"SPOONS" > wrote in message
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> How do you like your steaks cooked? I like them well done with just a hint of
> pink. I do not like to see a puddle of juices (blood) in my plate & I do not
> like to see red in the middle of my steak, like you would in a medium cooked
> steak. Ok now with that said the other night I went to someone's house for
> the first time for dinner and they served steak. So he asked everyone how do
> you want your steaks cooked & I said I wanted mine well done & hint of pink.
> OH BOY!!! he starts telling me that's not the way you eat steak, you're
> ruining a good steak I should just give you a peice of leather!!! blah blah
> blah he went on for 30 minutes. Oh yeah he likes his steak medium, which I've
> heard that most people like there steaks cooked medium but hey everyone has
> the right the eat steak the way they want it right???
>
> He was grilling the steaks & he kept slicing mine to see if it was well done.
> Anyway after he mangeled my steak he gives me the steak and I can see that
> this is not well done, it was very red in the inside (medium rare).....I
> sliced a corner peice that looked well done & I left the rest of it in another
> plate, I figure he can eat it later since he didn't cook that steak for me.
>
> Take care,
> SPOONS

How rude! - I could understand a suggestion for Medium but never a berating of
a guest for their taste. Someone should give him a book on etiquette. BTW
cutting a steak is a no no. At Christmas or his birthday give him an instant
read thermometer. look here :
http://www.askthemeatman.com/steaks_...dated_9300.htm

Many people think a piece of cow should go right from the grill to the plate -
Steaks like other meat need to rest a little before serving or you'll get the
buddle of blood.

Just plug into the back of your mind that he's a PUTZ.

Dimitri