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How do you like your steak?


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How do you like your steak?  

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  1. 1. How do you like your steak?

    • Rare, waved over a cigarrette lighter, mooing
    • Medium rare
    • Medium
    • Medium well
    • Well done, shoe leather
    • Don't like steak or vegetarian


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This is my favorite sauce... not really healthy... but for as often as I have steak... I can do this once in a while. It's really good with pepper-crusted tenderloin seared in an iron skillet (finished in the oven to med-rare)

 

1 TB unsalted butter

2 shallots, finely diced

1 tsp drained green peppercorns

2 C beef stock

1/2 C Cognac

1/4 heavy cream

 

Melt butter, add shallots, cook until edges of the shallots start to brown. add peppercorns and mash about half with a fork or wooden spatula. Add stock, cognac and cream. Simmer until reduced by half, stirring frequently (about 15 minutes)

 

Sounds good,

 

But mine would have to be cooked longer. :D

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This is my favorite sauce... not really healthy... but for as often as I have steak... I can do this once in a while. It's really good with pepper-crusted tenderloin seared in an iron skillet (finished in the oven to med-rare)

 

1 TB unsalted butter

2 shallots, finely diced

1 tsp drained green peppercorns

2 C beef stock

1/2 C Cognac

1/4 heavy cream

 

Melt butter, add shallots, cook until edges of the shallots start to brown. add peppercorns and mash about half with a fork or wooden spatula. Add stock, cognac and cream. Simmer until reduced by half, stirring frequently (about 15 minutes)

 

That sounds delicious. When I grill steaks I just dry rub them in these:

 

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Then while on the grill they get lots of teriyaki sauce.

 

Serve with fresh green beans with minced garlic, diced bacon, and crushed black pepper :drool:

 

I love using a dry rub,

 

Great for ribs.

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Medium rare.

My wife likes hers well done. Must run in the family or the area as most people here in the south like well done it seems. No offense south. Just a perception I have.

It makes it difficult on me as I do all the cooking and grilling.

To have to make a well done steak is very hard, as I feel like I am wasting good money. Throwing good money down the drain.

Then I had my MIL here for 6 months and she too likes it ruined. (well done)

 

I got a little irritated once and told both of them i was going to keep the rib eyes for me and make them pot roast instead.

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Medium rare.

My wife likes hers well done. Must run in the family or the area as most people here in the south like well done it seems. No offense south. Just a perception I have.

It makes it difficult on me as I do all the cooking and grilling.

To have to make a well done steak is very hard, as I feel like I am wasting good money. Throwing good money down the drain.

Then I had my MIL here for 6 months and she too likes it ruined. (well done)

 

I got a little irritated once and told both of them i was going to keep the rib eyes for me and make them pot roast instead.

 

I never understood that type of thinking,

 

My mom would always lecture me on how my steak should be cooked. My response was, who is the one eating it? :LOL: I love it done and with Heinz 57. At the same time she would smother hers in ketchup. :sarcastic:

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Medium rare.

My wife likes hers well done. Must run in the family or the area as most people here in the south like well done it seems. No offense south. Just a perception I have.

It makes it difficult on me as I do all the cooking and grilling.

To have to make a well done steak is very hard, as I feel like I am wasting good money. Throwing good money down the drain.

Then I had my MIL here for 6 months and she too likes it ruined. (well done)

 

I got a little irritated once and told both of them i was going to keep the rib eyes for me and make them pot roast instead.

 

I never understood that type of thinking,

 

My mom would always lecture me on how my steak should be cooked. My response was, who is the one eating it? :LOL: I love it done and with Heinz 57. At the same time she would smother hers in ketchup. :sarcastic:

 

it's almost as if different people have different tastes...

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Medium rare.

My wife likes hers well done. Must run in the family or the area as most people here in the south like well done it seems. No offense south. Just a perception I have.

It makes it difficult on me as I do all the cooking and grilling.

To have to make a well done steak is very hard, as I feel like I am wasting good money. Throwing good money down the drain.

Then I had my MIL here for 6 months and she too likes it ruined. (well done)

 

I got a little irritated once and told both of them i was going to keep the rib eyes for me and make them pot roast instead.

 

I never understood that type of thinking,

 

My mom would always lecture me on how my steak should be cooked. My response was, who is the one eating it? :LOL: I love it done and with Heinz 57. At the same time she would smother hers in ketchup. :sarcastic:

 

it's almost as if different people have different tastes...

 

Pretty much. :LOL:

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Medium rare steak is perfect steak :drool:

:yes: And I'll eat a rare steak without complaining to.

 

So will I, but it's still gotta be cooked, that's why I never order rare at restaurants. Medium rare is perfection.

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Medium rare for sure.

 

Years ago at a wedding rehearsal dinner prime rib was served, a friend of mine asked for his to be well done. You just can't do that with prime rib, order something else.

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Medium rare for sure.

 

Years ago at a wedding rehearsal dinner prime rib was served, a friend of mine asked for his to be well done. You just can't do that with prime rib, order something else.

 

Actually, I can make an exception for a good prime rib, though I wouldn't go well done, medium well at the most. Then you get those excellent burnt ends with dry rub :drool:

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I like my steak roaming around the pasture, eating grass!

 

(I'm a vegetarian. And apparently the only one who responded to this thread!)

We both stand alone in this thread but for different reasons if you see what I voted for... :D
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I like my steak roaming around the pasture, eating grass!

 

(I'm a vegetarian. And apparently the only one who responded to this thread!)

 

Poor grass,

 

That cow should know better. :madra: :P

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Still mooing on the inside with a nice buttery crunchy crust on the outside.
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Mooing.. though i don't eat it that often.. maybe four times a year tops mainly due to the fact i can't get hold of the "good" ( dark/buttery - looking seasoned ) meat. I look upon it as a novelty food anyway !
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