Poll: Steak

How do you like your steak?

  • Blue (the manly way)

    Votes: 48 7.2%

  • Rare

    Votes: 103 15.4%

  • Medium rare

    Votes: 230 34.3%

  • Medium

    Votes: 125 18.6%

  • Medium Well-done

    Votes: 68 10.1%

  • Well done

    Votes: 77 11.5%

  • Cremated

    Votes: 20 3.0%
  • Total voters
    671
Blue or Rare.

1 Portion of Blue cheese mayonnaise.

1 Portion of Baby tomatoes still on the vine

1 Portion of French Fries.

Tall glass of iced coke.
 
im still waiting on the raw option on the poll since blue implies that theres a cooker involved.....

while i like to open a pack of steak and eat big chunks raw and i have ate full steaks like that.

cmon theres a option catering to very over cooked steak but no raw steak :(

the blue option is to well done tbh...
 
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I like it cooked. I don't mind if there is a slight pink tinge to the middle, but I prefer it without. I don't like the thought of eating raw meat, plus the texture is disgusting.

So Medium-well done for me.
 
heeeed said:
How on earth can it be technically illegal to serve a blue steak? plenty of other things are served under 65 degrees. 1 scoop of ice cream at 65 degrees please, warm sushi anyone?
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I hope that post wasn't preceded by 111 other completely retarded comments.
 
Well I got my steak from the farmers market, bought a couple of nice 300g ribeyes.

Cooked one of them tonight...

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The pan was nice and hot :p

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And it was served with roasted new potatoes, tomatoes roasted with balsamic, onion rings (Tesco's, not homemade unfortunately) and tarragon butter - tastes like bearnaise sauce but less hassle to make

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Cooked just right!
It actually looks more well done than it was in this picture.
Lots of pink but, as it was a good quality piece of meat, not dripping with blood.

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AcidHell2 said:
whats in the butter?
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Butter, chopped tarragon, diced shallots and a splash of tarragon vinegar.
Basically the ingredients of bearnaise without the egg yolks.

Just soften the butter, add the rest of the ingredients and mix together.
I put it in the freezer for a while before serving so I could cut the discs to put on the steak.
 
Freefaller said:
That does look good, over done for me, but I'd still no doubt enjoy that :)
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I had a feeling you might say that :p
That part was actually the most well cooked. The butcher cut it on a slight diagonal and that bit was the thinnest.
The other side was actually a little under done for me, but it still tasted damn good!

Pretty unhealthy with everything that went with it, but good as an occasionaly treat :)

If anyone's in SW London and wants good meat then try here, where I bought this steak from: http://www.farmerscitymarket.com/
It's a shop that's open 7 days a week, but has all good quality foods sourced from local farms.
 
Hey it's fine being a bit unhealthy from time to time, looks well prepared too :) I had pork chops tonight - but I'm craving beef!! Tomorrow..... :D
 
D.P. said:
The problem is in the UK, most places that offer a rare steak wll end up serving a well done-steak.
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Yup, I always forget this when I go out. :/

Medium-rare for me every single time though.

Last night I ordered medium-rare and the sodding thing came back burnt round the edges. :(
 
shaffaaf27 said:
whats blue? i liek mine brown all the way through
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Hey that rhymes! :D

Google it - it's been explained on here already. It's about the same as the difference between rare and medium, but rarer than rare and is "blue" because of the purple colour of a decent piece of meat, if you see what I mean.

It's basically just sealed, but not enough to heat the inside of the meat too much.
 
I suppose all the people who eat their steaks bloody also do a Bear Grylls and eat their Salmon meat steaks by biting a chunk from its wriggling back. Would that count as blue?
I voted well done by the way. lol
 
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