How do you like your steak?

@lirael (501)
Philippines
April 20, 2007 1:42pm CST
Personally, I don't like seeing blood in ALL the meat that I eat. I always have mine well-done. If I was served with anything less than what I have ordered, I will have it replaced. I don't know why, but I always lose my appetite when i see blood dribbling down my food.
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12 responses
• United States
20 Apr 07
I know I could never understand why anyone would want to eat something bloody..its just gross to me..mine has to be well done...heck, burn it so I will know it touched some sort or fire before I eat it!
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@lirael (501)
• Philippines
20 Apr 07
My sentiments exactly!lol!
@4cuteboys (4099)
• United States
21 Apr 07
Well I only really like it grilled, and I always order it well done ,and I have the same issue as you, any blood or pink and I feel like tossing my cookies. I would rather eat steak burnt than mushy and pink, blah! Grilled well done steak is really the best ever!
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
21 Apr 07
yep. better if overcooked and burnt than seeing those pink in my steak.
@lirael (501)
• Philippines
7 May 07
lol!Maryanne, try saying that to my mom and she'll have you fried for eating burnt meat. She always says that its a source of cancer and scolds us whenever we eat the burnt part.
• United States
14 May 07
If I am having one of my 'cravings', I am normally vegetarian, specifically two days before that dreaded cycle a fixation for iron or hemoglobin (usually medium-rare)is required so I will ask for my hamburger or steak (not likely, but I have been known to consume one or two in the last 5 years) to be medium-rare. But geuss what ? After not having any beef or red meat for almost three weeks, last week we decided to go to Bob Evans and I asked for it medium rare and they said, no way absolutely NOT ! I was horrified, s--- if I am going to crave this stuff, let me eat it my way. Well, new rules delivered by OSHA, No blood shall be seen juicing from the prepared slab ! Therefore, it shall be well-done, tasteless and not allowed to even reveal pink. Well, at least it was smothered in onions, cheese and mushrooms !
• Singapore
13 May 07
I like my steak to be medium well. In this way, it would be reasonably well cooked on the outside and slightly pink on the inside, therefore retaining its tenderness. I feel the same as you do. Any thing less cooked would be a little too bloody for me and I don't really like the sight of blood oozing out from my steak. Even the sight of pinkish coloured juices oozing out from my steak is too much for me. Well done would mean that my steak would become too tough and lose that tenderness that we associate with steaks.
@KissThis (3003)
• United States
20 Apr 07
I prefer to eat my steak medium well. I like for it to have a touch of pink because I think the steak is more tender that way. There isn't any blood but is a little pink. My brother on the other hand loves for his steak to be cooked 3 minutes on each side. It is still has bloody. That is just nasty.
@lirael (501)
• Philippines
21 Apr 07
Your brother must be one heck of a carnivore.lol!
• Philippines
13 May 07
same here! i also like my steak well done cause i also lose my appetite when i saw my steak with blood. i really find it disgusting when my steak is still with blood.
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
21 Apr 07
i love steaks which are well done, too. i hate seeing blood... even a small amount of it. whenever i see blood in it, i ask the waiter to get me something which is well done. and luckily, after being served with the second plate, my order's finally right.
@sunnypub (2128)
• United States
23 Apr 07
I have to agree with KissThis. I like my steak medium with a little pink. I do think it makes the steak a little more tender and it actually does add flavor. I mean, I don't want it getting up and moving off of my plate, but a little pink is atually apetizing to me. I guess it is my carnivore side coming out.
@diansinta (7544)
• Indonesia
3 May 07
i don't like it raw.
@azriel (2107)
• Philippines
24 Apr 07
Likewise, I don't like seeing blood. I can't understand how people like theirs dripping with blood, yuck! And they have the nerve to say that theirs is succulent...
@elisa812 (3026)
• United States
21 Apr 07
Haha yeah, the blood grosses me out too! I always get my steak well-done. I like it better that way cause it's not as mushy.
@Dana5881 (609)
• United States
20 Apr 07
I don't like it well-done and I don't like it rare so I usually order it medium or medium-rare. I also like it marinated in Cajun or BBQ seasoning. Yummy!!!! I love steak!