What's your favorite kind of steak?

[redqueen]

I'm having steak tonight. It's not my favorite. But hey, it's steak, so I'm not complaining.

Which is your favorite?

[Magrittes Pipe]

1. Whichever looks the best in the butcher's case.

I prefer a ribeye, all things equal -- but if the strip is a better-looking steak, I'll get it.

[redqueen]

3. Yes

Ribeye is the correct answer, actually.

[Magrittes Pipe]

11. Unless the ribeye's all old and withered.

[redqueen]

15. Dude...

where do you buy your meat? Any place selling that kind of steak is NOT where you want to shop.

:scared:

The Kroger where I live always has a nice selection.

[Magrittes Pipe]

16. I've NEVER seen good meat at Kroger.

There's a meat market up here that has dry-aged prime ribeyes. They're $20/pound, but you'll never make a better steak.

[redqueen]

20. Good God

My mouth is watering just imagining that steak... not that I could afford it.

My Kroger has the best meat around. I'm lucky like that. :)

[Lavender Brown]

2. I've only had filet mignon once, at a wedding

I like it and I don't really even like red meat usually.

[redqueen]

4. Really?

I love red meat, but don't like filets at all.

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. Fillet comes in at # 1.

Tender enough to cut with a fork, and rare it's got a buttery, almost-melts-in-your-mouth quality. You practically don't need to chew.
2nd, porterhouse, which gives you the fillet and the strip in one steak...best of both worlds, but it can be a bit much. 3rd, strip. Less tender than fillet, but nicely textured, and probably the most flavourful steak cut. 4th, sirloin, which tends to have a somewhat thicker texture and less flavour than strip. Ribeye comes in fifth, because it tends to be a little too fatty for my taste.

[redqueen]

7. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong!

Well, except about the Porterhouse...

Kidding, of course. Sort of. :P

[bif]

6. I think t-bones have the most flavor

And I just like saying t-bone.As in "T-Bone" Walker.

[redqueen]

9. My favorite 'uncle' made those.

Not my favorite, not even close... but still a nice comfort food. :)

[bif]

23. I should have said Strips too

Because of the flavor and I like saying the word Strip!

[redqueen]

27. That was my Grandma's favorite

Used to love making those for her.

:)

[soothsayer]

8. rare! with great searing grill marks!

porterhouse gives you the filet and ny strip. ribeye is great, too!

[redqueen]

12. Rare is the ONLY way to eat steak.

I can't stand when restaurants don't get what that means. I like mine somewhere between rare and medium rare... what's with these places overcooking the steak? GRRRRR

[Spider Jerusalem]

14. If I'm ordering steak in a restaurant...

I usually say I want it "cold in the middle". Most of the time, I actually get a rare steak. Kind of annoying to order rare and have it come to the table medium (which seems to happen more often than not).

[redqueen]

17. I wonder if they don't take into account that it keeps cooking

for a little bit after they take it off the grill. I dunno, but it never fails to irk me. I don't want to punish the waiter with a bad tip because the cook is an idiot... so I usually just stew about it. I'm to chicken to send it back for fear of getting a spitsteak next time.

[Spider Jerusalem]

18. Either that or they mistakenly assume...

that undercooked steak can lead to e. coli infection (which it won't, as long as it's cooked on the outside), and they're trying to avoid liability. Personally I like my steak to be actually COOKED about 1/8-1/4" of the way in, and basically RAW at the centre...

[soothsayer]

19. me too! But I can do black and blue with really good steak. I usually

end up saying "lots of pink in the middle" when they ask how I want it done.

[Wapsie B]

10. I love Charcoal steaks as much as anything.

And this Angus beef business means nothing to me. If it's been raised well and corn-fed a Holstein will be mouth watering good.

[redqueen]

13. Gas grilling is HERESY!

It's unnatural and should be banned! Okay, well maybe not banned, but anyone who gas grills a steak should be mocked loudly and often.

[Wapsie B]

21. It IS unnatural.

It's an abomination before God.
:evilgrin:

[scarlet_owl]

22. Sirloin. The under-appreciated steak.

[redqueen]

24. Very much so

But only if it's 1 1/2" thick and cooked just the way I like it. :)

[Schadenfreude.2]

26. yum

Ribeyes are the best.

[dr.strangelove]

25. HOW IS PORTERHOUSE LOSING?

People, the Porterhouse is the cut that combines the fillet mignon and the NY strip on the same piece. You get the tender fillet and the flavor of the strip. Come on, go for the porterhouse.

[redqueen]

29. It's deadly

Want to end up like Mr. Creosote, do you?

[dr.strangelove]

34. I have a Creosote doll in my office

if you squeeze it, it vomits.

Not sure that Porterhouse is any worse for you healthwise then a strip, ribeye or prime rib. I just think it gives you both the flavor and the tender sides of the steak. Most good steak houses offer a petite porterhouse, usually under 20 oz.

[flamingyouth]

28. Filet Mignon - ask Fenris how good mine are!

[MissMillie]

30. RIBEYE!!!

Moist and tender. I'll take it over a Filet Mignon ANYDAY!

[redqueen]

32. You are a wise, wise woman

Mmmmmmm... marbling.

[ReadTomPaine]

31. Prime Rib here..

Am I in a minority on this? BTW - Ribeye and Prime Rib are not the same.

RTP

[Pert_UK]

33. "Your filet mignon in sauce Bernaise taste like dogturds in glue..."

"That's because they are, Sir."

Oh, Blackadder.....

P.

[fishnfla]

35. Meat is murder

I voted ribeye. Try marinating it in Emeril's steak marinade.

Grilled over coals or wood only, TYVM