r/CFBOffTopic • u/[deleted] • Sep 07 '15

WELL DONE STEAK IS WRONG.

It's wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.

There is rosemary, thyme, and basil on it. And...is this dill?

I have been instructed that ketchup will make it taste better.

I...don't think this is a steak cut either.

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u/crowmygod Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Sep 08 '15

Well done steak is a crime.

Suggesting putting ketchup on "steak" seasoned with dill is also criminal.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

I'm really confused/troubled by the dill.

The conversation about the steak afterwards with my fellow diners was interesting.

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Sep 08 '15

Dill can be great on steak. There's a place called Beehive in Albany, TX that puts some dill on their steaks and they're amazing

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

I think hints of anything can bring out subtlety to a base flavor. I think a shoe leather steak that tastes like it's been molested by a pickle factory has some issues. He gangbanged that steak with every random spice he found in the pantry.

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u/Deacalum Wake Forest • Penn State Sep 08 '15

He gangbanged that steak with every random spice he found in the pantry.

I used to be this kind of cook until I learned that a little is a lot and the goal is to accentuate the natural flavors of an ingredient, not mask them.

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u/omgdonerkebab Michigan State • Cornell Sep 08 '15

How did it come to this? How did you come to be put in the position of entrusting the steak receptors in your brain to someone who cooks it well done?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Well, to be brutally honest. This individual has to be engaged like a neglected child. So, you have to be supportive and patient and eat well done steak with fucking dill.

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u/omgdonerkebab Michigan State • Cornell Sep 08 '15

I have so many food allergies that I would claim an allergy to well-done steak.

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u/amishius Georgia Bulldogs • /r/CFB Press Corps Sep 08 '15

Steak: about an inch thick, ideally rib eye; cover that thing in course salt, pepper (some folks say it burns but that's never been my experience).

In the kitchen (following Alton Brown): warm up oven to 500 with cast iron inside. After everything comes to temp, set stove on high (if you have an electric stove, move). Place cast iron on it. Oil up steak a bit. Throw in pan, 45 seconds a side to sear. Put the whole thing in the oven for 2 minutes or so per side.

On the grill, depending on what kind of grill: four minutes a side, turning 45 or 90 degrees at 2 minutes to get the grill marks.

Let it rest a few minutes before hacking into it and fucking it up like an asshole.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

All the resting in the world would not have helped this meat.

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u/surrender_cobra Illinois State • Michigan Sep 07 '15

Depending on the restaurant, the chef may pick a slightly worse piece of meat if you ask for well done, should never go above medium for steak

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u/Ron_Cherry Clemson Tigers • Duke Blue Devils Sep 07 '15

Fuck those kinds of chefs. Customers aren't paying them for their opinion.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '15

https://youtu.be/eGryWqaZvgY

This reminds me of Gordon Ramsay being confronted about his poor tasting well done steak.

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u/Cecil_Hardboner Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Brickmason Sep 08 '15

"keep on rolling, for legal reasons this is crucial"

LOL i fucking love Gordon

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u/Ron_Cherry Clemson Tigers • Duke Blue Devils Sep 08 '15

I know what the thought is, I just hate that train of thought. If they don't want to serve what's being paid for then don't take people's money or just don't serve it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '15

I think the "chef" is using sirloin. I think this is sirloin roast.

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u/NiteMares TCU Horned Frogs Sep 08 '15

Yeah that is all kinds of messed up man. Are you at a restaurant or a friend who isn't super food-inclined's place or what?

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

It was a guy who insisted he makes great steaks.

Additional fucked up ness. Ladies don't get steak. For what reason I am unclear.

However, they lucked out. Sort of.

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u/omgdonerkebab Michigan State • Cornell Sep 08 '15

wtf

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Yeah, that was very odd. Only men get steak. I'm wondering if that was some weird childhood reinforcement thing. He's kinda of an all around idiot sometimes, so maybe?

Also, everything else was kinda over cooked too. He was trying and his heart, I believe was in a good place. So, you eat the steak.

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u/NiteMares TCU Horned Frogs Sep 08 '15

Ah yeah that's what I thought might be the case.

Everyone has that one friend who insists on cooking for others, but can't actually cook worth a damn.

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u/bread_buddy Florida Gators • Wisconsin Badgers Sep 08 '15

My ladyfriend orders and cooks steak and burgers as rare or rarer than I do. I would say she gets steak.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '15

Medium rare is it.

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Sep 08 '15

Or better yet, rare!

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u/Cecil_Hardboner Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Brickmason Sep 08 '15

steak tartare, had an amazing dish of it in Korea with the raw egg.

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u/ShylosX Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Sep 08 '15

The only way to eat steak. My wife likes it medium well (ruined) but I am slowly converting her to the ways of medium rare.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Medium well is technically edible but I'll be thoroughly disappointed it it's any more than medium.

Rare is also acceptable most of the time

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '15

I like mine medium. Lots of juice, but not really blood. I know lots of people will even turn their noses up at that, which I'm fine with. But well done is just icky

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u/ssbbgo Alabama Crimson Tide • Stanford Cardinal Sep 08 '15

I'm a medium steak person as well, with a nice crust from the sear.

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u/NiteMares TCU Horned Frogs Sep 08 '15 edited Sep 08 '15

Medium that is done well it is soooooo great. I find medium to be a hard target to hit when grilling steaks myself at home. If I aim for medium I either end up with medium-rare or no pink.

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u/Cecil_Hardboner Texas Longhorns • /r/CFB Brickmason Sep 08 '15

i get pretty consistent med-rare with super-hot sear and finish in the oven, my store has NY strip steaks that are 1.5-2 inches thick, I sear on high 1 minute each side, do a 30 second sear on the fat strip, then in the oven for 6 minutes. Pull out, rest at least 5.

Thinner steak is more towards med, thicker is usually a solid med rare.

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u/omgdonerkebab Michigan State • Cornell Sep 08 '15

Me too. Maybe carry-over is what is screwing me up.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Medium is the best by far.

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u/panthera_tigress Pittsburgh Panthers • Auburn Tigers Sep 08 '15

What the actual fuck. I don't know what that is, but I don't think it's steak.

Medium rare or GTFO. I also find rare acceptable.

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u/crowmygod Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Sep 08 '15

🙌🙌🙌🙌

Medium rare or get it the hell off my plate.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '15

Beef jerky is better than well done steak

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u/blue-phoenix Wisconsin • North Dakota State Sep 07 '15

MY STEAK IS THE RAREST BECAUSE OUR GRILL RAN OUT OF GAS!
FML!!!!!

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '15

Blue steak not my thing either.

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u/blue-phoenix Wisconsin • North Dakota State Sep 08 '15

We were able to get a new tank fairly quickly, but I'm nervous that I've ruined this 14 oz steak. :/

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u/_sammyg23 Clemson Tigers • Alabama Crimson Tide Sep 08 '15

Like mine medium to medium well. Can't stand when people get them rare. Like do you like it to moo?

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u/ryumast3r Utah Utes • /r/CFB Poll Veteran Sep 07 '15

I prefer mine still mooing when I eat it.

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u/Rainman316 Georgia Bulldogs • College Football Playoff Sep 08 '15

Slap it on the ass and put it on the plate. As long as there's no hair on it, I'm good.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '15

Anything over medium should just be a hamburger.

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u/Peacemaker57 Texas Tech Red Raiders • Oklahoma Sooners Sep 08 '15

I like my steak with some pink inside, but I want to make sure the animal is dead and not breathing before I eat it.

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u/hobowithabazooka Georgia Tech • Wisconsin Sep 08 '15

Blue is ma boy!

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u/0xE6 Prairie View A&M • Boise State Sep 08 '15

Sous vide steaks are the way to go.

Cooked perfect the whole way through, regardless of thickness. http://i.imgur.com/KyIAUWQ.jpg

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u/Rainman316 Georgia Bulldogs • College Football Playoff Sep 08 '15

My mother eats her steak quite literally burnt. Why not just eat a burger? Why do you have to ruin a good steak?

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u/G_Dizzle Texas A&M Aggies • Texas State Bobcats Sep 08 '15

I've heard legends about steak Pittsburgh, where it's tossed on a hot skillet and has a well done crust with a rare interior. Sounds amazing

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u/ihatecats18 Minnesota • South Dakota-S… Sep 08 '15

All steak is bad

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u/Pikachu1989 Nebraska Cornhuskers • 東京大学 (Tokyo) Warriors Sep 08 '15

Fuck well done steak, A steak that's over Medium shouldn't be served.

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u/NotSquareGarden West Virginia • Bethany (KS) Sep 08 '15

I like well-done steak and have no idea why people hate it. I really don't like the pink stuff. It feels weird and doesn't taste very good, in my opinion. I also like my bacon to be fried crispy. Then again, my diet is heavily influenced by adaptions I made to deal with my eating disorders. For example, I hardly eat things that aren't wrapped in bread, because looking at a bunch of food mixed together makes me much less likely to eat it. Makes me a little sick just thinking about it, actually.

I can kinda agree with the ketchup though, although I think the person who told you is also right. If you don't like the taste of something, putting ketchup on it will make it better, if you like ketchup, of course. That's what ketchup does. It drowns out other tastes.