View Poll Results: How do you like your steak?
Rare
13
13.68%
Medium rare
61
64.21%
Medium
14
14.74%
Medium well
5
5.26%
Well done
1
1.05%
I don't eat steak
1
1.05%
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How do you like your steak? Doneness? How prepared? Etc.
Sep 3, 2004, 10:58 pm
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Originally Posted by Arcolaio99
Rare for me. I could be wrong on this but is well done on the outside and rare on the inside, also know as "Pittsburgh"?
The exception to that is Philadelphia, where every waiter and cook will always know exactly what you mean and where for the large part they do that technique extremely well.
Sep 5, 2004, 7:51 am
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Just pity the poor waiter that has to tell the chef any of the above.
As for me, I prefer pink inside; with no fat if possible.
I do prefer that my steak come properly cooked the first time ; as I find it annoying to watch everyone else eat, while I pick at their fries.
As for me, I prefer pink inside; with no fat if possible.
I do prefer that my steak come properly cooked the first time ; as I find it annoying to watch everyone else eat, while I pick at their fries.
Sep 5, 2004, 10:52 am
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Originally Posted by dhammer53
Just pity the poor waiter that has to tell the chef any of the above.
Costco and I have teamed up with my Jenn-Air grilll and can now produce the perfect filet: Charred on the outside, deep pink inside, but not cold and rubbery.
That's why I rarely order steak in a restaurant. Well, medium rarely.
Sep 5, 2004, 11:30 am
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If it is a good steak it should be done just enough that it doesnt say mooo when I cut into it. If it is an okay steak, more red to very pink on the inside.
Sep 5, 2004, 7:53 pm
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Originally Posted by ScottC
100% totally and uttterly well done. Not a spot of red inside. Amazing that some of the high-class steak joints don't seem to be able to perfom that simple task.
Generally, it is because they are in too much of a hurry to cook it. My experience is that the farther west you travel in this country, the harder it is to find a place that can cook well done meat correctly. My personal preference is actually medium well, though.
Sep 5, 2004, 10:53 pm
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Medium Well, although I can live with Medium. With well I love it a little charbroiled.
Charlies hits the Bullseye with steak. Cooked over a grill.
Hy's is perfection
Old Homestead is to die and go to steak nirvana (Scott C: Old Homestead would get it right.)
There are a few other steakhouses that get it right.
I had to send my steak at Lugar's back TWICE because it came out bloody and oozing. Maybe it didn't help that I was the only person at the table who did not want it rare or medium rare.
Even In and Out gets my burgers right when I ask it for "medium on the well grilled side."
Charlies hits the Bullseye with steak. Cooked over a grill.
Hy's is perfection
Old Homestead is to die and go to steak nirvana (Scott C: Old Homestead would get it right.)
There are a few other steakhouses that get it right.
I had to send my steak at Lugar's back TWICE because it came out bloody and oozing. Maybe it didn't help that I was the only person at the table who did not want it rare or medium rare.
Even In and Out gets my burgers right when I ask it for "medium on the well grilled side."
Sep 6, 2004, 8:40 am
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Originally Posted by Catman
Even In and Out gets my burgers right when I ask it for "medium on the well grilled side."
Sep 6, 2004, 4:43 pm
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Originally Posted by ElmhurstNick
- ...charred on the outside and pink but very warm in the center, with the filet being butterflied if it's more than 10 oz. At the recent FT IND St. Elmo's Dinner, they did the filet perfectly....
I used to order Medium, but ended up more often than not expecting to hear a loud "moo" with all the red running out of it. So I usually end up ordering medium-medium well (medium well always comes out too done). If I want it rare, I"ll be ordering carpaccio for an appetizer.
Sep 6, 2004, 10:52 pm
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Originally Posted by dbielik
Medium Rare, leaning towards the rare side.
