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[CaroPhoenix]

Dagnabbit! Now I want a rearr steak for dinner!! And all I'm going to be getting is Mexican food. I'm going to Longhorn Steakhouse for lunch and ordering me the rarest steak they will give me. And don't try to offer me no A-1 sauce neither.

[Caractacus_Potts]

OT and embarrassing but what the hell.

I was in Las Vegas recently with my wife, sister, sister BF and parents celebrating my parent’s 50th wedding anniversary and my sister and father were NOT.GETTING.ALONG!

We managed to get everyone to agree to a nice steak dinner at a fairly high end steakhouse in NY NY on our last night there. I was looking forward to a nice rare dry aged NY sirloin.

My dad orders the same thing as me but medium. Our meals are delivered and I take a bite. Well, it's medium instead of rare but ABSOLUTELY delicious so I am VERY happy!

What's that? My dad is not happy. His steak is too rare. Well, I can see what happened...he got my plate and I got his. GREAT! Too much noise in the restaurant to hear anything but I show him my steak and hand my plate around the table to him. Now it's his turn to send my yummy rare steak to me...but...what is happening? He just gave my steak to the waiter, said something too the waiter and the waiter - is - taking - my - steak - away. What have I done wrong? Why am I being punished?

Oh! Turns out dad didn't think it was rare enough for me. Decided to make a command decision and send my steak back FOR ME instead of, I don't know, letting me decide? But tensions are high and I don't want to throw out the spark that sets off the powder keg that is my family at this moment. No need for innocent victims to get hurt.

The chef, having had a perfectly rare steak sent back and being told the SC says it is NOT RARE ENOUGH does the only thing he can and I don't blame him for it. He sends it out blue/raw. Seared on the outside but raw and ice cold in the center (as in he must have gone and grabbed a steak from the cooler in addition to just searing the sides).

Now I like me some beef tartare but even then I want the raw meat to be room temperature. I gamely try to take a bite but unfortunately come to the realization that I will throw up on the table if I try to eat this raw, albeit very fine, dry aged piece of cold meat.

My mother tells me she has too much so why don't I split hers instead. I apologize profusely to the waiter unable to tell him that the first steak was perfect and I have no idea why the person (aka parent) sent it back, the second steak was raw but I don't blame the cook under the circumstances, I don't want them to waste a third piece of excellent beef trying to reconcile the discrepency betweeen the person who wants to eat the thing and the person who apparently wanted to send SOMETHING back and that I do not dare ask for a steak cooked "just like the first one because that one looked perfect" because that could initiate the family explosion that I had been desperately trying to avoid.

I did wind up buying some dry aged steak at a high end butcher shop when I got home and making it myself but it just wasn't the same.

Sigh.

[42_42_42]

I almost never get steak out because, unless I go to a fancy schmancy super expensive restaurant, chances are the medium rare steak I order result in me being served a medium steak, which is why in the past I resorted to ordering my steaks on the rare end of medium rare, which sometimes did result in a steak closer to medium rare, but not always. My husband, on the other hand, cooks steaks perfectly. So we much prefer to get a nice steak from Publix and for him to cook it at home. It's cheaper and the steaks are cooked properly.

[Rebel1012]

im fussy, the only steak i really like is the ones i cook myself...but then again the mrs thinks i do it "too chewy"

I Get a nice slab of meat, rub ut with salt, pepper, olive oil and chopped garlic. Throw it in a grill pan and sear both sides.....then sprinkle on some worcester sauce and soy sauce, add a little chopped pickled chilli and some more garlic.

Cook to medium well and serve with caramelised onions and fried mushrooms.

Then either chips, new potaties or pasta in sauce depending on what i fancy or what everyone else is eating.


Lovely

[CaroPhoenix]

Mr. Rum makes an excellent medium rare steak. (Fortunately, we both love medium rare steaks. )

I love caramelized onions and mushrooms to add to the top.

My favorite steak place is Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. (I want to go to Shula's but we need overnight babysitting).

I love going to Smokey Bones. I get their Black & Bleu Steak (steak with bleu cheese & bacon bits crumbled all over the top, medium rare - better than chocolate!).

At Longhorn, I've had servers (male & female) offer me A-1 steak sauce, but never offer it to Mr. Rum. I just want the darn steak!

Gah ... ... I'm going to be dreaming of steak tonight and waking up wanting steak and eggs for breakfast, steak for lunch and steak with a side of steak for dinner tomorrow night.

[Kanalah]

I'm with you Rummy. I think I'll ask hubbykins to take me out for a nice steak for Mother's Day dinner.

According to him, I cook an awesome steak, but I like going out because I don't have to cook/clean up later.

And I like mine medium rare too. No sauce, not if it's a good steak.

[MoonCat]

My brother used to say "just knock the horns off and run it by the oven."

[raw456]

(I may have posted this before on another steak related thread)

Take the cow into a darkened room.
Explain to it the concept of fire.
Bring the cow to the table
Back away.

This is how my Dad likes his steak


That woman was just bitchin for the sake of bitchin.

I like my steak medium rare, but dont mind if its a little over/under cooked. As long as there is not lots of blood running out of it, I'll eat it.

[Caractacus_Potts]

No sauce, not if it's a good steak.

This!

The only thing I might do to a good cut is rub it with olive oil and coarse salt and that's only because I like them Pittsburgh style.

Marinating, rubs and sauces should be reserved for inferior cuts like flank steak. Heck, I can take the toughest roast you can find and make it into a fork tender sauerbraten but it takes three days of marinating in wine, vinegar, water and spices.

[bainsidhe]

I like my steak medium rare, but dont mind if its a little over/under cooked. As long as there is not lots of blood running out of it, I'll eat it.

This. And since every region and restaurant seems to have a different concept of "Medium Rare" I always ask for their definition to make sure it coincides with mine. I will even clarify that pink is fine, so long as it isn't bleeding. Sadly, I still get served a bloody steak (with bloody potatoes, ew) or a medium steak. Never medium rare. Which is usually why I stick to Chicken Alfredo.

[mharbourgirl]

This!

The only thing I might do to a good cut is rub it with olive oil and coarse salt and that's only because I like them Pittsburgh style.

Marinating, rubs and sauces should be reserved for inferior cuts like flank steak. Heck, I can take the toughest roast you can find and make it into a fork tender sauerbraten but it takes three days of marinating in wine, vinegar, water and spices.

*whimper*

Can I come over for dinner? In, say, 3 days? Please?

OMG sauerbraten

[Stryker One]

Going Out

If you happen to be in the San Jose area, you've got to try Alexanders Steak House. They are every bit as good as Ruth Chris if not better and the steaks are way thicker.

[Teskeria]

Gah ... ... I'm going to be dreaming of steak tonight and waking up wanting steak and eggs for breakfast, steak for lunch and steak with a side of steak for dinner tomorrow night.

Sounds like my kind of day.

[firecat88]

You guys are making me want steak. XD And I can't even eat steak

[mikoyan29]

I used to like it rare but as I've gotten older I've had to get it cook more. Now I'm up to medium well. but I'm not that fussy about it.....