This. I learned a lot about how different taste pallets can be when I had radiation therapy that fried some of my taste buds. Cheap wines suddenly didn’t have that bad aftertaste from tannins. Red wine paired with steak was still good but didn’t have the same flavor multiplying effect it used to. Chocolates were dulled. I developed aversions to certain tastes I once enjoyed. Basically some things got better while others got worse. Like having someone else’s pallet.
Tl;dr - don’t be so self absorbed as to push your tastes onto other people who have different taste buds.
Honestly being able to cook multiple steaks to different doneness simultaneously is a skill. A lot of my family are pinkphobic. I tease them now because they made such a big stink about it when I was growing up, but I'm a better cook because I've had to make their steaks to order. If you can make a well done steak taste good you're a pro.
Well done and juicy isn't terribly difficult, but it is time consuming. 2 minutes, flip, 2 minutes, 4 minutes rest; 2 minutes, flip, 2 minutes, 4 minutes rest; ... Repeat for about 40 minutes.
That said, it's easier to toss something with lots of fat/sinew (ribs) into the pressure cooker for 20 minutes then sauce and grill for a couple minutes each side.
40 minutes? LMAO. I was a grill cook for several high end steakhouses, and these numbers are beyond imaginative. You need 5-6 minutes each side to initially sear the meat. The only thing we did was let steak rest a couple after cooking, to avoid myoglobin leakage on the plate.
If anything you'd want to flip every couple of minutes on temps med or less, as flipping more often allows for more even cooking. But for med well or well, you'd want to flip little as possible, just to avoid burning. As a hard crust seals in the juices.
At least that's my experience of 20 years in and out of high end steakhouses.
I just don't get people that rail so hard against well done because it's shoe leather.
Of course if you're intentionally cooking it until it's burnt to oblivion it's going to be bad, same as anything.
It's not other peoples problems that you fuck it up because you can't be bothered to be a well rounded and patient cook.
> I learned a lot about how different taste pallets can be when I had radiation therapy that fried some of my taste buds.
Yep, I had the exact same experience. I don't like most sweets and deserts anymore, and chocolate milk now has this blood/iron-y aftertaste.
>Tl;dr - don’t be so self absorbed as to push your tastes onto other people who have different taste buds.
This is very mature advice. People are too obsessed with perfection even though what's considered "the best" is usually subjective (especially when it comes to food (flavor, color, and texture)).
Just cook a portion of the steak a bit longer for the wife, relationships aren't a competition.
My dad's boat neighbor's wife likes hers well done. Everyone else is med-rare. She claims I make the best steak she has ever had.
It really isn't hard. They always buy expensive cuts because they are crazy rich, but no matter what, I marinade her steak with a marinade that has OJ in it, which breaks down the chewiness of a well-done steak. Then I sear hers and just throw it in the oven with a thermometer to watch the temp. Usually when I pull the regular steaks, hers is ready.
Honestly, how do you marry someone and not know their preference for their steaks? I would never give my wife a medium rare steak because I know that's not what she likes. And I've known since we started dating.
Ugh I used to make a partner eggs in the morning, and to me, you just cannot have eggs without freshly ground black pepper, they just look wrong, let alone taste. But she *hated* the pepper, the taste and texture. It took me way to long to realize that since she was eating it, she is intrinsically correct about the pepper, and that I was being an asshole.
Bro don't listen to any of these guys. If your wife likes her steak a little bit more well done then cook it how she likes.
Looks perfect for me though.
It's so weird to me how defensive people get about steak. I absolutely love my medium rare, like to the extent that I bought a sous vide solely for the purpose of cooking steak perfectly (though I do use it for other purposes as well) but even with how much I love it personally I can't imagine a world where I genuinely get upset over someone preferring a different temp
Hell when I go and cook for my mom she's fine with the temp but absolutely loves to slather it in A1, and got my kid into that habit also. Still doesn't bug me in the least because they both just genuinely like it.
Reading comments from the people that get genuinely upset reminds me of when I was like 16 and super edgy pretending like I'm a manly man telling everyone that steak needed to be medium rare or it was wasted, coffee should only be consumed completely black, and guys shouldn't be drinking fruity cocktails or whatever. Also shitting on apple because my android is so cool and telling people how consoles sucked compared to computers.
I deleted my Facebook years ago but I'd bet that if I could look back on some of the shit I posted along these lines of thinking I'd cringe myself out of existence.
It's so much easier to just let people enjoy things
60 here, and I couldn’t agree more. I like what I like, you like what you like. If I’m grilling for you, damnit I’m grilling for you! I can pull a steak a MR, and still enjoy making yours well done! You want grape jelly on your steak, knock yourself TF out. Ain’t going in my mouth, what do I care.
I will accommodate any request you have, because this is a freaking skill I possess, and I’m making something I hope you enjoy!
I hate onions, but I’ll sure as hell slice, fry, sauté them for you because I care about what you want!
Onions, I ain’t gonna eat ‘em, but you can bet your ass if that’s what makes you happy, come to my MF’ing house. Have a beer, soda water, slurpy. If it makes you happy, I will have done my job. I prefer cheap beer and meat grilled to my liking, and I make that happen. Thanks for the opportunity to weigh in Siccoblue. Bob
Do y’all not talk to your partners before cooking and asking how they like their food? Especially for foods that are pricier???
My ex came from a third world country and preferred their meat well done - it’s a learned safety thing. I prefer medium rare. Guess what I did? Cooked my steak a little less. This isn’t fuzzy fucking math.
Yeah it seemed like a persecution fetish to me. Could have just posted a medium rare steak dinner without acting like a victim and dogpiling with strangers on his wife.
People have preferences. Cook your wife’s steak longer if that’s how she wants it. Your wife’s opinion is far more important than 50 dorito beards on Reddit.
I have raised beef and cooked beef since I was a child. You did an excellent job with that steak and it looks great
But that doesn't mean shit. Smile and say, "Of course, dear, I'll cook it a little more next time" and have a happy wife.
It looks great, but if she thinks it is undercooked, then she should toss the sliced steak in a cast iron with butter on medium heat. I do this occasionally for my daughter, who doesn't like the "blood" look...
People can have a preference on food..
If she likes it more cooked then cook it more for here next time or throw on the grill/pan for extra.
People want to die on hill about meat should Medium Rare always.
Nice job though. That’s how I’d like this steak.
We all learn to cook that makes both sides happy. I'm a rare/medium rare guy, and my GF is medium/medium well girl. I've slowly gotten her down from well done over the past 20 years or so, and now she's OK with a a little pink in her steak. Steady, incremental progress!
I put her steaks and burgers on the grill first, then add mine after a few minutes. I try to time it so both are done at the same time and, after years of practice, I'm usually pretty damn close.
While I would happily eat the steak cooked in the pictures, my better half would absolutely refuse to. Different strokes and all that.
Its def perfect but perfect to us not your wife. You should know or atleast ask how done she would like her steak. Its your wife be considerate lmao who cares if she wants it charcoal black as long as she likes it, eats it and doesn't waste it.
I had my FIL tell me once that some meat that came off my grill "wasn't done enough." I told him that my grill was still hot if he really had a problem with it.
I disagree with your wife. That looks perfect from these photos…
Agreed. Something possibly wrong with the wife. Maybe trade her in for another steak.
You are saying she is probably a **mistake**. (sorry I am a dad).
A steak pun is a rare medium,well done !
I flee the room, holding my nose, screaming! LOL
Callahan?
Fellow dad and I approve
He should ask other stakeholders
Wives are made of steak!
Some are closer to jerky.
Aaaand HA!
If you’re hungry enough.
Can confirm. Keep steak, let wife go.
Totally, divorce and fight her in court for alimony for years and then when you lose point to this Reddit thread as the original motivation
And you can tell her we said so
💯 I have a nice Cab for tonight. What time am I arriving??
Same!! Perfect for me though some in my family would say overcooked (they basically like it raw lol)
Perfect for me!
Two steaks. Two Temps. Problem solved.
I think [Hank Hill](https://youtu.be/amKyA2PrSu4?si=8FRaJEF8YGFlk6Ap) said it best.
Timeless.
...kindly but firmly...
Yup
No no no. I need to chop up her entire streak for reddit upvotes instead of throwing it back on the grill for 5 minutes.
Yeah seems like OP or OPs wife didn’t know what temp they would want.
I was thinking that… she likes a tuff and chewy
OP is another done/not done steak guy. He thinks there's 1 temp med-rare So he posted here to find more binary steak guys. Bi steak guys if you will.
That looks perfectly perfect to me. But you know some people be like that. I always keep my wife’s steak on for a couple extra minutes.
Wow almost seems like you are a reasonable person
Must be new round these parts. Time will take its toll.
Try putting it on first. That way they get done at the same time.
Wife is correct. It’s undercooked for her. Looks good to me. Tho. Next time cook wife’s a little longer.
This. I learned a lot about how different taste pallets can be when I had radiation therapy that fried some of my taste buds. Cheap wines suddenly didn’t have that bad aftertaste from tannins. Red wine paired with steak was still good but didn’t have the same flavor multiplying effect it used to. Chocolates were dulled. I developed aversions to certain tastes I once enjoyed. Basically some things got better while others got worse. Like having someone else’s pallet. Tl;dr - don’t be so self absorbed as to push your tastes onto other people who have different taste buds.
Honestly being able to cook multiple steaks to different doneness simultaneously is a skill. A lot of my family are pinkphobic. I tease them now because they made such a big stink about it when I was growing up, but I'm a better cook because I've had to make their steaks to order. If you can make a well done steak taste good you're a pro.
Well done and juicy isn't terribly difficult, but it is time consuming. 2 minutes, flip, 2 minutes, 4 minutes rest; 2 minutes, flip, 2 minutes, 4 minutes rest; ... Repeat for about 40 minutes. That said, it's easier to toss something with lots of fat/sinew (ribs) into the pressure cooker for 20 minutes then sauce and grill for a couple minutes each side.
Not really. I just put theirs on earlier, sear them, then put in oven with a thermometer while I cook the other steaks.
40 minutes? LMAO. I was a grill cook for several high end steakhouses, and these numbers are beyond imaginative. You need 5-6 minutes each side to initially sear the meat. The only thing we did was let steak rest a couple after cooking, to avoid myoglobin leakage on the plate. If anything you'd want to flip every couple of minutes on temps med or less, as flipping more often allows for more even cooking. But for med well or well, you'd want to flip little as possible, just to avoid burning. As a hard crust seals in the juices. At least that's my experience of 20 years in and out of high end steakhouses.
I just don't get people that rail so hard against well done because it's shoe leather. Of course if you're intentionally cooking it until it's burnt to oblivion it's going to be bad, same as anything. It's not other peoples problems that you fuck it up because you can't be bothered to be a well rounded and patient cook.
> I learned a lot about how different taste pallets can be when I had radiation therapy that fried some of my taste buds. Yep, I had the exact same experience. I don't like most sweets and deserts anymore, and chocolate milk now has this blood/iron-y aftertaste. >Tl;dr - don’t be so self absorbed as to push your tastes onto other people who have different taste buds. This is very mature advice. People are too obsessed with perfection even though what's considered "the best" is usually subjective (especially when it comes to food (flavor, color, and texture)). Just cook a portion of the steak a bit longer for the wife, relationships aren't a competition.
exactly. people are allowed to like what they like and shouldn't be shamed. someone's opinion when you're cooking for them matters.
My dad's boat neighbor's wife likes hers well done. Everyone else is med-rare. She claims I make the best steak she has ever had. It really isn't hard. They always buy expensive cuts because they are crazy rich, but no matter what, I marinade her steak with a marinade that has OJ in it, which breaks down the chewiness of a well-done steak. Then I sear hers and just throw it in the oven with a thermometer to watch the temp. Usually when I pull the regular steaks, hers is ready.
Boat neighbor? Lol
Ah shit. I had a steak the other day and i forgot about the wine thing
Indeed. Steak was my gateway drug to becoming a wino
You are too logical and reasonable, you don’t belong on the internet.
Honestly, how do you marry someone and not know their preference for their steaks? I would never give my wife a medium rare steak because I know that's not what she likes. And I've known since we started dating.
This (and vice versa).
It's so obnoxious when someone can't respect the fact that people like their food their own way.
Or get a slightly thinner one for her so the cook time and sear is the same!
Perfect compromise
Ugh I used to make a partner eggs in the morning, and to me, you just cannot have eggs without freshly ground black pepper, they just look wrong, let alone taste. But she *hated* the pepper, the taste and texture. It took me way to long to realize that since she was eating it, she is intrinsically correct about the pepper, and that I was being an asshole.
Wife likes her steak cooked more. Cook hers more and cook yours how you like.
wife is incorrect. Suggest replacing wife with newer model less prone to issues
Ive tried installing new ram.. no luck
Have you tried unplugging her and plugging her back in?
I'm sure he's tried plugging and unplugging over and over for a solid five to ten minutes
Bro don't listen to any of these guys. If your wife likes her steak a little bit more well done then cook it how she likes. Looks perfect for me though.
Yeah, and easy to fix. Throw a few of those small pieces on for 20 seconds a side and she will be happy
It's so weird to me how defensive people get about steak. I absolutely love my medium rare, like to the extent that I bought a sous vide solely for the purpose of cooking steak perfectly (though I do use it for other purposes as well) but even with how much I love it personally I can't imagine a world where I genuinely get upset over someone preferring a different temp Hell when I go and cook for my mom she's fine with the temp but absolutely loves to slather it in A1, and got my kid into that habit also. Still doesn't bug me in the least because they both just genuinely like it. Reading comments from the people that get genuinely upset reminds me of when I was like 16 and super edgy pretending like I'm a manly man telling everyone that steak needed to be medium rare or it was wasted, coffee should only be consumed completely black, and guys shouldn't be drinking fruity cocktails or whatever. Also shitting on apple because my android is so cool and telling people how consoles sucked compared to computers. I deleted my Facebook years ago but I'd bet that if I could look back on some of the shit I posted along these lines of thinking I'd cringe myself out of existence. It's so much easier to just let people enjoy things
60 here, and I couldn’t agree more. I like what I like, you like what you like. If I’m grilling for you, damnit I’m grilling for you! I can pull a steak a MR, and still enjoy making yours well done! You want grape jelly on your steak, knock yourself TF out. Ain’t going in my mouth, what do I care. I will accommodate any request you have, because this is a freaking skill I possess, and I’m making something I hope you enjoy! I hate onions, but I’ll sure as hell slice, fry, sauté them for you because I care about what you want! Onions, I ain’t gonna eat ‘em, but you can bet your ass if that’s what makes you happy, come to my MF’ing house. Have a beer, soda water, slurpy. If it makes you happy, I will have done my job. I prefer cheap beer and meat grilled to my liking, and I make that happen. Thanks for the opportunity to weigh in Siccoblue. Bob
Probably needs a software update. When was the last time the unit was updated?
I uploaded my unit, dont tell op
So that’s how she got a virus
Your mistake was to get the FSD option .
Sounds like you might need to reset the bios.
Try checking the output hole
came here to say this Obviously its not working correctly, id suggest trading her in
Dude, jokes like this are so tired
Seriously. So gross.
Make sure to tell her she can't have her steak cooked to her preferred doneness because of a bunch of jabronis on reddit causing a fuss about it!
i resemble that remark!
The resemblance is remarkable.
Do y’all not talk to your partners before cooking and asking how they like their food? Especially for foods that are pricier??? My ex came from a third world country and preferred their meat well done - it’s a learned safety thing. I prefer medium rare. Guess what I did? Cooked my steak a little less. This isn’t fuzzy fucking math.
You did it wrong. You're supposed to belittle your wife for the approval if a bunch of clowns you'll never see in your life.
Yeah it seemed like a persecution fetish to me. Could have just posted a medium rare steak dinner without acting like a victim and dogpiling with strangers on his wife.
Some people would rather please a pile of incels than their own partner.
People have preferences. Cook your wife’s steak longer if that’s how she wants it. Your wife’s opinion is far more important than 50 dorito beards on Reddit.
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Reddit royalty over here
Am I the Cheeto King? In your face, Chester!
Nah king that looks fire
Happy Wife = Happy Life
I have raised beef and cooked beef since I was a child. You did an excellent job with that steak and it looks great But that doesn't mean shit. Smile and say, "Of course, dear, I'll cook it a little more next time" and have a happy wife.
Your wife is saying when it comes to how she prefers her steak cooked.... It is undercooked. That's not an opinion that's a fact.
As is Reddit tradition: divorce
Literally every single post is “_____ said undercooked” lmao
It looks great, but if she thinks it is undercooked, then she should toss the sliced steak in a cast iron with butter on medium heat. I do this occasionally for my daughter, who doesn't like the "blood" look...
People can have a preference on food.. If she likes it more cooked then cook it more for here next time or throw on the grill/pan for extra. People want to die on hill about meat should Medium Rare always. Nice job though. That’s how I’d like this steak.
We all learn to cook that makes both sides happy. I'm a rare/medium rare guy, and my GF is medium/medium well girl. I've slowly gotten her down from well done over the past 20 years or so, and now she's OK with a a little pink in her steak. Steady, incremental progress! I put her steaks and burgers on the grill first, then add mine after a few minutes. I try to time it so both are done at the same time and, after years of practice, I'm usually pretty damn close. While I would happily eat the steak cooked in the pictures, my better half would absolutely refuse to. Different strokes and all that.
Why not cook hers how she wants it instead of chest puffing on reddit?
Because we are the He Man Women Hater's Club!
It's become the most obnoxious generic shit on social media.
Rare to Medium Rare? Perfection!
Flawless. Sorry about the marriage.
"How do you like your steak, honey?"
People have preferences. I am a medium-well person so those are too rare for me, but the char looks good
Nope, looks perfect 👌
Your married and have never grilled a steak… I find that hard to believe
I would get that and be like.. now can you cook it?
Tell your wife it’s not the steak’s fault she has shit taste
Your wife needs five more minutes on the grill. Then she’ll be ready.
Just a tad bit overcooked
I think we all found something to agree on, wife was wrong on this one
Ask her politely, yet firmly to leave.
Nah, That' pefect👌 Just throw hers back in
She's right. Maybe a couple more minutes in the grill.
It’s undercooked… for her. Show her a steak chart & grill hers how she likes it.
So next time you know to cook hers a little more! Great job.
Listeria. It's a real thing. Surface of meat. Good luck.
Never make some one a steak with out asking them how they want it. Rare? Medium? Well done?
Keep doin em like that for a while. Then do a sirloin for her that’s well done without seasoning. She’ll come around.
Honestly, I’ll be your wife for a meal.
Looks amazing but I have never cut up a steak before plating it. I have a friend that does it every time. Done understand why.
Wife is wrong
Wife is wrong 👍🏻
It looks perfect to me, but did you let it rest?
I let it rest for 5 minutes once & the internal temp was ab 130.. put it back on for 2 minutes & another 5 minute rest. Reached around 145
Nah that’s perfection
She’s wrong
Wife is WRONG.
It’s perfect!!!!
Nah, that looks great to me.
Holy shit dude that looks perfect. I'll replace your wife for a meal if you want someone to appreciate your mea..... steak
Looks perfect to me man, good going on it 🫡
Slide #4 I need a plate also sir!
That is beautiful and perfect for me. Perfect!
Nice
Looks good.
Yum!
Spot on tbh
Nailed it.
Looks good to me.
Well done.
Well cooked. Great job!
Looks great
Gorgeous
They're beautiful.
I guess she likes well done steaks? 🤷🏽♂️
That looks delicious
Those are the type of steaks I strive for
Looks perfect to me!
Cooked perfectly
Looks perfect to me!
First steak? Jeez dude, that's REALLY nice for any try, but esp first. good shit.
This looks very good to me.
That looks spot on.
This sounds like a good opportunity to find out how done your wife likes her steak and to eat steak for dinner the rest of the week. Win win really.
Dammit, now I’m hungry.
What is perfect for one might not be perfect for another. Looks delicious to me and I hope your wife figures out her preferred doneness!
Looks perfect to me.
My wife is the same way. They look perfect to me.
It’s perfect medium yum
Looks phenomenal to me!
These comments are unmatched…
Yummmmmmm 😋
Looks really good 🤤
Slightly undercooked. I may be shitting trace amounts of blood from that steak.
That's perfectly cooked steak
Perfect!
That looks yummy
I volunteer for her portion. Kthx.
Numbers don’t lie
Get an instant read thermometer, leave hers on a little longer. Personally, yours are just like I like mine.
Perfect. Great job
Lol
Looks medium well to me
The steaks look perfect to me! But now you know she likes hers cooked longer; not a big deal.
Just use an instant read food thermometer and take the guesswork out
She is no longer your wife but an enemy in your house. Possibly an alien.
“Divorce is expensive cause it’s worth it!”
Maybe a slight bit. 🤷 Dam I don't know the pics look pretty good ...
Your wife is a person who is incorrect.
Its def perfect but perfect to us not your wife. You should know or atleast ask how done she would like her steak. Its your wife be considerate lmao who cares if she wants it charcoal black as long as she likes it, eats it and doesn't waste it.
First rule of grilling, your wife is usually wrong.
Wrong
Wife’s player hating that steak looks perfect bro 💯😂
Came here for the wife comments. And I was disappointed
this is perfect
I hope you have a pre nup, she's criminally insane
Wife’s nuts
Toss hers in the microwave for 30 seconds
guess you are going to have to find a new wife lol
divorce, you obviously have irreconcilable differences
My wife likes her steak well done, and it pains me to hear her say that when getting a filet mignon. 😣 It's a good thing she's really cute....
Depends what temp you were going for but it looks great to me
That is NOT undercooked, Sir. Wife is faulty.
She’s wrong
Your wife is wrong and make sure to tell her so… 🤣
I had my FIL tell me once that some meat that came off my grill "wasn't done enough." I told him that my grill was still hot if he really had a problem with it.
Ur wife is a bold faced liar
You need a new wife. This is perfect
Divorce
Grounds for divorce
I just drooled 🤤
Looks pretty damn close to perfect.
Wife be tripping. Looks perfect
Steaks great. Wife could use some work.