How do you like your steak?

[ericrwalker]

Some meats taste better well done like a roast or where cooking is needed to tenderize, but generally speaking rare steak, especially rare prime rib tastes best.

Anyone like raw meat? I admit to nibbling on it when preparing steak, even hamburger (although some day I could pay for that).

Yes, I like, but rarely eat raw beef (nibble). I have also tried raw horse, which is very lean and very delicious and raw (seared) chicken, which was awful (wife loves it though).

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Some meats taste better well done like a roast or where cooking is needed to tenderize, but generally speaking rare steak, especially rare prime rib tastes best.

Anyone like raw meat? I admit to nibbling on it when preparing steak, even hamburger (although some day I could pay for that).

Ahem, yes, I do, sometimes.... I have been known to do the same thing on occasion.

If the steak (or burger) comes from a reputable source, such as an organic farmer (which is where I buy mine), and has been aged by a butcher who knows how to look after & treat meat properly, well, then, I don't see many problems. And meat from such sources tends to taste far better as well....

 

[Huntn]

Yes, I like, but rarely eat raw beef (nibble). I have also tried raw horse, which is very lean and very delicious and raw (seared) chicken, which was awful (wife loves it though).

I ate raw chicken at the "chicken place" in Japan, along with raw fish at the "fish place". The chicken is edible, but I prefer raw beef over chicken. The fish was not bad either. I imagine there is a huge impact on taste depending on how much antibiotics, steroids, and growth hormones have been pumped into the animal before slaughter.

Ahem, yes, I do, sometimes.... I have been known to do the same thing on occasion.

If the steak (or burger) comes from a reputable source, such as an organic farmer (which is where I buy mine), and has been aged by a butcher who knows how to look after & treat meat properly, well, then, I don't see many problems. And meat from such sources tends to taste far better as well....

The bacterial problems are a direct result of how the meat is handled. I believe this is why Angus hamburgers are considered safer, they are ground up away from the slaughterhouse?

 

[ericrwalker]

I ate raw chicken at the "chicken place" in Japan, along with raw fish at the "fish place". The chicken is edible, but I prefer raw beef over chicken. The fish was not bad either. I imagine there is a huge impact on taste depending on how much antibiotics, steroids, and growth hormones have been pumped into the animal before slaughter.

Yeah, most of the "strange" stuff I have eaten was in Japan, some in Korea.
I didn't like the chicken, I didn't want to be rude but it took me a few tries to swallow it, and a gulp of Sake. I also ate fugu sushi last year, I had my fingers crossed that I wouldn't die. Everything turned out fine.

OK back on topic. I love meat!!!

 

[Huntn]

Yeah, most of the "strange" stuff I have eaten was in Japan, some in Korea.
I didn't like the chicken, I didn't want to be rude but it took me a few tries to swallow it, and a gulp of Sake. I also ate fugu sushi last year, I had my fingers crossed that I wouldn't die. Everything turned out fine.

OK back on topic. I love meat!!!

The question is was the taste so incredibly good as to risk death?

 

[ericrwalker]

The question is was the taste so incredibly good as to risk death?

Not really, and it was expensive. I got it from a pretty famous place in Osaka which is known for it's fugu. The taste was very mild, and not "fishy" at all. Though I am not a big sushi lover. I like tuna and salmon mostly. Though sushi taste better in Japan than it does in the USA any day. Probably the quality and freshness of the fish.

 

[Tomorrow]

Anyone like raw meat? I admit to nibbling on it when preparing steak, even hamburger (although some day I could pay for that).

Certain kinds of raw fish are great. I'm not otherwise a fan.

 

[zync]

A little salt, pepper, and garlic powder on it, then cooked on the outdoor grille until it is MR.

Replace the garlic powder with actual garlic and you have yourself a deal.

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Some meats taste better well done like a roast or where cooking is needed to tenderize, but generally speaking rare steak, especially rare prime rib tastes best.

Anyone like raw meat? I admit to nibbling on it when preparing steak, even hamburger (although some day I could pay for that).

I love tartare, it's delicious. But I've never thought of preparing it myself.



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I had raw chicken in the crappiest place on earth, Bryson City, NC. It wasn't supposed to be raw. Luckily I didn't get sick. God that place is horrible, except for one place—Jimmy Mac's. And that's because Jimmy Mac's was also a Tampa restaurant. It closed here for a condo developer, promised to reopen, and never did. It was awesome when we rediscovered it, especially since they had all their Tampa awards on the walls like some kind of shrine, while there wasn't anything local. If it weren't for that place, the city probably wouldn't exist. They have delicious burgers.

Square One is the only comparable replacement here that I know of. I think you can even get an ostrich burger there.

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Probably the quality and freshness of the fish.

It probably depends on proximity to the ocean. Sushi is good here. I'm not sure how it compares to Japan, but I'd bet it'd be closer than more inland places in the country.

I prefer sashimi. A place here serves an entire bowl of sashimi and rice, with a soup for like $20. It'd cost me more than $20 to get the fish.

 

[ericrwalker]

Probably....NY is close to the ocean, but not any Ocean I would want to eat fish out of.

It probably depends on proximity to the ocean. Sushi is good here. I'm not sure how it compares to Japan, but I'd bet it'd be closer than more inland places in the country.

I prefer sashimi. A place here serves an entire bowl of sashimi and rice, with a soup for like $20. It'd cost me more than $20 to get the fish.

 

[zync]

Probably....NY is close to the ocean, but not any Ocean I would want to eat fish out of.

I think a lot of our fish comes from the gulf and the caribbean. I think tuna might come from the Atlantic though. Japan probably wins on that one.