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How Do You Like Your Steaks Cooked?


View Poll Results: How Do You Like Your Steaks Cooked?
Well Done 18 22.78%
Medium Well 8 10.13%
Medium 10 12.66%
Medium Rare 23 29.11%
Rare 20 25.32%
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Old 02-09-2015, 15:17
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Old 02-09-2015, 15:29
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Depends on the cut
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Old 02-09-2015, 15:34
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Well done.

Some think that it's wrong but I don't care.
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Old 02-09-2015, 15:51
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Rare is my preference but can do up to a medium at a push if I overlook it, which doesn't happen often. Only if I get distracted. If I am out I always ask for rare and will send it back if it is overcooked.
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Old 02-09-2015, 16:04
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Damn. Didn't see the word cooked at the end of the sentence.

How do you like your steaks?

Through the heart.
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Old 02-09-2015, 16:09
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In UK medium as most chefs cannot cook a decent medium rare ie usually over cooked on outside and raw in middle (on average medium rare)

In France, any chef can cook medium rarev (A Point in French accent).
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Old 02-09-2015, 16:14
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Would you care to tell us why?
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Old 02-09-2015, 16:21
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Well done.

Some think that it's wrong but I don't care.
This. I've grown up eating steaks that have been cooked all the way through. If they are well seasoned and a good quality cut, I still find they taste flipping lovely. Don't give a monkey's what steak snobs think.
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Old 02-09-2015, 17:10
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Medium rare , I hate steak over cooked .
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Old 02-09-2015, 18:12
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This. I've grown up eating steaks that have been cooked all the way through. If they are well seasoned and a good quality cut, I still find they taste flipping lovely. Don't give a monkey's what steak snobs think.
It's not about being a "steak snob", cooking a steak well done dries the meat out and ruins it completely.

My chef mate assures me that when it comes to steak, there should ALWAYS be a bit of pink in the middle, even if cooked well done. Just enough to not ruin the steak completely, he says.

My personal preference is medium rare, but I'll eat a steak rare from time to time. Not brave enough to try a blue steak.
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Old 03-09-2015, 01:43
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I've said medium well. Though I actually don't mind well done.

This debate always ends up with the rare brigade deducing that people who like well-done like their steaks dry and shrivelled.
That's not what well-done means.

A proper chef will be able to time a steak so that it is perfectly moist and tasty, only without any pinkness left.
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Old 03-09-2015, 09:01
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Not really a lover of steak, it would have to be medium I suppose if i had to have one.

There are good chefs in this country and are British that can cook a steak, France is not the only place.

Argentina is the place for meat, so I been told.
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Old 03-09-2015, 09:20
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I cook rare for myself, but ask for medium rare when out - after a couple of occasions where its arrived 'blue'
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Old 03-09-2015, 09:53
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It's not about being a "steak snob", cooking a steak well done dries the meat out and ruins it completely.

My chef mate assures me that when it comes to steak, there should ALWAYS be a bit of pink in the middle, even if cooked well done. Just enough to not ruin the steak completely, he says.

My personal preference is medium rare, but I'll eat a steak rare from time to time. Not brave enough to try a blue steak.
Well, your mate is wrong, nothing wrong with a 'bloodless' steak if cooked correctly. One of my favorite ways of prepping a steak is to cook on a low heat in a pan with butter and a little olive oil. It cooks through, retains juices and tastes great.
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Old 03-09-2015, 09:54
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Medium well or well done depending on my mood, but either way it has to be served with Mushrooms, Onion rings, chips & a nice helping of peppercorn sauce.
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Old 03-09-2015, 13:00
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Medium although I have had some steaks medium rare. I'd prefer it rare than well done
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Old 03-09-2015, 13:11
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In UK medium as most chefs cannot cook a decent medium rare ie usually over cooked on outside and raw in middle (on average medium rare)

In France, any chef can cook medium rarev (A Point in French accent).
I beg to differ. First time I went to France I asked for a medium rare steak and got something barely cooked.
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Old 03-09-2015, 13:12
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It's not about being a "steak snob", cooking a steak well done dries the meat out and ruins it completely.

My chef mate assures me that when it comes to steak, there should ALWAYS be a bit of pink in the middle, even if cooked well done. Just enough to not ruin the steak completely, he says.

My personal preference is medium rare, but I'll eat a steak rare from time to time. Not brave enough to try a blue steak.
That's personal opinion surely? I eat steaks rare and wouldn't want one well done, but telling people they are wrong for liking it like that is ridiculous.
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Old 03-09-2015, 13:29
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I don't care how other people like their steak. Have it how YOU like it not how people say you should like it.

I like mine rare. If you want yours well done, have it well done as long as you are enjoying it.
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Old 03-09-2015, 13:43
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My husband likes his well done personally I prefer them left on the cow.
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Old 03-09-2015, 16:02
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That's personal opinion surely? I eat steaks rare and wouldn't want one well done, but telling people they are wrong for liking it like that is ridiculous.
Yes it is personal opinion. People are free to eat steak however they want, and I'm free to think that cooking it well done is a waste.
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Old 03-09-2015, 16:43
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and the chef.

If I know the place, i'll go for medium, if I don't, I'll go for well done
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Old 03-09-2015, 18:47
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My husband likes his well done personally I prefer them left on the cow.
But there would be no cows or very few if we did not use them for meat, farmer would not keep them for show.

This is what I keep telling my mate when he says that sheep and cows should be in fields, but if we all stopped eating meat over night, what did he think would happen to all those animals?
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Old 03-09-2015, 19:00
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I used to have them well done but over the years my taste has changed and I now prefer them medium rare.
I like it thick cut and with a lot of fat on it. Rib eye is one of my favourite cuts but don't mind rump. Also like a nice T-bone, when you can get them.
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Old 03-09-2015, 22:39
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But there would be no cows or very few if we did not use them for meat, farmer would not keep them for show.

This is what I keep telling my mate when he says that sheep and cows should be in fields, but if we all stopped eating meat over night, what did he think would happen to all those animals?
I don't think my vegetarianism will cause the down fall of cowkind, so don't worry about that too much, been a veggie since I was 15 and I am 53 now and well the fields are still full of cows and sheep. I don't not eat meat for any other reason than I don't like the taste so I have no problem others eating it and cook it most days for family members.
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