Do people still order their steaks rare in restaurants today?
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With the possibility of acquiring diseases such as ecoli, do some folks still take this risk when they go out to eat? Just curious. Mooooooooooooo…hahaha.
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I have my steak medium rare and not suffered from ecoli.
People who order their steak well done get what they deserve, a piece of leather – ignorance!
In an average family-type or tavern/steakhouse-type restaurant, I order medium-rare.. in a high-end restaurant I will order ‘bleu’ (rare). Sadly, cooking steak or bison too much takes a lot of flavour and tenderness out of the meat.
Hell yes!
If my steak is not still mooing at me when it gets to the table, it is overcooked
But seriously, I love rare steaks. Brown on the outside, dark pink on the inside. YUM!!
I hope not.I find meat very disgusting(I’m a vegetarian)
Yep, I always have steak medium rare, and have never suffered any of those things
*licks the plate clean after on purpose cooking a pink centered hamburger (in my home kitchen of course)* yum… Just don’t do that at a fast food place… I work in one… people who work in fast food currently or have in the past worked in a fast food place know what I am talking about. Ironic fact: the people who work in the food service industry are the least likely to select fast food joints as a food source.
restaurants wont let them go out of the kitchen rare..
I know I do. Most of the time I order it extra rare because it usually comes out medium if I don’t. A lot of places I have eaten at have a disclosure statement on the menu basically saying to eat at your own risk.
Why not….that’s what the courts are for. So if a reasturant plans to go out of buisness and/or make you rich at the same time…go for it. Extra Rare it is!
Yuck! No! I ALWAYS order mine well done!
I get mine cooked rare all the time. I was not aware of any other way to have one prepared (laughter). I could be wrong, but the more we eat things that put us at “risk”, the stronger our body becomes to fight lots of germs. Point being – I always eat steak rare, and I am here to answer you. Regards.
Yes, we did 4 medium rare, and a couple medium’s Friday night, and we aren’t even a steak house.
Of course people do. I work in the best steak house in San Francisco, and not only get rare steaks ordered all the time, but even “blue” steaks, which means cold in the center. We only serve prime beef, so it is never a problem. Heck we serve steak tartar, which is just ground filet mignon with spices, and it is served raw.
Absolutely, I have a friend that would’nt eat it any other way. They will not gaurantee steaks ordered well done, but I have yet to find a restaurant that refuses to make it as rare as you want it.
I do
I just love rare steak
You betcha!!! I tell them to cut off the horns and wipe its butt and throw it on the plate!!!
Not too long ago, restaurants in PA were not permitted to serve guests red meat that cooked cooler than medium. Regardless of what of the guest wanted they had to have their burger medium or warmer or go home and make it themselves. That has now passed and the blood lovers rule again.
Yes they do, but at least they are aware of the dangers and have something to attribute it to when they get sick and have been on the toilet for a week. I have mine med-rare..my son has his med-rare and my husband has his more on the rare side. I like to live a little safer. I did get food poisoning once after eating chinese food and it is not any fun at all…
Everyday. You’re more likely to get ill from a salad that hasn’t been washed properly than a rare steak.
They sure do!!! Of course those wonderful ecoli warnings are printed on the menus now.
i dont eat steak from restaurants but people i know get it medium rare. not rare. they haven’t got sick from it.
It’s the way I like it, and if they won’t do it I would not eat there. Any reputable restaurant should not have a problem. If they do, they are ordering bad grades of meat and should have their license violated. A place like Mcdonalds that uses a low grade of meat has to cook it well done, I’ve ordered rare burgers in steak houses with great satisfaction.
When e.coli outbreaks occur it is usually found in ground beef and not steak because there is more exposed surface area.
I work in a high class steak house, and you wouldn’t believe how many people order their steaks rare – which in our restaurant means a cold, red center. Also, we serve Ahi tuna which is best rare. If the meat is handled and stored properly, from slaughter to plate, there should be no problem, but all menus in the States include the disclaimer that consuming rare or undercooked meats could pose a health risk
The best way to enjoy the flavor of a steak is to have it as rare as you can take it. You do not get e-coli from rare steaks. You get e-coli from rare hamburger meat, when the meat is ground up together with intestinal matter and not cooked thoroughly. Slaughterers of animals must learn to cut the meat to be ground up. It must not come in contact with intestinal matter.
although rare is a common temp for educated steak lovers-many high end steakhouses use cetified angus beef-and also dry age the meat for optimum flavor,marbleing and texture.only medium rare will bring all those components to the palate-as cooking transfers this(heat)through the meat.you cant and wont get the same steak at home-and for SURE you wont get it on an outdoor grill which is not designed to cook steak properly.nor is the drunk guy with the apron on……outback is good..for a chain…mortons is world class.and new york has 40 top steakhouses….
Yes, medium rare still exists, but I prefer medium.
I think any more you have to be more worried about the veggies than the meat.. between the spinach, and lettuce, they are trying to kill us every way we turn.. It is not safe to eat much of anything any more.. but do think people are going for medium rare more than rare now..