How do you like your red meat cooked?

7-8. I like red meat cooked just until all the pink is gone. Some restaurants seem to think "well done" is equivalent to "charcoal briquette" and other refuse to cook it to that degree of doneness. I once ordered a steak well-done in a local restaurant. When they brought it out it was what I would call medium-rare (only brown about 1/8 inch into the meat). I sent it back and when it came out again, it was about 1/4 inch brown into the meat. I again sent it back to the kitchen with emphatic instructions about how I wanted it cooked. About 2 minutes later the chef came huffing out from the kitchen and emphatically told me he wasn't going to ruin a perfectly good cut of meat. Now I don't know why this was such an issue with him, he didn't have to eat it - I did, and I was paying for it. One time at another eating establishment, I ordered the same. They did cook it to the desired doneness, but it was like trying to chew rubber stoppers. Now I believe that a good piece of meat can be cooked to being well-done without turning into shoe leather.
 
Surprisingly if not for my family being dedicated meat feeders I would be vegetarian. That being said...

Walk the cow twice past the stove...

Yep, punch it and drag it out to the table...a 1 absolutely
 
Brown the whole way through. Is that what is called 'well done?' I hope so because that's what I order, with the exception of prime rib. That I like medium well. (Just a little pink.)
 
IKE said:
Yep me too.......just a fine line of pink in the middle.

Now y'all got me hungry for steak......I'm going to go take a T-Bone out of the freeze now for tonight.
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Just wanted to let you folks know that the T-bone last night was absolutely fantastic......mama fixed me some fresh sauteed in butter mushrooms, a small baked potato and garlic bread go along with it.
 
My husband usually barbeques (charcoal) boneless Rib Eye steaks for us, our favorite. We both like medium rare, so 3 or 4.
 
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