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I find it barbaric when people go to a steak house and order their steak well done. Even more so than when they order it rare, with the moo's echoing in the kitchen. So how do YOU like your steak done?

(Poll to follow)

Medium rare. Any more done than that, and it tastes dry to me.

Honestly, COOK the meat! The more pink the worse off the steak is.

Well, although steak isn't very good and so I rarely eat it.

Medium well. Naturally.

With a pleasant side of potatos, asparagus and expensive beer.

As a true hunter, I eat everything I shoot. Conversly, I also shoot everything I eat. So I like my steak nailed to an archery target so I can shoot it with my crossbow. Unless of course I wish to hunt it in its natural environment. But it's funny how so many supermarkets won't let me in anymore.

As a true hunter, I eat everything I shoot. Conversly, I also shoot everything I eat. So I like my steak nailed to an archery target so I can shoot it with my crossbow. Unless of course I wish to hunt it in its natural environment. But it's funny how so many supermarkets won't let me in anymore.

I know I'm taking my own thread off topic, but I have a couple friends who got thrown out of a supermarket once when they were food shopping with me. Apprently, the floor manager got very upset that they were taking photographs of thier cardboard sign with store signs inside her store. I bet you couldn't get thrown out faster for having a crossbow in the store.

Honestly, COOK the meat! The more pink the worse off the steak is.

Yeah, my husband said that until I got him to TRY the (quite cooked) pink meat. He's never ordered anything more than medium-rare since. Now he says as long as the juice coming out doesn't look like blood and has been cooked, he's fine.

I know I'm taking my own thread off topic, but I have a couple friends who got thrown out of a supermarket once when they were food shopping with me. Apprently, the floor manager got very upset that they were taking photographs of thier cardboard sign with store signs inside her store. I bet you couldn't get thrown out faster for having a crossbow in the store.

Only whimps hunt steaks with cameras. And the resulting meal isn't very filling. But yes, people around here do seem a bit touchy about the whole crossbow bit so I've decided to put a smilely face on it and make it a happybow.

I eat Rare steak, because I choke on dry meats. Plus, it tasts a whole lot better, especially when the juices leak onto whatever else is on your plate. Mmmm, moo-juice.

Medium-Well, most definitely. I can't stand Well anymore (though I used to) and anything less cooked and I suffer meat-based anxieties (and even at Medium-Well, those anxieties keep me away from beef most of the time).
Also, to be a needlessly pedantric dick, a vampire wouldn't be interested in steak, as one would derive nutrition exclusively from blood. Werewolf would be closer to the mark going exclusively on prevailing literary clichés.

Medium rare, preferably. Anything that isn't at least a bit pink is no longer "food". :D

Yeah, my husband said that until I got him to TRY the (quite cooked) pink meat. Did he close his eyes as he did?

Medium rare, preferably. Anything that isn't at least a bit pink is no longer "food". <Is about to offer Kanabia chocolate, then thinks better of it as Kanabia doesn't want it.>

give it to us raw and wriggleing:p


actualy i like beef medium rare same goes for lamb and pork

Is it too late to add an option that says "I hate steak/beef, regardless of how well cooked"?

Just cut the horns off...

Is it too late to add an option that says "I hate steak/beef, regardless of how well cooked"?

I thought about putting in an option for that, but I decided the vegetarian option covered it fairly well... apparently I should have put in an "I'm an anti-establishment misanthrope who needs my very own poll option that only I will vote for." (I bet it'd get a lot of votes, too.)

Medium rare. My parents both like their meat well done - my mother practically had hysterics a few summers ago when I cooked myself a medium rare steak. Most people I know like their steaks medium rare though, and I even know one person that has ordered "blue" steak.

<Is about to offer Kanabia chocolate, then thinks better of it as Kanabia doesn't want it.>

Geez, what is it with everyone being pedantic lately?


Medium rare, preferably. Any steak that isn't at least a bit pink is no longer "food".

There we go.

Geez, what is it with everyone being pedantic lately?


Medium rare, preferably. Any steak that isn't at least a bit pink is no longer "food".

There we go.Oh, sure, make me go through the trouble of food coloring this chocolate until it's pink. :)

Medium rare. My parents both like their meat well done - my mother practically had hysterics a few summers ago when I cooked myself a medium rare steak. Most people I know like their steaks medium rare though, and I even know one person that has ordered "blue" steak.
What the heck is a "blue" steak? I have never heard that term. Oh right I voted Medium Rare. I have thought about going down to rare but MR tastes great so why bother changing.

What the heck is a "blue" steak? Is salmonella in large quantities colored blue?

I’m a vegetarian, but if I was to eat a steak, it would have to be well done. Anything less seems unsanitary.

Man, I sound like a fucking fairy.

I’m a vegetarian, but if I was to eat a steak, it would have to be well done. Anything less seems unsanitary.I agree.

Man, I sound like a fucking fairy.<Plays with your wand.>

medium-rare, it actually has to be cooked enough to kill bacteria, but not cooked to shoe leather - gray is shoe-leather.

I’m a vegetarian, but if I was to eat a steak, it would have to be well done. Anything less seems unsanitary.

Man, I sound like a fucking fairy.

actually it becomes more carcinogenic the more you cook it...

Also, I may have pulled that fact out of my ass.

...and I might be high.

medium-rare, it actually has to be cooked enough to kill bacteria, but not cooked to shoe leather - gray is shoe-leather.

I'm a fan of irradiated steaks, personally. That way, you can eat it while its still bleeding without worry of bacteria. Mmm...sweet, sweet blood.

I'm a fan of irradiated steaks, personally. That way, you can eat it while its still bleeding without worry of bacteria. Mmm...sweet, sweet blood.

Yay moo hemoglobin!

What the heck is a "blue" steak?

It's a step below rare on the done-ness scale. Very red and quite cold in the middle.

Medium-Well, most definitely. I can't stand Well anymore (though I used to) and anything less cooked and I suffer meat-based anxieties (and even at Medium-Well, those anxieties keep me away from beef most of the time).
Also, to be a needlessly pedantric dick, a vampire wouldn't be interested in steak, as one would derive nutrition exclusively from blood. Werewolf would be closer to the mark going exclusively on prevailing literary clichés.

What is you're a vampire cow?

What is you're a vampire cow?

I think I saw that movie on Disney

Just drive the cow past me, I'll cut mine own steak off, thanks. ;)

Rare or MR. Though I have tried raw and it wasn't bad.

What the heck is a "blue" steak? I have never heard that term. Oh right I voted Medium Rare. I have thought about going down to rare but MR tastes great so why bother changing.
Literally, fried for ten seconds on each side.

Medium-rare for me. It has to be a bit pink on the inside.

Medium-rare for me. In regards to the sanitary questions, as long as the outside of the steak is cooked on the outside, the bacteria will be killed, as the bacteria can only get to the exterior of the steak.

Oh, sure, make me go through the trouble of food coloring this chocolate until it's pink. :)

I'll eat it anyway. :)

I want my steak entirely dead. No pink in the middle, just completely annihilated, with no trace of the life once in it.

I like mine ground into sausage.

I like mine ground into sausage.Couldn't you better use a piece of meat with a bit more fat on it for that?

Couldn't you better use a piece of meat with a bit more fat on it for that?
All the meat can be used for that.

Most definately Medium Rare for beef.
Kangaroo on the other hand, and I learnt this the hard way, never ever go past medium rare. You'll be chewing a mouthful for an hour...if you're lucky:(

Kangaroo on the other hand, and I learnt this the hard way, never ever go past medium rare. You'll be chewing a mouthful for an hour...if you're lucky:(People eat kangaroo?! :eek:

People eat kangaroo?! :eek:
In Soviet Russia, kangaroo eats people!

Why do I kid? The Red Square Kangaroo Picnic was the greatest tragidy to hit the Soviets.

Edible, ideally.

All the meat can be used for that.Well, yes, but should it?
You can use practically all meat to slap someone across the face too. But a leg of mutton still works better than a piece of surloin.
I'd suspect using steak for sausage would tend to make it more dry. But then, I'm no butcher, so what do I know..

Well, yes, but should it?
You can use practically all meat to slap someone across the face too. But a leg of mutton still works better than a piece of surloin.
I'd suspect using steak for sausage would tend to make it more dry. But then, I'm no butcher, so what do I know..
Well, my preference for sausage (how mature:rolleyes:) prolly stems from the fact that my sense of taste blows. I cannot taste many foods, and steak happens to be one of those foods.

People eat kangaroo?! :eek:
Yes they do. It's readily available in supermarkets these days. It can be a bit gamey, so ideally it's at it's best marinated. It's also extremely low in fat...not that I'd care if it wasn't:p

Yes they do. It's readily available in supermarkets these days. It can be a bit gamey, so ideally it's at it's best marinated. It's also extremely low in fat...not that I'd care if it wasn't:pYou don't even have to hunt your own kangaroo? Barbarians! <giggle>

You don't even have to hunt your own kangaroo? Barbarians! <giggle>
Illegal to do without a special government permit. Pity, because I see a few some mornings on my way to work:( Besides, my freezer is way too small. It's best suited for koala but that's another story.

Illegal to do without a special government permit. Pity, because I see a few some mornings on my way to work:( Besides, my freezer is way too small. It's best suited for koala but that's another story.

That doesn't stop people going roo-shootin' from the back of a ute. :p

Kangaroo is...meh. Okay, I suppose.

Something known as "charred rare". Meaning chewy and pink on the inside with a crispy meaty shell. I've only known 2 people (1 of them me) who can do it right and have never found a restaurant capable.

Yup, just like Keruvalia said, except i'd call that still red. Pink is the inner point of a medium, a rare is red.
Too bad i wind up mostly with a medium rare when i order it at a steak house.

Rare. About a minute, minute and a half tops, each side. MMMMMMM melty delicious in your mouth!

Medium-rare

Cooking it longer than that makes it taste dry.

Something known as "charred rare". Meaning chewy and pink on the inside with a crispy meaty shell. I've only known 2 people (1 of them me) who can do it right and have never found a restaurant capable.

i read about that on the Wiki steak page... think they called it "Chicago rare" or something like that.

i read about that on the Wiki steak page... think they called it "Chicago rare" or something like that.

They bloody would.

People eat kangaroo?! :eek:

yep, it's yummy :D

Not as good as Ostrich, though.

i like my steak on a plate, with a little salt and pepper, salad and potatoes.



(rare to medium-rare; although that charred rare steak sounds good. do you just cook it quickly on a mad-hot heat with a bit extra oil?)

Not as good as Ostrich, though.


I love ostrich. Its a delicious,lean red meat. Very expensive, but worth it on occasion.

Burned on the outside but still red and bloody on the inside. I believe they call that "Pittsburgh style".

i like my steak on a plate, with a little salt and pepper, salad and potatoes.



(rare to medium-rare; although that charred rare steak sounds good. do you just cook it quickly on a mad-hot heat with a bit extra oil?)


I think my grill goes up to 700 or 800 degress- I bring it up to temp, swab the grill with garlic olive oil, put lightly salted meat on for a minute -then roate the meat 180 degrees. Another minute, then flip it over, let it cook for two more.
Its seared on the outside, red and juicy on the inside.

A good marinate to make the outside salty and tangy- Worstechire sauce mixed with teriaki or soy sauce that some fresh cut up garlic has been sitting in. Simple and family/guests are amazed like I have some chef's secret.

Burned on the outside but still red and bloody on the inside. I believe they call that "Pittsburgh style".

I would have though "Vietnam style" would be more appropriate.

Burned on the outside but still red and bloody on the inside. I believe they call that "Pittsburgh style".

have you ever been to the resteraunt called "Buckheads"? they have something called the Blackened Sirloin. Darkoutside, nice and pink inside, then piled in onions, peppers and mushrooms...omg...*licks lips*

Vegetarian now (but, yes, I voted anyway), but when I used to eat meat, I'd have it just beyond medium.

Vegetarian now (but, yes, I voted anyway), but when I used to eat meat, I'd have it just beyond medium.

nooo! not another one! *throws meat at the vegetarian*

I would have though "Vietnam style" would be more appropriate.
I like the way you think. Grab something out of the prize box.

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Raw or rare. Raw if it's fresh off the carcass, rare if it is not. I only eat either game meat or "biobeef" and the like. I find anything else "tainted".

have you ever been to the resteraunt called "Buckheads"? they have something called the Blackened Sirloin. Darkoutside, nice and pink inside, then piled in onions, peppers and mushrooms...omg...*licks lips*
Nope, but that's how I cook my steaks.

nooo! not another one! *throws meat at the vegetarian*
*stabs with a carrot*

Wow. I was raised with a fear of undercooked food, so until recently (last 5 years or so) I hadn't been able to eat anything less than well. I knew a guy who would put his steak on the heat just long enough to get it to room temperature *shudder*. In any event, I now will eat anything from medium to well. I usually order it medium well because I haven't found a single place yet that could actually cook it the way I ordered it, regardless of the price range of the restaurant. I've always been able to cook steak on the grill to perfection, so I don't understand why restaurant chefs can't do it. In any event, when I order medium well now, it USUALLY comes out anywhere between medium and burnt. Although I have still occasionally received it medium rare, instead of medium well. I've been gradually working my way more and more red. I had a really good steak the other day at Applewoods in Oklahoma City. It was came out medium, instead of the medium well I ordered, but it tasted incredible. I'd have to say that was probably the best steak I've had out in a LOOOONG time. I'm sure if I go back there, I'll be disappointed, though. *sigh*

I like my steak rare or medium-rare (depending on how much the cook cooks "rare" or "medium-rare" steaks), with some nice warm red on the inside.

I like the way you think. Grab something out of the prize box.

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I like that orange fish on the right of the picture. I'll have that.

*stabs with a carrot*

pfft, carrots dont scare me. you know what happened to bugs bunny right? :p http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/185/lnttaclelm7xm.jpg

Is it too late to add an option that says "I hate steak/beef, regardless of how well cooked"?

heretic...

pfft, carrots dont scare me. you know what happened to bugs bunny right? :p http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/185/lnttaclelm7xm.jpg
Fine. I'll use my vegetable gun.

http://garywolff.com/veg_weapon.jpg

Fine. I'll use my vegetable gun.

http://garywolff.com/veg_weapon.jpg

oh noes! not the vegetable gun! :eek:

Wow. I was raised with a fear of undercooked food, so until recently (last 5 years or so) I hadn't been able to eat anything less than well. I knew a guy who would put his steak on the heat just long enough to get it to room temperature *shudder*. In any event, I now will eat anything from medium to well. I usually order it medium well because I haven't found a single place yet that could actually cook it the way I ordered it, regardless of the price range of the restaurant. I've always been able to cook steak on the grill to perfection, so I don't understand why restaurant chefs can't do it. In any event, when I order medium well now, it USUALLY comes out anywhere between medium and burnt. Although I have still occasionally received it medium rare, instead of medium well. I've been gradually working my way more and more red. I had a really good steak the other day at Applewoods in Oklahoma City. It was came out medium, instead of the medium well I ordered, but it tasted incredible. I'd have to say that was probably the best steak I've had out in a LOOOONG time. I'm sure if I go back there, I'll be disappointed, though. *sigh*

Its still wise to avoid undercooked ground meats, but, if its a good restaurant, rare whole steaks shouldnt be a risk.

Ground beef could have anything in it and when I dont have a choice, I order a burger well done.

Rare with a good dark beer or a Lembac

Rare with a good dark beer or a Lembac
Lembic, surely??

Did he close his eyes as he did?

Nope... the first time around he just got a bite of mine, with his eyes open... and he's never ordered it too done since. :-) I'd order it rare myself, but I really prefer my cooked food warm/hot, and rare just isn't warm enough for my taste. I hate cold food.

I love ostrich. Its a delicious,lean red meat. Very expensive, but worth it on occasion.

Oh, Ostrich is such a wonderful meat. Again, it needs to be rare/medium-rare though. Anything more is sacriledge.

I usually like 'em blue rare.

I actually like char-rare better, but you have to have a special grill or an extraordinary chef to do it right.

One of my old girlfriends once bought me a a Matsuzaka (Kobe beef - that's the semi-mythical Japanese cattle that get beer massages and whatnot) filet mignon done perfectly char rare for my birthday. It cost over $US150. (She got her moneys worth later.... :D)

What the heck is a "blue" steak? I have never heard that term. Oh right I voted Medium Rare. I have thought about going down to rare but MR tastes great so why bother changing.

Blue Rare:
A blue rare steak is quickly charred on the outside and barely cooked on the inside. For best results, bring the steak to room temperature before cooking. (130°F)
http://www.exn.ca/dailyplanet/story.asp?id=2005052455

People eat kangaroo?!

Hmmm... and you are surprised by this why? I very seriously doubt there is a living critter that some culture doesn't eat...

Oh, Ostrich is such a wonderful meat. Again, it needs to be rare/medium-rare though. Anything more is sacriledge.


I agree totally.

I say well-done is best.

I like the damn thing to moo when I stick it. They just need to run it through a warm room and cut the horns off.

*taps foot*
Who put boot leather? Hmm? Own up.

*taps foot*
Who put boot leather? Hmm? Own up.

That was NOT me.

mmmmm Steak.....-drools-

ah yes...I love mine ms ok.edium rare...Its still bloody enough for me, but its not mooing...so it

I don't like steak.. But if I have to eat it, medium.

Hmmm... and you are surprised by this why? I very seriously doubt there is a living critter that some culture doesn't eat...

Cane toad. :p

Cane toad. :p

Hmmm.... a bit a a metaphysical quandry - does licking and absorbing excretions actually qualify as eating?

I like it rare or medium rare. I've tried it raw too, and it wasn't bad, but it wasn't really great either, besides the fact that I was paranoid I was going to get all kinds of bacteria and such eating it. Never got sick though. I like mine thicker so I can get the outside done, but theres about a damn inch of pink inside... that sounds a whole lot like something else I like to eat. Uh, moving on...

I don't eat beef anymore for health reasons, but I still crave it now and again. I just wish I could find some beef-flavored tofu. Of course, if its anything like Tofurkey (turkey flavored tofu, it even came shaped like a turkey and had little like legs and everything, creepy really), it'll be absolutely disgusting. Plus, it wouldn' have as cool a name. Tofow? Tolstein? Toe-eef?

I don't eat beef anymore for health reasons, but I still crave it now and again. I just wish I could find some beef-flavored tofu. Of course, if its anything like Tofurkey (turkey flavored tofu, it even came shaped like a turkey and had little like legs and everything, creepy really), it'll be absolutely disgusting. Plus, it wouldn' have as cool a name. Tofow? Tolstein? Toe-eef?
Heifu. A combination of heifer and tofu. Or Tottle - tofu + cattle. I imagine it'd be more likely to be either Befu (beef + tofu) or Cowfu (uh, work it out).

Hmmm.... a bit a a metaphysical quandry - does licking and absorbing excretions actually qualify as eating?

I thought that was a myth?

I like well-done for the cheaper steaks, and medium-well for the more pricey stuff. Both have to be slowly cooked, though.

I for one can't stand the flavor of quickly cooked medium-rare steaks. I don't find the flavor of cow's blood very appealing.

I find it barbaric when people go to a steak house and order their steak well done.
Absolutely, those barbarinans are truly disgusting http://assets.jolt.co.uk/forums/images/icons/icon13.gif

I prefer my steak *rare*! I want it to actually taste like meat and not like boot leather! :rolleyes:
Also, I'm no beef eater, my steak should've oinked before and not mooed!

I knew a guy who would put his steak on the heat just long enough to get it to room temperature *shudder*.
Sounds like me!

Well done. It's the only way I'd eat it.

I don't eat beef anymore for health reasons, but I still crave it now and again. I just wish I could find some beef-flavored tofu. Of course, if its anything like Tofurkey (turkey flavored tofu, it even came shaped like a turkey and had little like legs and everything, creepy really), it'll be absolutely disgusting. Plus, it wouldn' have as cool a name. Tofow? Tolstein? Toe-eef?

Tovine

hehe

I voted rare !
Rare is the best ! Rare is the full taste !

I voted rare !
Rare is the best ! Rare is the full taste !

Yeah, the full taste of blood.

Yeah, the full taste of blood.

Again, yay moo hemoglobin!

Again, yay moo hemoglobin!

When I want blood, I'll drink the stuff that comes out of my nose about once or twice a year (depending on how dry it gets), thank you very much.

man you guys suck i just go out to field and take a bite.

Medium Well Club

Yeah, the full taste of blood.


No, the full taste of the meat, of the steak, at medium it allready starts to lose quite a lot of taste (In my opinion no doubt, I am not speaking for anyone but me, ofcourse).

I find it barbaric when people go to a steak house and order their steak well done. Even more so than when they order it rare, with the moo's echoing in the kitchen. So how do YOU like your steak done?

(Poll to follow)
Not at all. Beef is disgusting.

I find it barbaric when people go to a steak house and order their steak well done. Even more so than when they order it rare, with the moo's echoing in the kitchen. So how do YOU like your steak done?

(Poll to follow)
If it's a really good steak well done is the only way. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to find a good steak anymore. A few years ago the Ag Dept. changed the definition of Prime and Choice. Because of that farmers no longer "finish" the animal. Because they don't put that final fat finish on, the meat is pretty tasteless. A good steak needs at least an inch of fat all the way around the outside. That gives it "marbeling". If it doesn't have that it's the waste of a good animal.

Most steak today is marinated to get it tender and juicy. If the animal is finished that isn't necessary.

The only reason people eat rare is because they have never had a good steak.

Is it too late to add an option that says "I hate steak/beef, regardless of how well cooked"?
I would expect you to click the veggie button in such a case.

I’m a vegetarian, but if I was to eat a steak, it would have to be well done. Anything less seems unsanitary.

Man, I sound like a fucking fairy.
Quoted and emphasized.

actually it becomes more carcinogenic the more you cook it...

Also, I may have pulled that fact out of my ass.

...and I might be high.
I believe that all three of those statements are indeed true, assuming you are cooking your steak on a fiery grill. Although, if you cook a steak on something other than a fiery grill, you should probably eat something cheaper because that ruins the flavour. I am aware of how much of an arrogant steak elitist I sound, so no need to point it out.

Raw or rare. Raw if it's fresh off the carcass, rare if it is not. I only eat either game meat or "biobeef" and the like. I find anything else "tainted".
What is "biobeef"?

I don't eat beef anymore for health reasons, but I still crave it now and again. I just wish I could find some beef-flavored tofu. Of course, if its anything like Tofurkey (turkey flavored tofu, it even came shaped like a turkey and had little like legs and everything, creepy really), it'll be absolutely disgusting. Plus, it wouldn' have as cool a name. Tofow? Tolstein? Toe-eef?
Points for "Tolstein". Now, tofu duck, that has an interesting name.

Heifu. A combination of heifer and tofu. Or Tottle - tofu + cattle. I imagine it'd be more likely to be either Befu (beef + tofu) or Cowfu
Cowfu sounds like a form of martial arts.

If it's a really good steak well done is the only way. Unfortunately, it's almost impossible to find a good steak anymore. A few years ago the Ag Dept. changed the definition of Prime and Choice. Because of that farmers no longer "finish" the animal. Because they don't put that final fat finish on, the meat is pretty tasteless. A good steak needs at least an inch of fat all the way around the outside.
That sounds an awful lot like my grandmother's view on meat.

Back to the topic at hand, I like my steak rare to medium rare, but it requires careful babysitting to get just right. I lightly spread a sauce on my steaks, consisting of barbeque sauce, garlic, chili powder, and whatever is in "steak spice". I know it may sound like I'm ruining the meat, but it helps cover of the flavour of overcooked meat, which can happen if one does not watch the barbeque closely and flip at precise intervals.

Raw and mooing frantically... I'm a vampire.

I love it to be dripping in redness.
I could almost go for blue rare.