Food, Drink & Dining Out How do you have your steak ?

[Big Sauce 21]

love steak, big piece of rump mmmm. anyway how do you have yours ? I'm a well done man, love it slaughtered but will eat anything to Medium if I have to, no rare.

 

[THRILLHO]

Just pass mine through a warm room, thanks.

 

[Doc_]

Any steak cooked past medium rare is ruined. Tough and dry. A waste of good steak.

 

[Quokka]

Pink but not sitting in a puddle of blood.

 

[timtamWB]

Medium rare is the only answer. That's when I'm forced to have it, not a big fan of steak.

 

[Colin D'Cops]

Medium well, not a big fan of eating/drinking blood... Some juice is necessary however.

 

[stmookeyj]

Medium, and definitely with Chips.

 

[Reginald Perrin]

You left blue off the list.

Or bleu, if you're a french master chef.

Good idea for a thread though.

 

[Macca19]

Mid rare scotch on the bone thanks

 

[Catfish Alley]

It's not blood - it's myoglobin. Consuming blood would not be a good idea.

 

[Simon_Nesbit]

It's not blood - it's myoglobin. Consuming blood would not be a good idea.

People need to know this.

(though try convincing someone to eat with "hey it's not blood, it's just myoglobin" doesn't work particularly well)

 

[Santoz]

I have mine left open in the fridge for 2 days so the juices suck back into the middle.

On cooking day, I leave it out in the open air for 2 hours to get up to room temp.

I then get a pan smoking hot and cook each side for a minute at the most, only flipping once.

Afterwards, give the steak 5 min to cool down before eating. It's the juiciest thing you'll ever eat.

Cheers Heston!

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Any steak cooked past medium rare is ruined. Tough and dry. A waste of good steak.

I've read that undercooked meat can lead to intestinal parasite but not sure what they class as undercooked meat because a fair majority of steak eaters eat it medium towards medium rare and I'm sure not everyone in that category has worms.

 

[Bluella]

Medium to medium well. I'm trying to train myself to eat it a little rarer, but I don't really like the texture of steak cooked less than medium.

 

[Catfish Alley]

Medium to medium well. I'm trying to train myself to eat it a little rarer, but I don't really like the texture of steak cooked less than medium.

Why train yourself when it's not something you enjoy?

 

[The Dice Man]

I have mine left open in the fridge for 2 days so the juices suck back into the middle.

On cooking day, I leave it out in the open air for 2 hours to get up to room temp.

I then get a pan smoking hot and cook each side for a minute at the most, only flipping once.

Afterwards, give the steak 5 min to cool down before eating. It's the juiciest thing you'll ever eat.

Cheers Heston!

Yep that's how I do it, except I will rub some salt and pepper into it while it's sitting at room temp.

******* crime to see people order a good steak then waste it by requesting anything more than medium rare. Go to macaws you infidels

 

[Catfish Alley]

I like Chicago-medium myself. A bit of pink but not too much and slight char outside. Something like this:

 

[The Dice Man]

I'm the only one here who voted rare? Surely that will change.

Guessing there isn't any fans of a good steak tartare here yet either

 

[Macca19]

I'm the only one here who voted rare? Surely that will change.

Guessing there isn't any fans of a good steak tartare here yet either

a good steak tartare is wonderful.

 

[Run n Spread]

Medium is best. If it can't be done exact tend to go for slightly well done over rare. You want to hold some of the moisture and juices but a good cut will generally hold its flavour. Can't eat a steak too rare.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Medium Rare have chips with it most of the time

 

[monty1104]

Medium, usually with either chilli jam or whole grain mustard, side of roast potato

 

[FreoGirl]

don't like steak as much as I used to, but I always have it medium rare

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Seems that most people like putting BBQ sauce on the steak

 

[deck]

I like Chicago-medium myself. A bit of pink but not too much and slight char outside. Something like this:

That looks like a perfect Steak for me.