How Do You Like Your Steak Cooked?

[Mental Minnie]

Originally Posted by BoxOfFrogs

They feed their cows with something, the steaks over there are almost a religious experience, I'm a medium/well as don't mind pink but don't like to see blood running out

In Italy on the other hand, don't matter what you ask for, the plate is mooing

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I remember one time in the South of France. I asked for my steak to be well done, just to make sure. When it came my little garden peas were floating in the blood. Not very appetising.

[Lindaelaine]

Originally Posted by Mental Minnie

I remember one time in the South of France. I asked for my steak to be well done, just to make sure. When it came my little garden peas were floating in the blood. Not very appetising.

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I remember discussing steak on another thread a while ago and like you I don't like to see a pool of what I referred to as " blood " on the plate, I was told it isn't blood it's meat juice , all the blood is drained when it's hung . Well it looks like blood and that's enough to put me off .
I like my steak pink but not so pink that the juice runs on the plate, that can be hard to achieve when asking for a medium steak and if I ask for medium / well it often comes out no pink at all so I specifically ask for slight pink / no juice running , sometimes I'm lucky sometimes not .
Steak is hit and miss , sometimes it's delicious and other times it tastes a bit like liver . I have found the steaks in America to be a lot tastier than the steaks here .

[Mental Minnie]

Originally Posted by Lindaelaine

I remember discussing steak on another thread a while ago and like you I don't like to see a pool of what I referred to as " blood " on the plate, I was told it isn't blood it's meat juice , all the blood is drained when it's hung . Well it looks like blood and that's enough to put me off .
I like my steak pink but not so pink that the juice runs on the plate, that can be hard to achieve when asking for a medium steak and if I ask for medium / well it often comes out no pink at all so I specifically ask for slight pink / no juice running , sometimes I'm lucky sometimes not .
Steak is hit and miss , sometimes it's delicious and other times it tastes a bit like liver . I have found the steaks in America to be a lot tastier than the steaks here .

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Apparently, hubby assures me (Mr Chefy) if the steak is rested properly after cooking, the juices coming out, should be minimal. I like you take mine medium, hubby takes his mooing and I have to say when he cooks his steak, there isn't much juices (blood) on his plate. He also assures me, it is down to the quality of the cut of meat and the quality of the restaurant chef cooking it.

[Mezza1991]

You cant beat a Blackened medium Steak

[Lindaelaine]

I would go for a medium from those shown but would probably end up with a medium rare on too many occasions and obviously with the steak not " rested " as there would be a pool of juice on the plate .

[WhereIBelong]

I like mine rare (and rested! ) - tender, juicy - really nice. But asking for it rare in the US you tend to get closer to medium rare.

[Unexpectedpenny]

I always ask for medium rare. Not had a problem with it being how I like it.

[Lumpy]

In the US beef cattle tend to eat a diet of corn whereas in the UK cattle are predominantly grass feed so this will have some impact on the flavour however in the US they use antibiotics routinely in a way which has been illegal in the UK/EU for some time. They also use other additives and medications which have been outlawed in the EU for around 10 years, so whilst the steaks may be tasty it comes at a cost and this applies to FDA graded meat as well.

[HelenJNT]

This is very subjective, but I found that in Disney, they over cook the steaks, probably just to be on the safe side. Every time I asked for medium rare, it was more like medium well. Only exception was the Boathouse where it was pretty spot on. I like steak on the rare side so I'd probably ask for it rare over there in the future rather than medium rare. Can't advise re offsite I'm afraid though.

[ChoppyGirl]

I ask for mine medium well and had steaks at Yachtsman Steakhouse and California Grill and they were cooked perfectly for me.