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Bob Walker wrote: > On Tue, 23 Aug 2005, Nigel Rantor wrote: > >> >> >> I love steak. I haven't ever really cooked it though, but I'd like to. >> So, what am I going to have o do to get a nicely done steak eh? >> > > What do you consider nice rare, well done or somewhere in between? rare. maybe not completely blue, but rare... > the main thing is heat. lots of it. You want to sear the outside of the > steak cause thats where all the nasty stuff possibly is. > I cook steak by whacking a frying or griddle pan on high heat and wait > till its smoking. Excellent *makes notes* > Take the steak season with pepper and salt if you like. Throw it into > the pan cook one side for about 1 minute. flip cook the other side for a > minute. your steak is done. prefably served onto a warm plate so it > doesnt lose its heat. This should have seared the outside and heated the > middle and should produce a rare steak. obvioulsy cook longer if you > like it other ways. Great, so no moving it around while it's on there then? Just let it sit tight until time to turn? > As for what type of steak. Filet steak is always good. Sirloin is the > next best. Rump is fine if you dont want to speand lots of money. I > prefer my steaks about an inch thick so you get lots of rare flesh. > > one day I want to try a kobe beef steak. which is supposedly the best. I will be starting with cheapo and work my way up...so prolly sainsburglers or some such place will be supplying me until I can cook it, then I'll go to my butcher up the road...There's stuff above here
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