Poll: Steak - How do you like yours?

[unoleian]

I prefer my steaks just on the rare side of medium rare. Nice crispy brown, carmelized sear, going to deep pink, almost red right in the middle. Yum.

Now I want a steak :-(

 

[Basement Cat]

Meat? Mmmmm, good. Meat is goooood.

The first time I went to a real steak restaurant I came abruptly face to face with the fact that 'Rare' as I'd thought I liked it wasn't the same "Rare" to a steak house.

For a steak house "Rare" meant the cooks took a sirloin, dragged it across a hot stove to sear one side, then flipped it over and did it to the other side, then plopped it onto a plate with the insides still cold and THAT was it.

I tried medium rare then, only to discover that even though I liked it bloody the insides were still cold.

I order medium now days.

EDIT: After determining what the restaurant considers "Medium", that is. Many consider a steak having just a tinge of pink Medium Rare. Bah Humbug.

Also go for Medium Rare Plus at real steak houses.

Especially when I have steak and eggs for breakfast. I love the taste of blood in the morning.

 

[Goofguy]

I am in the majority here, medium rare. It's the ideal combination of "grilled and seasoned to perfection" outside and "melts deliciously in your mouth" inside.

 

[Corax_1990]

Medium rare, all the way. Never understood people who get a steak well done, whats the point in even having a steak if you're gonna get all the flavor grilled out?

If you know how to cook properly (and fry rather than grill), then a well-done steak won't have it's flavour impaired at all and depending on how you prepare it, cooking it well-done will actually improve the flavours as certain ingredients crisp and caramelise.

Alright Captain Passive Aggressive, calm down. I've had well done steak both grilled and fried and I don't think they taste nearly as good as a medium rare one. Its about personal preference, not who is right or wrong.

 

[CpT_x_Killsteal]

Cooked through. No black bits what so ever, but I like it to as brown as possible without turning black.

 

[neoontime]

I say medium because I eat my steaks on such rare occasions.
*Ba Dum Tish*
Seriously though, I rarely have eaten steak very few times in my life and someone told me medium rare was the default choice.

 

[CrazyDave DC]

Medium rare! Why are we still talking about this?

 

[antidonkey]

I tend to get my steaks cooked medium. That way if they overcook it slightly....all is still good and if they undercook it slightly....all is still good. Also, I now want a steak. Good thing I live in Texas!!!!

 

[Hoplon]

You fry your steak? That's just horrible.

wut? that's the default way of cooking it.

Unless you think "fry" means something other than "cook it in a frying pan" since that's all it implies.

 

[Saladfork]

I like mine medium-well, which gives you just a bit of pink. I would guess that the closest one on the poll is 'cooked through' but that doesn't sound right.

 

[Sunrider]

I don't care what the steak elitists say. I love mine well done. If the cook has a problem with that, maybe he shouldn't be in any sort of customer service profession.

 

[Krantos]

You forgot Medium well on there. And Medium.

I like mine somewhere in there. I don't want it bleeding, but a little pink and juicy is good.

 

[Lyri]

Still walking around and chewing grass.

Just give me cutlery and point me at the nearest cattle heard,I'm sold.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

Medium Rare. Nice and soft, lots of flavor and, it's still covered in its own great sauce. I love some steak...haven't had any in a long while.

 

[deathninja]

Rare as I can get it, trimmed as much as possible. Conversely my SO eats them practically cremated, makes cooking a real PITA.

 

[SkullKing84]

My wife loves it Burt to a crisp and I like the ability to drink it... mmm mmm blood

 

[science girl]

I like mine to be nearly black outside. I know some people say it ruins a steak but hey it's my steak!

 

[Hoplon]

You fry your steak? That's just horrible.

wut? that's the default way of cooking it.

Unless you think "fry" means something other than "cook it in a frying pan" since that's all it implies.

Yes, I know you meant cook it in a frying pan.

Steaks belong on the grill. Never met a fried steak that was any good. The only people I know who fry steaks are ones who don't have access to a grill or are using crapola cuts of meat.

"Grilling is a form of cooking that involves dry heat applied to the surface of food, commonly from above or below."

Are you sure you know what a frying pan is? because with out any oil in it that's pretty much exactly what it does.

 

[Dags90]

My wife loves it Burt to a crisp and I like the ability to drink it... mmm mmm blood

It's actually not blood, it's myoglobin. I generally prefer my beef ground up into hamburgers. I don't care much for steak, not a fan of the chewing.

Yes, I know you meant cook it in a frying pan.

Steaks belong on the grill. Never met a fried steak that was any good. The only people I know who fry steaks are ones who don't have access to a grill or are using crapola cuts of meat.

And chicken fried steak. I'll eat a thin chicken fried steak with gravy.

 

[lwm3398]

If I'm at a nice restaurant, rare. Practically falls apart in your mouth if you order a good cut.

On the other hand, if I'm just grilling a sirloin or a chuck steak or something else like that, I'll let it cook a bit longer.