How Do You Like Your Beef Cooked?

[Seeker]

Boiled is best.

Bismarck supposedly ate boiled beef everyday of his life./irrelevancy mode

[Kinjiru]

I was actually in a restaurant once and hear some lady ask for Steak Tartar, Well Done Please

The waiter just looked at her for what seemed like two minutes and said, Yes ma'am of course.

I choked on my food at that point!

[JohnT]

Re: How Do You Like Your Beef Cooked?

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Steak, hamburger, if you want to count spam, feel free.

If you're a vegetarian, go start a favorite veggie poll.

I love to do my steaks Pittsburgh style. Essentially the outer portion of the steak is seared before it is thrown on the flame - if you are the sort of person who likes the taste of a char-grilled steak, but seemingly can't get it in anything other than well-done, this steak is for you. You can order it "Pittsburgh style, rare" and you'll get a steak that is crisp on the outside but red on the inside. It is great - I can't recommend it highly enough.

If you go into a steak place and ask for it Pittsburgh style, and they don't know what you're talking about, you're not in a steak place. As far as chains go, I've found that Outbacks actually knows PS, but other places (Texas Roadhouse) are more spotty. Ruth Criss, Mortons, Joes, places like that will know exactly what you're talking about.

[Kinjiru]

Yeah, that is how I try to do it at home. Although I reverse the method described in your link.

Use two different sections of the grill.

Hottest part, brush the grill with a bit of oil to raise the temp (can't get it anywhere close to steakhouse temps though). Let the meat sear by cooking it on this part of the grill for about 45-60 seconds or so.

Then move the meat to a lower temp part of the grill to cook a bit. Keeps the seared part of drying out too much.

When flipping the steak, do the same thing for the other side.

This technique actually works really well for boneless chicken breasts too.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Kinjiru
I was actually in a restaurant once and hear some lady ask for Steak Tartar, Well Done Please

The waiter just looked at her for what seemed like two minutes and said, Yes ma'am of course.

I choked on my food at that point!

The waiter was a true pro...

[Sikander]

Originally posted by Ming




The waiter was a true pro...

I'd be even more impressed if the cook could actually deliver it!

[Japher]

medium rare

that was a good waiter

When I was a kid my folks took me to a steak house and the waiter asked me how I wanted my steak cooked... I told him regular. He laughed in my face. But then, I did order my eggs "any style" back then too.

[Arrian]

Medium well. If I'm really certain of the quality of the chef, maybe medium.

-Arrian

[Japher]

I do order my hamburgers medium when I'm at a restaurant. Not so much for the quality of the chef, but because of the quality of the meat. That, and you never know if your waiter is going to get the burger out right when it's put up. So, if it takes them too long the juice from a lesser done burger can totally demolish the buttom bun, making it impossible to eat without getting meat and cheese all over your hands.

(Best Jack and the Box commercial ever)

[Imran Siddiqui]

Medium rare... though depending on the steakhouse, medium.

[Kontiki]

Generally medium. I like it a little pink but not too red. Although I can handle medium rare as well.

[Winston]

Re: How Do You Like Your Beef Cooked?

By my Mom.

[Flubber]

Steak -- medium rare

Hamburger-- well done-- otherwise can be dangerous

Food Poisoning - How to Prevent Hamburger Disease




Every year people die from food poisoning. However it's easy to avoid with a little care and a lot of cooking.
If your child eats food contaminated by bacteria, food poisoning can occur causing abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and fever. Several types of bacteria can lead to food poisoning including, among others, salmonella, which is most commonly found in uncooked meat and poultry, eggs, and un-pasteurized milk. Botulism can be a deadly food poisoning caused by bacteria often found in improperly canned food and sometimes, honey. Other bacteria that cause food poisoning are staphylococcus-aureus and clostridium-perfringens usually transferred by a food handler, making hand washing vital to healthy food preparation.

E-coli bacteria cause one of the most serious forms of food poisoning. Often referred to as 'hamburger disease', it can cause "the more serious form of gastroenteritis", explains pediatrician Dr. Aliza Lipson. Generally a child will ingest e-coli "typically from undercooked hamburger meat, but it can come from other sources as well." Hamburger disease can be deadly, so if your child is vomiting and has bloody stool, Dr. Lipson stresses you must immediately call a physician. "Children can die from it, and the other side of the coin is that they can completely recover and never look back. The dangerous part is that sometimes the kidneys get involved and children can go into renal failure. There's other systems that can be involved but it's usually the renal problems that are the long lasting ones."

Infectious disease specialist, Dr. Ron Gold says prevention of hamburger disease is quite simple. First don't let raw hamburger come into contact with any other uncooked food such as salads. Second, wash your hands well before and after preparing raw hamburger, and wash all utensils and countertops with hot, soapy water after they've come into contact with the raw meat. And make sure you store ground beef properly. Dr. Gold says "the problem with meat is that if the meat isn't refrigerated or stored properly the bacteria can multiply so that you can get a lot of the toxins released, and then if the meat isn't cooked properly you can get sick. We have to get out of the habit of eating rare hamburger. To be safe it should not be pink at all."

Treatment for food poisoning can include antibiotics. But the best bet is prevention through cleanliness and thorough cooking. Finally, when you're finished cooking, be sure to store those leftovers immediately, and when you go to reuse them ensure that they are thoroughly reheated before serving.

http://www.theparentreport.com/resou...ealth/273.html

In North America, E. coli food poisoning is commonly called hamburger disease because it is often acquired by eating poorly-cooked minced beef. When contaminated beef is ground up, the bacteria are spread throughout the meat, and are killed only by thorough cooking. It is estimated that as few as 10 surviving bacteria will establish an infection

http://www-structmed.cimr.cam.ac.uk/Personal/randy/SLT/disease.html

[Stuie]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Medium rare... though depending on the steakhouse, medium.

My thoughts exactly. It all depends on the quality of the meat. When I go someplace nice (like Sullivans - yum), or buy decent cuts of meat, definitely medium rare.

Ground meats or suspect eateries get the medium well treatment.

So I went with Medium in the poll.

[Starchild]

Steaks : Medium rare
Hamburgers : well done

Steak tartare been too long since I last had it