How do you like your steak?

[Rowena]

Depends on the cut....

A ribeye, I like medium rare, a filet, i like very rare.

Anything below a ribeye should be medium. I used to like everything rare..but cut does matter.

And, icebrat001, I soooooooooooooo miss In N Out Burgers. BEST FAST FOOD EVAR!!!

 

[tiggersmom2]

A ribeye, I like medium rare, a filet, i like very rare.

These are the only cuts I eat myself. Filet RARE is my favorite with a heavy cream sauce over it. Ribeye is great also but it must not have TOO much fat....I have had some cuts that were so much fat, you couldn't get to the meat.

 

[Rowena]

These are the only cuts I eat myself. Filet RARE is my favorite with a heavy cream sauce over it. Ribeye is great also but it must not have TOO much fat....I have had some cuts that were so much fat, you couldn't get to the meat.

Hehe, so we're in agreement that while size doesn't matter, cut does????

 

[tiggersmom2]

Hehe, so we're in agreement that while size doesn't matter, cut does????

Oh yes, cut is the biggest factor!!! I don't eat anything but filet or ribeye. I will on occasion eat prime rib.....then wonder why I strayed.

 

[Rowena]

Well, tiggersmom2, on your recommendation, I might try to prepare steak tartare. ( I don't like to go out to eat much. I end up thinking I could spend the same amount and be happier with my meal if I made it myself.)

We do have a nice grocery store out here that sells only Angus beef....and if I buy beef anywhere else, I can tell. (I can make a round or chuck steak yummy...but when I'm done, it's beef and not steak.)

 

[C.Ann]

Hold the horns...

 

[lemondog]

medium to medium rare

 

[solotraveler]

It depends....

In a fine dining steakhouse with a good cut of meat: Rare!

In a place like Outback or if I'm making it at home: Medium or close to it.


Solotraveler

 

[Rozzie]

Rare! yum-had it at Ruth Chris last night for my bday!!!

 

[WDWLVR]

Medium. Just enough pink but not too much.

 

[live4christp1]

personally I like my well done, not alot of people I know like it like that. So how do u like your steak?

I have to agree with you......I like mine well done and once sent mine back twice at the Outback and it was still too pink, it ended up in a to-go box for DH to eat for lunch the next day. (Look dude, I don't want to see any pink.......well done is not pink). I feel better now.

 

[pumba]

I really like my meat rare rare rare......prime rib and filet rare......At Le Cellier a few years ago I asked for it really really rare and it was almost raw .......the lady at the next table said .......I thought you ordered prime rib ......I said so did I .....but she and I thought it was salmon..ROFL.......I did have them cook it a wee bit more.......Moose I like medium rare and venison I like pink and blood running.......YUMMY

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

Depending on the cut, from Raw to Mid-Rare. Love Steak Tatar and love a good Ribeye, and all in between. My policy on food, if it didn't have parents, I'm not eating it!!

 

[allie&mattsmom]

I have to have my steak very well done. I also like my burgers, brats, whatever this way. Everyone knows when we're grilling out to basically burn mine!

 

[oogieboogie]

Steaks - rare to medium rare
Burgers - medium

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

Anyone ever read "Kitchen Confidential" by Tony Bourdain? He is head chef of Les Halles here in NYC and a part time writer. "Kitchen Confidential" is the story of how he made it in the restaurant business, but it's also an expose on restaurants and how they prepare many foods. Great book and incredibly fun read! Anyways, pretty much industry wide, if you order your steak well done, the chef will use the oldest crummiest steak in the cut that you have chosen that they have in the cooler because the flavor is pretty much cooked out of it by the time it hits well done so it really doesn't matter. The difference between a well done filet mignon and a well done skirt steak isn't identical, but it's pretty darn close. If you eat it well done, you'll never know the difference.

 

[disneyatl]

Medium for me. Yum Yum!

 

[magicmouse2]

Medium mm

 

[Cindy's Mom]

I like mine well done - butterflied with extra au jus on the side. A life time ago I was on a date and the guy liked his the same way too. It was a very nice restaurant, we had cocktails, ordered appetizers, then when the waiter took our dinner order, we ordered our steaks, the waiter said that the chef wouldn't prepare them that way. The Date threw $30 bucks on the table and we walked out. (I was motified BTW, and hungry too)

 

[scrump]

Medium rare for me!