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How Americans Order Their Steak (Rare 2.5%, Well Done 11.7%)
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McStickenstein
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All you civilized folk eating well done steak, tsk tsk
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
Best way to cook a garbage steak is to make Bulgogi
CarpeDeezNutz
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CrimzonSamurai
Member
Yeah I mean I wouldn't do it with pre-ground grocery store beef but my point is that's properly handled red meat can be consumed at any temp or raw as opposed to chicken regardless of how well sanitation conditions are around it.
Hasphat'sAnts
Member
And for the love of god please do not eat pink pork
Snowman Prophet of Doom
Member
Red meat is kinda bad for you, on a cancer risk level.
Blue or rare. Nothing else.According to this pic I found, I'd go for medium-rare.
So is alcohol and sunlight.
milanbaros
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According to this pic I found, I'd go for medium-rare.
Based on that pic I wouldn't go above blue. Everything looks overdone in the pic compared to my expectations.
MisterR
Member
If it's brown all the way through then it is overcooked and tough
Sure, but that's not what I meant in that context. I meant bloody looking or raw on the inside red meat. If you were worried about cancer you wouldn't be eating beef period.
Bony Manifesto
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Actually that's quite safe nowadays. It's only really in the past that you had to make sure pork was cooked thoroughly, as pigs were literally fed trash.
It's a tricky hurdle to overcome, having rare pork, though, and that's why I'm sympathetic towards those who have a psychological aversion to rare beef.
shadow_shogun
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Why some of you guys always feel the need to shame those that eat their steaks well done is beyond me, it's become a trend in steak topics. God forbid that people have tastes that differ from yours.
Matrix XII
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I'm one of those medium-well heathens.
Tertullian
Member
According to this pic I found, I'd go for medium-rare.
This image is terrible. The steak that says blue just looks rare to me. Blue should almost look, well, blue in the middle (or at least dark red/vaguely purple).
And why does the medium rare steak look well-done 2/3 of the way through and then rare in a tiny sliver in the middle? It should be cooked on the outside and then dark pink all the way through.
Poor GRIMES
Banned
Also incorrect. Actually, pork is safer than beef in most cases
milanbaros
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Yeah, pink pork has become standard in high end London restaurants. Trust your meat and it's ok.
Norris1020
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I'm a well-done guy and I've caught hell for it all my life. I like almost all my food well done or slightly burnt so everyone can just bug off.
ChimpBottle
Member
For anyone thinking that everyone who is against well-done steak is just being shitty and snobby, there is science to the argument. A lot of the proteins that give a good steak it's flavors are burned up when the meat reaches a certain temperature. You essentially turn it into a cheap pharmacy store steak, and a passionate chef who might consider this to be his craft, has every right to take offence.
MisterR
Member
It's insulting if it's a good cut of meat to cook it into shoe leather. In a way it's like taking high quality expensive food and taking it and dumping it into a garbage can. They really should just eat something else, because they are ruining the meat and it's wasteful.
CarpeDeezNutz
Member
I thought it was just ribbing, who really cares how you have your steak done?
I'm not eating it for you!
TheLostBigBoss
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According to this pic I found, I'd go for medium-rare.
The scale from blue => rare => med-rare is... more misleading than anything I guess. The edges are way too cooked, going from pure brown to red is not what it should look like.
Top 2.5% here.
I'd rather eat it raw than what most cooks do with it.
I'd rather eat it raw than what most cooks do with it.
Like this is why I usually ask my steak to be just straight bloody, because rare is what I would call medium here.According to this pic I found, I'd go for medium-rare.
MisterR
Member
Yep, the blue, rare and medium rare are overcooked in that picture.
Why do you want your steak well done?
And burnt anything? It's a piece of meat, it's supposed to be cooked, that's part of the process of cooking. You're literally burning the meat so the flavor is enhanced.
CarpeDeezNutz
Member
I want to go pick up some steaks now. What cut though?🤔
It's certainly a loss of value and you're breaking down the taste of what makes expensive meats, well, expensive.
if you want marbled fat that's grilled, charred and crispy, save money and get short rib or some shit.
CrimzonSamurai
Member
Guys seriously medium-well means it has a thin strip of pink in the middle. If you order medium well and it comes out brown all the way through the guy who cooked it over cooked it.
Which is pretty common because medium well is the hardest temperature to hit.
Which is pretty common because medium well is the hardest temperature to hit.
MisterR
Member
If you're going to do this, then at least don't get good prime meat. It's a waste to get high quality meat and intentionally burn it. Get some cheap steaks and burn em up and coat them with some A1 or ketchup and that's fine.
clearacell
Member
I'm Mexican, so if I find out my steak ends up becoming well done, I say fuck it we are having tacos. my steak if eaten as a whole piece of meat must be medium rare.
TheJollyCorner
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Representative of Team Rare clocking in here!
*cracks open a beer*
*cracks open a beer*
Gravy Boat
Member
Lol, orders medium well then sends it back until they read his mind and bring him a well done steak.
Anyway rare is the superior choice but I have no problem with medium rare or medium people. If you want your steak well done you should just eat something else, you're missing the point of a steak.
*fist bump*
Stay strong as we walk through these flames.
I'm actually not a fan of ribs. Value wise I find them horrible for the amount of meat you get. And they can be too fatty with grizzle that turns me right off. All of a sudden I'm just having potato salad for dinner.
As long as I'm grilling steak myself the price isn't bad at all. I can get a good size marbled ribeye from publix for about 8 -10 bucks and I never can finish it at once. I always have some leftover that I slice and use for stir fry.
Dylan Sexbang
Banned
Well done is vile. Rare/Medium Rare is where it's at
IndieJones
Member
Rare, Chicago style. Red inside, charred outside.
Gravy Boat
Member
Why even order steak when you seemingly hate everything that's great about them?
PandaShake
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I'm really surprised they didn't just microwave it till its brown for you.
Vestal
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SDCowboy
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I prefer medium-rare. However, unless I'm at a really good steak joint, I usually order medium as it seems to have a higher chance of being cooked correctly (in my experience). Often times when I order medium-rare, it's either super rare or medium anyway, so I usually just order medium.
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