Steak help! Calling all Americans

[Darth Wagtaros]

So would it be fair to say you know less about cooking a good steak then the average person.

Not sure.  The average American person seems to think that steaks should be cooked well-done.  Obviously that already makes me a better steak cook than them.  My steaks may occasionally come out well-done, but at least I have enough judgment to not intend to cook them that way.

Well done?  Since when?

[Admiral Yi]

Well done?  Since when?

Maybe the Guidos he's hangs with in New Jersey eat it that way.

[Caliga]

Maybe the Guidos he's hangs with in New Jersey eat it that way.

I can confirm from first-hand experience that this is most definitely NOT the case.

[Jaron]

I had a vegetarian dinner.   Vegetable korma that I cooked myself.

[DGuller]

The results, aka tonight's dinner, are in.  I think I invented a new style for a steak:  poorly done.

[Jaron]

The results, aka tonight's dinner, are in.  I think I invented a new style for a steak:  poorly done.

[Grey Fox]

A steak only needs Montreal steak spices.

Altho, I like Bulls-Eye sauce on top of it.

[Monoriu]

I am ordering a steak from an American restaurant. They offer sauces: wild mushroom butter, cajun cream sauce or demi glaze. Which to choose??????????

None of the above.  The best steaks do not need sauces.  Salt and pepper is all you need.

[The Minsky Moment]

And yes - Russian and Jewish cuisine is crap.

Just curious, what parts of Russian cuisine did you try?

The non-vodka parts.  So concededly the experience was rather limited.

[DGuller]

The non-vodka parts.  So concededly the experience was rather limited.

Come on, for once in this thread, I'm actually being completely serious.  Spill the beans.

[MadImmortalMan]

One of the good steakhouses where I live serves a steak with gorgonzola and peppercorns on it. Man, that is tasty.

[Caliga]

Borsht is surprisingly good, especially with a dollop of that smetana shit in it.

[DGuller]

Borsht is surprisingly good, especially with a dollop of that smetana shit in it.

One of my favorites, and that's the way you should eat it.  Another good thing about it is that it's actually Ukrainian.

[The Minsky Moment]

The usual: borsht, cabbage soup, blinis, pirogis.  I've also seen other dishes that were simply too revolting to try (along the lines of what gefilte fish is to Jewish cuisine).  I've been to many of the Russian restaurants in NYC, some of the multiple times.  Not to mention those horrible Uke and Polish joints in the East Village.

Sadly the Russians don't really even do caviar right; need the French to use it properly.

[DGuller]

Have you tried pelmeni?