartare is mince.

Yup minced steak, still steak and raw...

I did say I liked my steak rare though..

enda1 · 28-06-2011 12:07PM

I don't like steak

kingtut · 28-06-2011 12:07PM

DrumSteve wrote: »

Being a medium rare man myself, I can't understand why someone would cook the bejasus out a steak.

Anyway, how do you have yours?

If you think a well done steak is one that has been cooked to death then you either haven't tried one or the person who cooked it can't cook!

A well done steak is not the same as a well done steak. It is nice and tender with juices running through without the pink eye making an appearance when you cut it open :cool:

_feedback_ · 28-06-2011 12:09PM

Sanjuro wrote: »

Medium rare. Myself and some friends ordered steak in Shannahan's on the green one time (after saving for a few weeks). They all ordered well-done to the chargrin of the waiter. I ordered medium rare and he said 'like it should be cooked.' But I think that was more to do with him being a snooty waiter.

I fúckin hate snooty waiters when it comes to the steak issue. I order it well done. On two occasions the waiter has served it while declaring to the whole place "One fillet steak, cremated - HA HA HA HA HA"

Ah, would ya ever fúck off. You can forget about your tip now.

pickarooney · 28-06-2011 12:09PM

Naikon wrote: »

Chances are though, the person eating the overcooked steak won't notice a difference. It's a gamble, but one that is worth it from a cost reduction point of view. Some people are actually afraid of eating undercooked beef. It's a big misconception to believe eating undercooked beef generally leads to illness.

An overcooked cheap cut of steak is virtually inedible but an overcooked high-quality piece of meat is still all right to eat. Irish beef is such good quality it's close to impossible to ruin the high-end cuts.

neilthefunkeone · 28-06-2011 12:09PM

leviathon wrote: »

I was in france once with a few mates - one of the lads ordered steak well done. The chef himself arrived out 2 minutes later to see who had ordered it, gave out mad to him n all. He outright refused to cook it well done. so he either had to have it medium at most or order something else. He wasn't impressed but the rest of us found it hilarious. Ah the french,oh so mental.

Same happened to me.. Except chef didn't come out.. Just cooked it medium rare and sent it out to me.. I didnt say anything and just ate it.. Best steak id ever had!! been medium-rare since!!!!

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