Favorite Classy Dish

[Deputy Nutz]

Nutz, I think the $4.00 price hike and the fact that TRH is better might be the reason why PQ is falling.

Are you telling me that shit at PQ is now 18.00 Dollars? It was a deal when it was 14.99. I am never going there again.

[Little Whiskey]

There's some merit to that, though it's getting tougher and tougher to find decent cuts of meat in retail shops. That's the advantage the top tier restaurants have.

very true Scott, you need to go to find a small grocery store that actually still has a butcher and a true meat counter.

[pacfan]

So Ponderosa's not fine dining????

[CyclonePackFan]

You guy just change the steak talk to sausage!

I have never eaten anything rare or even medium rare. Does it taste bloody? Everyone white person I know likes raw meat. Guess it must be the serial killer in you guys.

I eat steak to get the power of the soul of the cow, and I do have many dreams about drinking the blood of my enemies...

Just Kidding!

I don't go for rare, but the general rule of thumb is to order steak medium rare and burgers medium well (the ground beef is more likely to have a greater number of cysts, etc, stuff that you don't really want alive when you eat it)

My primary reason for ordering medium rare is simple. If it tastes too raw, you can always have them throw it back on for another minute or two. Get it overdone, and you're just a jackass for asking for another steak. However, the medium rare is more tender and has more flavor, it seems like steaks that are above medium have no flavor (and beget the need for A1) and are way too chewy.

[MadtownPacker]

I have never eaten anything rare or even medium rare. Does it taste bloody? Everyone white person I know likes raw meat. Guess it must be the serial killer in you guys.

I guess you can't really cook taco meat medium rare.

Especially when you dont what the meat is half the time!

[MadtownPacker]

I eat steak to get the power of the soul of the cow, and I do have many dreams about drinking the blood of my enemies...

Just Kidding!

I don't go for rare, but the general rule of thumb is to order steak medium rare and burgers medium well (the ground beef is more likely to have a greater number of cysts, etc, stuff that you don't really want alive when you eat it)

My primary reason for ordering medium rare is simple. If it tastes too raw, you can always have them throw it back on for another minute or two. Get it overdone, and you're just a jackass for asking for another steak. However, the medium rare is more tender and has more flavor, it seems like steaks that are above medium have no flavor (and beget the need for A1) and are way too chewy.

Yup, serial killer for sure.

I would like to try it but man, it looks so damn bloody. With all this ecoli and madtowncow disease going on I guess I am just paranoid. It is also a culture thing I guess cuz I dont recall any Mexican dishes using raw or nearly raw beef.

What kind of steaks do you guys recommmend for trying to practice with on the grill? I dont wanna buy the $$$ cuts just to mess them up. Im kinda still learning to grill stuff.

Does anyone use one of these? Its what I have. It cooks real slow. Any tips or recipes are appreciated.

[MJZiggy]

Don't know too much about grilling beef but here is the one thing I've learned in the last couple of years: buy the best cut of meat you can get because if you don't it is far more likely to be tough. Also remember that as the meat cooks, the blood cooks as well and changes to more like juices than typical blood. Perhaps it would be worth it to try it in a restaurant first where there will be no "rookie mistakes."

[GrnBay007]

Does anyone use one of these? Its what I have. It cooks real slow.

It's called a grill hun


j/k


Maybe try some ribeyes to start. I wouldn't start with anything too thick though.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I eat steak to get the power of the soul of the cow, and I do have many dreams about drinking the blood of my enemies...

Just Kidding!

I don't go for rare, but the general rule of thumb is to order steak medium rare and burgers medium well (the ground beef is more likely to have a greater number of cysts, etc, stuff that you don't really want alive when you eat it)

My primary reason for ordering medium rare is simple. If it tastes too raw, you can always have them throw it back on for another minute or two. Get it overdone, and you're just a jackass for asking for another steak. However, the medium rare is more tender and has more flavor, it seems like steaks that are above medium have no flavor (and beget the need for A1) and are way too chewy.

Yup, serial killer for sure.

I would like to try it but man, it looks so damn bloody. With all this ecoli and madtowncow disease going on I guess I am just paranoid. It is also a culture thing I guess cuz I dont recall any Mexican dishes using raw or nearly raw beef.

What kind of steaks do you guys recommmend for trying to practice with on the grill? I dont wanna buy the $$$ cuts just to mess them up. Im kinda still learning to grill stuff.

Does anyone use one of these? Its what I have. It cooks real slow. Any tips or recipes are appreciated.

I would suggest you start at something reasonable like medium, with it shading more to the medium well than medium rare. I think most people like their steaks medium. Fewer MR and even less rare. I occasionally order it rare or sometimes BLACK & BLUE/Pittsburgh style.

I definitely think there is something cultural about the way people like their meat cooked. Probably has to do with the fact that for most people, steak wasn't something they ate to often. Only in America do we eat beef like others eat rice or some other carb.

When I waited tables, every black couple that ordered a steak ordered it well done. And, before anybody freaks out, I'm just using my experience, not implying all. I could care less how they ordered it...as long as they tipped well.

Another thing I noticed was that black guys would always order expensive cognac and mix it with coke. Why ruin good liquor by mixing it with coke? But, like I said, run up the tab and leave me good tip.

[Little Whiskey]

Mad, I agree with Tyronne, but keep it closer to the Medium range. just because you take it off the grill doesn't mean the steak stops cooking. I also agree with 007, get a good piece of meat off a meat counter. better ingrediants lead to better results.


at least you didn't say all you had was:

[Deputy Nutz]

My in laws literally like th burn everything to a fucking crisp. I won't eat anything off their grill unless I am the one cooking it. Hay, if they want their meat to taste and eat like a hockey puck thats their own poor taste, not mine. I have always eaten medium to medium rare steak and meat,

[Little Whiskey]

what is the opinion on pork?? not sausage, but loins, chops etc. little pink okay?? or cooked till its all white??

[MadtownPacker]

what is the opinion on pork?? not sausage, but loins, chops etc. little pink okay?? or cooked till its all white??

Put in some water, cut the end of an electric cord of and stick it in the water. Then enjoy the show as all the lil parasites try to escape the frying meat!

[GrnBay007]

For me, pork, chicken and turkey HAVE to be cooked completely through.

[MJZiggy]

what is the opinion on pork?? not sausage, but loins, chops etc. little pink okay?? or cooked till its all white??

This is what meat thermometers were invented for. I believe ever so slightly pink is ok, but use a thermometer to make sure it's cooked hot enought to kill any little critters that might have come along for the ride.