The steak poll

[PRC]

Medium rare - rub steak in oil and seasoning salt - 1.5 minutes on one side then flip for 1.5 minutes on the other side, flip again 1.5 minutes on the first side placing it so you get that X pattern on the steak and then final 1.5 minutes on the last side.  That's the perfect medium rare steak.

With a steak you want the juices to stay in it (as opposed to burgers) so by keeping the time per side short and flipping it every 1.5 minutes the juices don't collect and drain out the bottom side.

[DGuller]

Medium rare.  I want it to bleed a pinkish color profusely when I cut it.

[Scipio]

If it don't moo when I cut it, it's overcooked.

[Syt]

Very rare. Hold it over a match for 10 seconds.

[Fate]

Fresh from the carcass. I better trust the cow to be disease free than the Mexican who doesn't wash his hands with Hep B preparing it.

[DisturbedPervert]

I don't really like steak.  I prefer beef to be an ingredient in some other dish rather than a giant slab of meat.

[Jaron]

I don't really like steak.  I prefer beef to be an ingredient in some other dish rather than a giant slab of meat.

Same. I've never been a fan of big slabs of meat.

[viper37]

medium to medium well done.

[Barrister]

At a good steak restaurant that actually knows their 'doneness', I order medium.

Anywhere else I order medium-rare in order to get the same result.  Too many people over-cook steak.

[Warspite]

At a good steak restaurant that actually knows their 'doneness', I order medium.

Anywhere else I order medium-rare in order to get the same result.  Too many people over-cook steak.

Conversely, I used to work in a kitchen where the chef - a stout geordie fellow - would go apoplectic every time an order came in for anything above medium rare.

"Why don't they just eat their fucking shoe leather? Who let these fucking peasants into my restaurant" was one memorable episode as he started throwing cooking utensils across the room.

[DGuller]

At a good steak restaurant that actually knows their 'doneness', I order medium.

Anywhere else I order medium-rare in order to get the same result.  Too many people over-cook steak.

Conversely, I used to work in a kitchen where the chef - a stout geordie fellow - would go apoplectic every time an order came in for anything above medium rare.

"Why don't they just eat their fucking shoe leather? Who let these fucking peasants into my restaurant" was one memorable episode as he started throwing cooking utensils across the room.

Did he spit in the steak (or let his foaming drool drip on it)?

[Barrister]

At a good steak restaurant that actually knows their 'doneness', I order medium.

Anywhere else I order medium-rare in order to get the same result.  Too many people over-cook steak.

Conversely, I used to work in a kitchen where the chef - a stout geordie fellow - would go apoplectic every time an order came in for anything above medium rare.

"Why don't they just eat their fucking shoe leather? Who let these fucking peasants into my restaurant" was one memorable episode as he started throwing cooking utensils across the room.

In what way is that the converse of my statement?   

[Warspite]

At a good steak restaurant that actually knows their 'doneness', I order medium.

Anywhere else I order medium-rare in order to get the same result.  Too many people over-cook steak.

Conversely, I used to work in a kitchen where the chef - a stout geordie fellow - would go apoplectic every time an order came in for anything above medium rare.

"Why don't they just eat their fucking shoe leather? Who let these fucking peasants into my restaurant" was one memorable episode as he started throwing cooking utensils across the room.

In what way is that the converse of my statement?   

Some restaurants full well know how a steak should be enjoyed. 

[Ed Anger]

Sounds like a chef needs to be met in the parking lot. With a slapjack.

[Syt]

This reminds me of a company dinner we had. 70% or so of our staff is female. There were two main courses to choose from, and many chose the "beef carpaccio". It was one of the best I ever had, but it was embarrassing how many ladies grimaced at the sight of their food, and many didn't eat it, with two or three even complaining to the waiters that their food was "undercooked".