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i_am_minthe  ·  4353 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What "little thing" do you always take time to appreciate, Hubski?

Like how so? Some (/me gasps) think perfectly cooked is "well done", yet others its med-rare to medium. (medium here)





Jodjuya  ·  4353 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Rare to medium-rare. Anything beyond medium is just silly. Might as well just eat beef jerky and call it a day.

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Jodjuya  ·  4353 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It doesn't follow proper "tasty protocol" if you over cook it. :P

Don't you miss having all of the flavour and tenderness and juiciness?

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Jodjuya  ·  4353 days ago  ·  link  ·  

As long as the animal was healthy and the meat was butchered and stored properly you can pretty much eat red meat entirely raw. See steak tarare for example.

i_am_minthe  ·  4353 days ago  ·  link  ·  

From my understanding as a grill cook (ala a decade), air exposure is the big factor in killing the dangerous bacteria. Processed meat, such as ground beef is much riskier to undercook because of all the air/bacteria it is exposed to. Steak and other cuts of beef on the other hand, charring the outside takes care of most of the dangers. I do agree though, i don't want to chew rubber, although I have made quite a few "Pittsburgh Rares". Charred on the outside basically raw in the middle. Apparently it came from the Pittsburgh area as the coal miners would throw their steak on the coal fires and burn the outside very quickly.

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