How do you like your steak prepared?

[HellHound]

About an eighth of an inch on either side seared, and the rest red and cool. And served with fresh-grated ginger. And made out of tuna .

Daniel

Absolutely. A tuna steak grilled to perfection like that is a fine thing indeed, possibly head and shoulders above beef.

In the US - you'll get the warning on the menu, but you should be able to order steak as rare as you'd like in most establishments.

I was quite happy to see these warnings in the restaurants I was at last summer, but not all States work that way...

 

[HellHound]

I just got done with my lunch where we were discussing how well (or not well) done we prefer our steaks... during this conversation, I discovered that one of my co-workers has had steak a grand total of 3 times in her life. Once in the past 10 years.

Now - maybe it's just b/c I'm a South Dakota girl with a husband whose family ranches cattle... but - that TOTALLY FREAKS ME OUT.

One of my crew from school has had beef four times in her life, twice in the past 10 years also (and both were actually in the past three months).

She hates the stuff.

But has fallen in love with her brother-in-law's hamburgers.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I was quite happy to see these warnings in the restaurants I was at last summer, but not all States work that way...

Really? I thought that was a federal standard. Interesting.

--Queen D (works fine for me )

 

[eabha]

I don't know the term for it in English. One step less than rare. In French its called "Blue", referring to the lovely purple colour of uncooked beef.

Yeah, blue rare. Yum! But I can't get it anywhere but my mom's BBQ, and she hesitates to prepare it that way for me. In restaurants I ask for rare and usually get medium rare. Sigh.

 

[Hand of Evil]

medium rare cooked on a grill with beer used to season it as it cooks.

 

[Steve Jung]

Medium suits me fine.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Well done.

 

[Jdvn1]

I was quite happy to see these warnings in the restaurants I was at last summer, but not all States work that way...

I thought there was a limit between rare and raw, though...

 

[GrayIguana]

Julien's famous steack tartare

That sounds good. I'll have to try it some time.

As for me, I like rare to medium rare. I'm always leary of raw unless I know where the meat came from. It is nice to have farms nearby.

 

[smootrk]

A Filet Mignon cooked a little rare, with gorgonzola (or bleu cheese) sprinkled on top with mushrooms cooked in butter layered over the filet.

For a side, Asparagus with Holandaise sauce, and a big baked potato with all the fixins to round out the course.

For Desert, any kind of fruit pie with vanilla ice-cream.