You're out with friends or family to get a bite. Do you order rare, medium rare, or dry as fuck?

[BigDes]

I sent back a steak once in my life because it was a $100 bone in ribeye and I ordered it rare and I cut into it and it was brown all the way through, then everyone joked that it was snobby to send it back. I just politely told the waiter "look Its not a big deal but this is just way more well done than I expected, could I get another one thats as rare as possible?". Was I the asshole or is it right to send back a steak that expensive that's overcooked?

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They're asking you to pay $100. It's their responsibility to get it right imo. Feel like its much less an asshole thing to send back expensive food for not being right than it is cheap food tbh.

If they want you to pay a premium then they need to give you that premium.

 

[CitizenVectron]

I came in to vote...and then immediately notice the poll doesn't match the thread question at all, lol. Another great example of poll-posting gone wrong on Resetera.

My answer would have been "medium to medium-rare."

 

[Alpheus]

If it's like a jalapeno burger of some sort I wouldn't mind if the burger had to be drowned in it's condiments. Otherwise medium rare to medium and I'll enjoy myself plenty.

 

[CrimsonNocturne]

Where is the "super thinly sliced and stir fried" option?

 

[captive]

omg four pages and and a year later not a single one of you posted this?

 

[Seirith]

I don't eat steak or any other beef so my burgers are turkey and cooked well. My husband also does not eat steak but he does eat beef burgers, well done. We like our food cooked.

 

[Lobster Roll]

For burgers I'll order them medium, unless I'm single-sourcing it myself or if the kitchen / restaurant uses high-quality meat. In both cases I'll go medium-rare.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Depends on what I'm ordering. I'll usually order a burger medium or medium well, and a steak usually medium rare.

 

[MetatronM]

omg four pages and and a year later not a single one of you posted this?

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It's on the first page? Post #17.

 

[captive]

It's on the first page? Post #17.

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bah, it must not have loaded on my screen when i was scrolling. Carry on then!

 

[bionic77]

I like most steaks medium but I like medium rare as well. I hate well done and I am not a fan of rare either. I rarely eat steaks or burgers at restaurants though. Its so much better when you make it for yourself.

For burgers I thought it was recommenced that you cook them at least 160 degrees? I usually get mine to 160-162, which I think is medium well to well.

 

[Walter White Walker]

I sent back a steak once in my life because it was a $100 bone in ribeye and I ordered it rare and I cut into it and it was brown all the way through, then everyone joked that it was snobby to send it back. I just politely told the waiter "look Its not a big deal but this is just way more well done than I expected, could I get another one thats as rare as possible?". Was I the asshole or is it right to send back a steak that expensive that's overcooked?

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I've never sent food back, but in this circumstance I would. You spend $100 and ask for it rare, it better be. I'd let medium rare slide, but not one really overcooked like that.

 

[The Iron Yuppie]

Medium Rare steak. Well Done burger.

Speaking as a former Inspector for the USDA: Never eat any level of "rare" ground meat.

 

[Antrax]

Medium rare, always

 

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Medium, for steak, well done for ground meat

 

[Belfast]

I order mine blue.

 

[digitalrelic]

Steaks, medium rare. Burgers, medium well.

 

[Deleted member 82064]

I order well done just to see snobs cry... Then I cry when I have to munch my dry platter clean.

 

[Zombine]

Well done with ketchup

 

[Mcspooky]

Show it the stove , make it go EEEEEEEk and bring it to me.

 

[CrankyJay]

If you order well done you're just delaying the rest of your family's food coming out in a timely fashion. Kitchen staffs hate you.

 

[Swiggins]

Lightly mooing if you don't mind.

 

[nullref]

Medium-rare for the typical higher-fat steakhouse cuts, though there are some less-common cuts I might order rare. A filet I'd probably order rare, if I was ever inclined to order a filet.

A burger would ideally be medium, though that will depend on the type of burger and type of restaurant. For a thicker pub-type burger at a decent place I'll probably order medium (even if that means rolling the dice a little on food safety, honestly), and certainly will do that at a steakhouse or similar specialty place. But thinner smashburger/fast-food-style patties are fine more well-done as long as they have sufficient fat content, so I probably won't specify at those places and let them do whatever their default is.

 

[Deleted member 4461]

Medium Rare steak. Well Done burger.

Speaking as a former Inspector for the USDA: Never eat any level of "rare" ground meat.

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What about blue? That's safe, right?

 

[s_mirage]

Steak, medium or whatever is recommended if I don't know the place. Medium rare if I do. Burgers, always well done (no pink, anyway). Unless you know for a fact that the beef was minced on the premises and preferably right before it was cooked, you don't know what the surface area of that mince has come into contact with.

 

[Radd Redd]

I like my burgers medium well if possible. Steaks medium, gimme that hot pink center.

 

[Mammoth Jones]

Medium rare. Always. Forever.

 

[RR30]

Well done burgers
Medium well steaks- I can do medium, but anything lower is a hard no.

 

[Casualcore]

My bizarre take. I tend to order medium. Unless I'm ordering a burger with feta or goat cheese. I don't like cheese turning pink, it kinda weirds me out.

I'm not ordering medium hamburgers off a food cart, and I've never been ill from eating out except some Mexican one time, so I'm not freaked out by large font. If I change my mind later, it'll be because I finally rolled a one.

 

[Rats]

omg four pages and and a year later not a single one of you posted this?

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Most correct thing Hank Hill has ever said. Medium rare all day.

Fun fact about me: when I was a kid I thought I didn't like steak because my dad always cooked it well-done. Discovering medium rare change my life.

 

[Aranjah]

"No pink" for burgers and "medium well" for steaks.

 

[canseesea]

I'd never order ground beef anything below medium, usually medium well for reasons already discussed. Maybe if I ground it myself, I guess. But I don't trust myself to keep things that clean.

For steaks, basically always medium rare.

 

[Baked Pigeon]

Burger well done. Steak medium rare.

 

[The Iron Yuppie]

What about blue? That's safe, right?

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It's all a function of surface area that bacteria can survive on. Any cut of steak can be safety consumed "blue" if you cook it correctly, ie: properly sear every outer surface.

All ground meats have had that external surface mixed into the interior flesh and thus, any surviving bacteria could have been spread ALL THROUGH the meat. So again, always, always, ALWAYS thoroughly cook all ground meats. Eating a hamburger with any amount of pink flesh is a dangerous game.

 

[Jedi2016]

Burgers more towards medium, steaks definitely more towards rare.

 

[That1GoodHunter]

👏 I don't play with my life 👏

Burn that shit to a crisp if it means i ain't getting food poisoned

 

[Silver-Streak]

Not a huge fan of the myoglobin+water taste. I won't turn away a medium-rare steak, but I'm much more fond of medium-well.

Some burgers or cuts of steak can taste great well done (meaning 160 degrees, not burnt), but that's because the Maillard reaction is usually delicious.

 

[Deleted member 4461]

It's all a function of surface area that bacteria can survive on. Any cut of steak can be safety consumed "blue" if you cook it correctly, ie: properly sear every outer surface.

All ground meats have had that external surface mixed into the interior flesh and thus, any surviving bacteria could have been spread ALL THROUGH the meat. So again, always, always, ALWAYS thoroughly cook all ground meats. Eating a hamburger with any amount of pink flesh is a dangerous game.

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I was meming, but this is good info... thanks!

 

[Jarlaxle]

I like my steak medium and my burgers medium well.