/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I've BEEN eating healthier, under the premise of "mostly-paleo". Tonight was baked fish with lemon, bacon-wrapped scallops and asparagus on the grill, roasted potatoes and a pinenut & mushroom risotto. (Family dinner; I didn't cook all that just for myself.)

That said, there are days when I just want a cheeseburger more than anything (every couple of months or so). So I go and have one. :)

>>4400064
Peter Luger's gonna be way more expensive though. I don't think OP would debate that the meat would be better meat.

Then again, I've been to Luger's 4 times and gotten the double porterhouse twice, the ribeye once and the double fillet once. All were melt-in-your-mouth glorious pieces of steak, all easily in the top 10 meals of all time. They're not known for their burger, if they don't bake their buns (or buy good buns) or choose appropriate toppings, it might be sub-par.

Does /ck/ think filet mignon is an over-rated cut of meat? I've had it a few times before and I wasn't impressed with the taste vs the price tag. I've had ribeyes that turned out just as tender and more flavorful. Maybe I just haven't had the right one, but it seems like other cuts taste just as good, if not better, with a cheaper price tag.

What cut of steak do you guys prefer?

>>4393250
Sorry about that, but this is 4chan. Nothing is protecting you from horrible people here. You should try reddit.com/r/cooking if you want a minimum of... well, these people.

Is either of you a vegetarian? Any dietary concerns? Favorite foods?

>go to expensive steakhouse
>like seriously nice place, $40-$80 per person
>everyone is dressed nice, upper white class patrons, classy music and decor, waiters dressed sharp
>sit down with friends, waiter arrives
>I order my steak and bottle for the table, waiter turns to one of my friends
>"I'd like the ribeye steak, medium well, and a plate of fries instead of the creamed garlic spinach and roasted potatoes and sprite"
>annoyed but I'd never say anything, so I let it go
>food arrives, giant plate of fries
>"May I have some ketchup and mustard?"
>10/10 would rustle again
>Waiter: "I'll see what I can do." and finds ketchup and mustard.
>friend squirts mustard on his steak, and a ridiculous amount of ketchup on the side of his plate, then salts the fries.
>proceeds to eat fries by picking them up with his fingers, at least 5 at a time usually more, dipping
them into ketchup like he's at McDonald's
>spreads mustard all over steak, dips each bite into ketchup
So fucking mad that day, never ate with him again.

>>4337935
Let the steak come to room temperature, this way the inside will warm up to a delicious vagina pink and the outside will be seared. 2-3 minutes on each side.

But 30 secs on each side and then a few minutes on both sides in 350F oven is more reliable.

Pic related, properly looked steak color. None of that raw center burnt crust shit.

>>4115376
I don't know, I haven't had well done steak in many years.

No, none of those steaks are properly cooked except for blue rare, which is too gelatinous for me. Medium rare implies that its cooked throughout, no red center, but also no medium well edges. Rare has a small red center and should also be pink throughout. Picture is medium rare steak, properly cooked.