How do you prefer your steak?

Miles · Post by **Miles** » May 29th, 2010, 6:31 pm

I'm sure we've covered this before, but I need to poll something and Tilly inspired this so sooooooooo, let's talk.

I prefer my steak medium-rare, but I'll go with rare on occasion if the mood strikes. I like beef carpaccio too.

devildeac · Post by **devildeac** » May 29th, 2010, 6:57 pm

unanimous. close the poll.

CathyCA · Post by **CathyCA** » May 29th, 2010, 7:08 pm

Ever since my first pregnancy and the doctor's warning about the danger of undercooked meat to the fetus, I've ordered my steaks "medium well."

Prior to that, I always liked my beef a little to the moo side of medium.

EarlJam · Post by **EarlJam** » May 29th, 2010, 7:38 pm

Medium well for me, EarlJam! Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm, Steak!

-EarlJam

cl15876 · Post by **cl15876** » May 29th, 2010, 7:43 pm

I like some pink in the middle! Medium to medium-well for me.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » May 29th, 2010, 8:43 pm

Medium rare for me.

Very Duke Blue · Post by **Very Duke Blue** » May 29th, 2010, 9:09 pm

I like mine median rare, but not wiggling. Yummmmmm.

CameronBornAndBred · Post by **CameronBornAndBred** » May 29th, 2010, 9:22 pm

Very Duke Blue wrote:I like mine median rare, but not wiggling. Yummmmmm.

Median rare would be road kill.

OZZIE4DUKE · Post by **OZZIE4DUKE** » May 29th, 2010, 9:24 pm

Medium rare.

lawgrad91 · Post by **lawgrad91** » May 29th, 2010, 9:29 pm

My parents always fixed steaks beyond well done, so that's what I grew up with. I wondered why people raved over steak and to me they tasted like charcoal. Once I tried a steak medium rare, I saw what all the fuss was about.

Very Duke Blue · Post by **Very Duke Blue** » May 29th, 2010, 9:36 pm

Medium rare. No other way. It's so tough when its over cooked and not near the flavor.

TillyGalore · Post by **TillyGalore** » May 29th, 2010, 9:38 pm

Rare.

devildeac · Post by **devildeac** » May 29th, 2010, 9:43 pm

bovine or zebu?

bjornolf · Post by **bjornolf** » May 30th, 2010, 8:09 am

CathyCA wrote:Ever since my first pregnancy and the doctor's warning about the danger of undercooked meat to the fetus, I've ordered my steaks "medium well."

Prior to that, I always liked my beef a little to the moo side of medium.

Medium rare steak is not dangerous at all to a fetus. The thing that is dangerous to you and your baby is the bacteria that can accumulate on the outside of the steak during handling and preparation. It doesn't penetrate the steak. As long as the outside is well seared, you're safe. The real danger is ground beef, because the increased surface area makes the whole thing "the outside", unless the restaurant grinds it itself with a sterile meat grinder RIGHT before forming the patty and cooking it. Like I said, steak is safe as long as the outside is seared, killing the bacteria. Can't say the same for chicken or pork. Those need to be fully cooked for other reasons, like salmonella and trichinosis. However, lamb and cow and buffalo are all safe with a good searing.

I like mine just a TICK under medium rare. However, most places that aren't TRUE steakhouses don't know how to cook a steak, so I order rare at a lot of those places to make sure I get medium rare.

captmojo · Post by **captmojo** » May 30th, 2010, 9:26 am

Nicely marbled, 1and 1/4 to 1 and 1/2 inches thick, properly seasoned and char crusted, New York strip or rib-eye, medium rare.

I don't understand and can't see myself consuming rare anything else. This includes fish.

CathyCA · Post by **CathyCA** » May 30th, 2010, 9:50 am

bjornolf wrote:
CathyCA wrote:Ever since my first pregnancy and the doctor's warning about the danger of undercooked meat to the fetus, I've ordered my steaks "medium well."

Prior to that, I always liked my beef a little to the moo side of medium.
Medium rare steak is not dangerous at all to a fetus.

I didn't take the risk, and I birthed two very healthy babies.

bjornolf · Post by **bjornolf** » May 30th, 2010, 2:31 pm

CathyCA wrote:
bjornolf wrote:
CathyCA wrote:Ever since my first pregnancy and the doctor's warning about the danger of undercooked meat to the fetus, I've ordered my steaks "medium well."

Prior to that, I always liked my beef a little to the moo side of medium.
Medium rare steak is not dangerous at all to a fetus.

I didn't take the risk, and I birthed two very healthy babies.

Fair enough. My wife did, and she had three healthy babies. ;)

windsor · Post by **windsor** » May 31st, 2010, 9:06 am

Rare. Introduce it to the fire but don't let it get to friendly!

Anything 'doner' than medium is shoe leather to me..blech.

Miles · Post by **Miles** » May 31st, 2010, 9:11 am

windsor wrote:Rare. Introduce it to the fire but don't let it get to friendly!

Anything 'doner' than medium is shoe leather to me..blech.

Agreed.

DukeUsul · Post by **DukeUsul** » May 31st, 2010, 9:28 am

I like it medium to medium-well. As a kid I was well done only, so I'm improving.

I also like my pork medium-well. There's not much of a need to cook pork to well done anymore.