A Question Came to Me Over Dinner

[Oryx]

Your oven actually probably has a broil setting, it's just not necessarily in a drawer. I think that's only newer ovens - mine is very old and still has the setting, it's just on the knob itself and to get the drawer effect you have to move one of the grates as high up as possible.

I only know this because broil is the only true way to make nachos.

 

[Rogue planet]

It's this thing dude. In the UK we call a broiler a grill. US grills we call a BBQ.

As for the question, I haven't been lucky enough to try such a wide variety of steak. Throw it in the frying pan... done... I don't eat it that often anyway, maybe this is why. I might be a bigger fan if I try one of your fancy steaks.

 

[Dreg]

Absolutely love steak. You can cook it medium or slightly medium rare for me.

 

[Sydian]

Grilled with Montreal steak spice and butter, just like my grandfather made them. Luckily, he passed on the techniques to my cousin's husband. I also prefer medium rare, more on the rare side. Anything past medium rare is gross. Sirloin and t-bone are my favorite cuts, though I'll eat any cut really. Not too partial to ribeye, though. Too much fat in those cuts.

 

[Bellsprout]

I'm that freak of nature who doesn't like steak

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

I'm about to have steak wrapped in bacon, medium rare. It's almost as exceptional as a glass house with a ****ING MACHINE GUN TURRET ON THE ROOF >:D

 

[ProfessorDex]

Rare. With just a little pepper and olive oil.

 

[TRIFORCE89]

Grilled with Montreal steak spice and butter, just like my grandfather made them.

Yessss, a Montréal steak spice person :D It just makes it taste... right

 

[Legobricks]

I also prefer medium rare, more on the rare side. Anything past medium rare is gross.

It amazes me that not only is there this culture about eating a particular meat, but about how uncooked it should be. Isn't anything at all rare what's really disgusting? Think about one of the main reasons we cook food... to kill the things living in it. And if you don't cook it all the way through, well, I needn't say.

 

[Alfieri]

It amazes me that not only is there this culture about eating a particular meat, but about how uncooked it should be. Isn't anything at all rare what's really disgusting? Think about one of the mean reasons we cook food... to kill the things living in it. And if you don't cook it all the way through, well, I needn't say.

Well done steak is too rubbery to chew comfortably. Medium is the right level of softness without it being overly bloody and gross.

 

[Sylphiel]

I normally don't care too much about what's on the steak.

Give me a nice, tender, medium-rare steak of any kind and I'll be happy. I don't mind how fatty it is.

 

[Poki]

Not much of a steak person, but I like it grilled. Thank goodness I am able to cook my own steak, because I know what I like.

 

[Sonata]

"Bloody as hell or burnt to a crisp?
Bloody as hell."

Doesn't really matter to me how my food is cooked, food is food and I'm fat.

 

[Meganium]

Well, due to my condition, I can no longer have steak. But if I did, I would prefer mine well done, and broiled.

 

[Lotus the Cat]

Nope it's a separate thing lol.. a broiler is an internal grill thing like I said, the difference between it and baking is that the heat comes from above instead of below and makes delicious beef as opposed to dry rock ****.

We just call them grills in Australia (we don't bother differentiating cooking direction). Most ovens do indeed have them. I cook most of my meat that way unless my husband feels like barbecuing for me.

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