Favorite type of Steak

[HectorTorta]

I used to be a petit filet man but after a while I just craved a but more character. These days I'm all about bone-in rib eye, medium rare.

Am I alone in thinking that steaks taste better after a martini (or two)?

 

[fluteplayer07]

I must be in a group few in members, but I could never understand the eating of steaks rare. Medium or medium well, but I don't think I could ever stomach any meat that's cold, bleeding, and occasionally still attached to the rest of the animal. I tried bacon raw once, and I was sick for a week afterwards. An acquired taste perhaps? Everyone says rare is the only way...

 

[Effingham]

Personally I like medium. Warm and pink, just like a lady's cheek. And just as yummy.

Ummm.... wait.

Did I just out myself as a cannibal? That's not what I meant...

 

[Fletch]

The NY strip is my all-time favorite. But I just had a handcut 20oz porterhouse at Amelio & Ike's in Logansport, IN, that stopped my clock! Man, was it yummy. And a decent Cali merlot at $10 a bottle too. For a small-town sports bar, way above and beyond. If you're passing thru on US 24, come as you are.

 

[John in Covina]

I tend to enjoy a fine filet mignon, after that a well marbelled rib eye, NY or a full blown Porterhouse.

However if anyone gets to LA and can find the time, go to Taylor's.
There's one in LA and one in La Canada. There try the Coulotte of Beef which in some places is known as a baseball steak, rare with a char. At Taylor's I'd get it with Caesar salad, scallops with bacon and a big jammy red Zinfandel.

http://www.taylorssteakhouse.com/index.html

 

[Johnnysan]

Any kind made out of meat...medium rare, please!

 

[Jesse Jack]

A porterhouse when I can get a good one without giving up an arm and a leg. My go-to steak is a ribeye. I like 'em pan fried in olive oil medium.

 

[Effingham]

Any kind made out of meat...medium rare, please!

Any kind?

Reminds me of a classic billboard:

 

[LordBest]

Splendid billboard, up there with the picture of a 'vegetarian only' queue in an American BBQ restaurant which led straight to the exit.

I favour a good rib eye, followed by tournedos, t-bone and chateaubriand*, when I can get it. Rare, of course. Better for the texture, flavour and much easier on the digestion. To address an earlier post, rare should not be cold in the middle, it should be quite warm. Blue is when it is cool in the centre. I don't like that myself, I find the texture is uncomplimentary the rest of the steak. If I want cool beef I will order steak tartare.


*I admit this is fundamentally a thick tournedos/filet mignon but it is impressive enough to warrant its own place on the list, in my opinion.

 

[palma]

Not seen frequently on my plate...but absolute favorite.

American Wagyu Ribeye 12 oz

 

[Big Man]

... Am I alone in thinking that steaks taste better after a martini (or two)?

I like Jack Daniels, straight, with my steak. Four or five of them to get started. As to the steak, I like a couple BIG rib eyes, medium rare. As a rule, the bigger the steak the better. Anything under 16 oz is just an appetizer.

 

[Yeps]

I may or may not have already posted this, but I will anyway. Beef (preferably, although I am open to suggestions) not cooked very much without much to mess with its flavor. Other than that, I am not picky.

 

[Tomasso]

I had a chicken fried steak the other night that was so, so incredibly wonderful. And I'm a Yankee..........

 

[rue]

Haven't you ever had it before? I think I might love it almost as much as regular steak

 

[Tomasso]

Haven't you ever had it before?

My first wife was a Southern Belle. She wasn't the best cook but her chicken fried steak was almost worth the hell it entailed. But nobody was attracted to her for her culinary prowess. Paul Lynde, upon laying eyes on her for the first time, dropped to the ground and began kissing her feet. And he was gay......

 

[rue]

Interesting......


Paul Lynde was gay? :eeek:

 

[Tomasso]

Paul Lynde was gay? :eeek:

Oops , forgot the disclaimer.


Not that there's anything wrong with that.....

 

[rue]

Speaking of steak....

We made reservations at Prime Steakhouse at the Bellagio in Vegas. Has anyone been there?

 

[Tomasso]

Vegas.

"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."

 

[rue]

That's where mom wants to go and she's paying so..... [huh]

Besides, I haven't been there since I moved away and I miss it.