How do you like your Steak cooked?

Magna-Carta said:
Medium.

And I've been cooking more steak recently, and getting better at it. Some of the restaurants I go to seem to need a bit more practice though

Last week I bought a steak from Lidl. I only shop there for meat; it always seems good quality at a reasonable price, even if it’s pre-packaged. This one was beautifully marbled. I don’t see the point in buying steak that isn’t marbled -- it’s where much of the flavour comes from.

It was a fairly thick steak, so I cooked it in a pan. When I took it out and let it rest, I was worried I’d overdone it based on its internal colour. But it turned out to be one of the juiciest steaks I’ve ever cooked. The taste was absolutely divine.

Cooked it slowly at a medium heat. Then added butter to the pan, turned the heat down, and basted it with the butter.
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I rarely buy fresh meat from Lidl, however Aldi here sells excellent Aberdeen Angus sirloin steaks. I like mine cooked medium well, though Mrs.L likes her's done medium. I'm afraid that I'm not very good at judging how well steaks are cooked.
 
Capt Lightning said:
I rarely buy fresh meat from Lidl, however Aldi here sells excellent Aberdeen Angus sirloin steaks. I like mine cooked medium well, though Mrs.L likes her's done medium. I'm afraid that I'm not very good at judging how well steaks are cooked.
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Me neither in all honesty. I got better out of trial and error, based on the size and thickness of my pan, and adjusting the flame on my hob. Kind of started from well done, and worked back to medium, adjusting timing and heat until I thought it was how I wanted it.
 
On the rare occasion (no pun intended) I have steak, I like it cooked just until there's no pink. Guess that's well-done evidenced by the graphic in the OP. Most restaurants can't get it right for me - it seems their version of "well-done" is my definition of "medium".

One time I had a dust-up in a restaurant. I kept sending it back and it kept returning what I would term medium-rare. Finally the chef stormed out of the kitchen and hurried to my table. He said, "I"m not ruining a perfectly good steak for you!" I asked for a doggie bag with the admonition that I'd take it home and finish cooking it. I'm not sure what his problem was, after all I'm the one that has to eat it.

Another time my dining companion ordered it rare and it came in a condition even she couldn't stomach. I think they just took it out of the fridge and put it on the plate. Needless to say that eatery is no longer in business.
 
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Salty said:
That looks scrumptous! I'd swap the bread pudding out for some kind of cobbler with 'nilla icecream:)
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Once in awhile, we go to a place here called The Derby - old school restaurant across from the race track. They have the best steaks and the absolutely best bread pudding anywhere! Tho - I'm also up for some peach cobbler & ice cream! :ROFLMAO:
 
With all this talk about steaks, Id bet you will be visiting that place sooner than later! lol
 

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