Steak Clicky

klondikebar

inspired by the UO[Poll]

GrayGhost13

Medium well, but everyone gives me sh!t if I order it that way, so I usually order medium or medium rare out in public.

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LoveActually4

I eat rare, or blue if I know a restaurant over does it. I can't stand anything more.

ReeseFox

SS - It depends on the steak. A cut like a rib-eye which is marbled with all that glorious fat (yum!) I'll get medium well, but a leaner cut I'll get medium.

shortstuff15

mamaREB29:

I eat rare, or blue if I know a restaurant over does it. I can't stand anything more.

You are the first person I've ever known to admit that they eat it blue.  I admire that!

I eat medium or medium well.  In a restaurant I always order medium well because restaurants have a different idea of what medium means then I do.  I don't like blood on my plate (which often you get with a medium at a restaurant) but a nice pink on the inside is perfect!

LoveActually4

dhviel:

mamaREB29:

I eat rare, or blue if I know a restaurant over does it. I can't stand anything more.

You are the first person I've ever known to admit that they eat it blue.  I admire that!

I eat medium or medium well.  In a restaurant I always order medium well because restaurants have a different idea of what medium means then I do.  I don't like blood on my plate (which often you get with a medium at a restaurant) but a nice pink on the inside is perfect!

Really? MH and his family all eat rare or blue so I guess it seems "normal" to me.
ETA: I guess when I hear people say they don't want to see any pink, I always think "then you should order chicken ..."

bearfootz

krptcmschfmkr128:

I used to be a "well done" girl until I met DH. He introduced me to the deliciousness of a properly cooked steak.

Between DH and my BIL, I've taken enough crap that I'm moving closer to being brave enough to order just medium.

I've never even heard of blue. 

I do know that ketchup is never to touch steak.

LoveActually4

It has to be the right cut and done at a good restaurant but man, it's good stuff.

ETA: meant to quote speer

jorkz821

Mom2Oli:

why don't y'all just walk up to a cow and sink your teeth into its side?

OMG. I just lol'd for real. Dammit M2O.

shortstuff15

Bearfootz:

krptcmschfmkr128:

I used to be a "well done" girl until I met DH. He introduced me to the deliciousness of a properly cooked steak.

Between DH and my BIL, I've taken enough crap that I'm moving closer to being brave enough to order just medium.

I've never even heard of blue. 

I do know that ketchup is never to touch steak.

Well that's not entirely true.  I sometimes put a bit of ketchup in my marinade.  But that's the only time ketchup ever touches steak. 

Blue is basically throw it in the pan/on the grill, flip, done.  Barely long enough to make the outside brown.

MrsT0514

HilarityEnsued:

Mom2Oli:

why don't y'all just walk up to a cow and sink your teeth into its side?

The whole... eating hair thing.  I just am not down with that.

Haha..this for sure. I'm a fan of rare steaks. Honestly, even medium rare is pushing it. DH is the same way. I love my steak literally seared on the outside and purple on the inside.

shibby00

Mm medium rare but closer to rare. Yum. Now I want steak. 

ThePolishHammer

Medium or medium well. 

I had steak for the first time a year or two ago. I'm working on not being so picky about it.  

LadyXaverian

Medium well. Sometimes medium.

MrsWindyCity

Between rare and medium rare. Any more done, and I don't see the point in paying for steak over, like, a burger or something.

SimpleJane

I absolutely love steak, and I always eat it medium well/well. I don't want squishy bloody meat. A bit of pink is fine. Rare is disgusting.

I don't understand the 'you shouldn't be eating steak if you don't like it medium rare' thing.

Disneygeek77

I used to like it well done but never really liked my steaks and then slowly moved up to medium rare. 

Now I am of the opinion that if it isn't medium rare, you might as well save your money and eat a hamburger. 

argonne

Rare.  I like my steaks cold in the center.  And absolutely no steak sauce!  A good piece of steak should not have it's flavor drowned by steak sauce.

argonne

I think there is also a lot of confusion as to what each level of done-ness is.  When I served at Outback our scale was as follows:

Well: Brown, hot center

Medium well: thin strip of pink, hot center

Medium: Bright pink througout, warm center

Medium rare: Warm, red center

Rare: Cool, red center.

I can't tell you how many times a perfectly cooked medium steak got sent back because it was "rare".  This is even after I reiterated what their steak would look like as they ordered it.

argonne

CTGirl30:

Mom2Oli:

CTGirl30:

Give me a juicy medium rare any day. Anyone who orders well done should never be allowed to touch good meat.

Try and keep me from touching some good meat and see what happens ;-)

Lol, I knew someone would pick that up and go somewhere with it!

I totally agree.  Why pay all that money for a nice cut of steak if you're going to make it tough?  Just order the sirloin and save some money.  The flavor won't be that different.

argonne

HilarityEnsued:

MrsT0514:

HilarityEnsued:

Mom2Oli:

why don't y'all just walk up to a cow and sink your teeth into its side?

The whole... eating hair thing.  I just am not down with that.

Haha..this for sure. I'm a fan of rare steaks. Honestly, even medium rare is pushing it. DH is the same way. I love my steak literally seared on the outside and purple on the inside.

I believe this is referred to as Pittsburgh rare or Pittsburgh medium.

Pittsburgh style is a highly seasoned and seared with butter.  It should be rare.  I used to roll my eyes when customers would order Pittsburgh style medium well.

ETA:  You're right.  Pittsburgh Rare is essentially blue, which I sometimes order.  I like me steak to be raw and cold in the middle.

LuckyDad

True medium. Which most places mess up one way or the other.

FormerlyKrista555

I'm vegetarian, but when I did eat meat I couldn't handle any pink. Grossed me out.

I'm fully aware that this essentially ruined the flavor of the steak for me.... but I didn't care. Pink = blood = ew.

shortstuff15

argonne:

I think there is also a lot of confusion as to what each level of done-ness is.  When I served at Outback our scale was as follows:

Well: Brown, hot center

Medium well: thin strip of pink, hot center

Medium: Bright pink througout, warm center

Medium rare: Warm, red center

Rare: Cool, red center.

I can't tell you how many times a perfectly cooked medium steak got sent back because it was "rare".  This is even after I reiterated what their steak would look like as they ordered it.

This is what I go by and why I order medium well at restaurants. I'd rather have them cook my meat more and have my medium steaks at home - where I can know what the meat handling is like.