How do you prefer your meat?

[Sean008]

Medium

 

[wizardofid]

Well put it this way, if a veterinarian was at my braai, he/she would be just in time to declare my steak dead, and suggest removing life support.

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Medium rare for me, the missus likes it ruined

Luckily, if it's ruined, you can put it back on the grill and still get it to medium or well done.

 

[3WA]

Good meat: somewhere between English and medium rare.

Cheap meat: can do well done.

In both cases it should have a thin charred crust on the outside.

 

[f2wohf]

The rawest the better as long it's hot inside.

 

[Hemi300c]

It all depends where I am. I don't do Spur but if I did it'll be med well. At Cream it would be rare. Concern is cleanliness

 

[AstroTurf]

Twitching

 

[namzsteve]

Well done, I'm not a vampire
Blood is my appetite killer

 

[AstroTurf]

Well done, I'm not a vampire
Blood is my appetite killer

Good think it's myoglobin and not blood then...

 

[ponder]

Depends on the meat, some I'll go rare to medium rare while something like oxtail will be well done after 8hrs in the oven at 150C

 

[Progenix Oj101]

Where is the option for sucked?

 

[Daisy Cloudskitter]

Extra well done, like the outside of that pic. For some reason places like Spur don't seem to understand this and bring me medium even with emphasis on WELL done. I send them back and two minutes later they come back with something between the last two pics. So I tell them however long you had that thing on the grill put it back for that long.

Yea , I’ve never seen ‘overcooked ‘ in a steak house - seems they deliberately undercook it a bit to reduce wastage if it’s sent back - underdone is easily fixed .

 

[AstroTurf]

Yea , I’ve never seen ‘overcooked ‘ in a steak house - seems they deliberately undercook it a bit to reduce wastage if it’s sent back - underdone is easily fixed .

When you order anything over medium in a restaurant you also get the worst cuts of meat as the more you convert your meat into carbon the less chance there is of telling.

 

[Deanoblado]

How safe is it to eat your meat so "raw" blue etc. whats the difference between raw and blue?

 

[RanzB]

How safe is it to eat your meat so "raw" blue etc.

There's always a risk, but in general if you have a healthy animal the only risk is in the transport and preparation of the meat. Searing the outside will kill any pathogens so you should be fine.

whats the difference between raw and blue?

Seared on the outside.

Depends on the meat, some I'll go rare to medium rare while something like oxtail will be well done after 8hrs in the oven at 150C

I mean, duh.

 

[ekske1]

My fiancee also used to eat well done exclusively, because of the juice and the look of the meat. She concedes that medium (or more medium well in the image) definitely tastes better.

Pretty much how I started on medium/medium rare, a few times of fillet and rump at my friends. You really can't argue with a decent fillet around medium rare...

 

[kolaval]

I've never seen well done as per the image.
It's always dry as hell.

 

[ekske1]

I've never seen well done as per the image.
It's always dry as hell.

better?

or

 

[ekske1]

Well that made me hungry all over again

 

[gregmcc]

Medium rare. Used to be well done many years ago but have seen the light. Might as well be eating an old leather shoe.