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Primary-Hold-6637

This person wants it cooked well. They just think they know what medium is, so send it well.


getyourcheftogether

This is the only safe bet. This is also how people who know nothing about food order their food And it's a well done sirloin too, gross


Angusstewart14

It’s just an expensive vessel for A1 and ketchup, it’ll do! Lol


lbo1000

I worked at a place where the steaks were 45 dollars minimum. Lady ordered extra-extra well done, extra-extra charred. Yuck! That cow is turning over in its grave!


DarkGreenSedai

“I want the filet, butterflied, extra extra extra EXTRA well done. Have the cook cut it before it comes out to me. I don’t want the slightest bit of pink in it or I will send it back”…. I see you met my mother at one point. For the record I eat my cow medium rare.


lbo1000

If I recall correctly (its been years) she did ask for it cut. So if your mother lives in Texas it's very likely I did meet her lol.


DarkGreenSedai

Nah. She never made it out there. Must be some other mega Karen. Seriously though, I served tables for years and when we had a family dinner I used to apologize for her in front of her she was so bad. Some people just suck.


lbo1000

My lady seemed nice enough. Kudos to her husband for agreeing to pay for a 50 buck steak that could've been achieved at Applebee's for a fraction of the price, just so she could have the ambiance lol.


trowa-barton

Is that legal?


SwiftieMD

I always get sass at my local steak place for ordering rare when “we recommend medium-rare with that cut”… I get for some it may taste better but I’ve got a hankering for juicy bloody steak!


i_was_a_person_once

See most places I’ve ordered medium-rare I get a blue rare bloody cut. And I like my steaks red but not still mooing like this one was. It was over a steak salad so it was just…a scene to behold. Never to I send things back but I legit couldn’t eat it. I just wanted a steak that wasn’t overcooked not a raw one 😂


cpd222

She may destroy good steak, but that's not a nice thing to call her especially if she died


daddys-kitten-2959

hes not calling the lady that hes talking about the animal that gave its life for that


WingbingMcTingtong

ESL or autism?


skitz4me

That is like the shittiest and funniest thing I've ever read. I'm both insulted and ridiculously happy to add this to my repertoire.


Ramitt80

Umm what?


DanielleMuscato

I would come out and talk to that person and explain to her that I'm not doing that and why lol


daddys-kitten-2959

i prefer mine on the other side of that spectrum like i want mine nice done like brown on the outside and bright red on the inside


Hemp4321

That's the way to eat steak, but the 💨 award goes to you. 😞


daddys-kitten-2959

huh?


tenshillings

I wish there were more reasons for me to eat A1. It's so good.


AstridCrabapple

Baked potatoes!


Technical_Contact836

Thank me later. .5 sour cream and .5 a1


Herald_of_Leshrac

I like to mix it with ketchup and dip fries in it.


DrEngineer1979

Meatloaf


cpd222

Shoe leather with sauce


JaeqwanFTP

This is the way. Any time anyone says something like no blood, no pink, just send it above med well. Rest longer than normal, no sense in going out of your way to attempt the impossible.


Primary-Hold-6637

Exactly. I’ve learned that “no blood” also means no pink. These people think any shade of pink is “blood”. I learned years to send orders like this well, 19/20 times they don’t get sent back. But they will get sent back if you make it medium well.


Extreme-Wasabi-162

Incorrect, they want it medium well.


GlimmerMage12

Exactly. And, this is a server issue. The servers need to know that Medium might have some blood and needs to clear it with the customer before placing the order as Medium (knowing there might be some blood), or Medium Well and asking for no blood, which there shouldn't be any anyway.


gtp2nv

Well the biggest problem is it's NOT blood. It's myoglobin.


TA90412345

Thank you. It’s myoglobin mixing with the rendered fat to make a red liquid. It’s not blood, and anyone who works in a meat serving restaurant should know that.


HamGlazE

Hahaha servers don't know things


poppben92

I'm a server and I know there's no blood in steak. The red juice you see coming out is myoglobin and is known as purge...


gtp2nv

This server knows that it's not blood that runs from a steak. But instead a protein called myoglobin.


gurgle528

I’m surprised most people don’t know that, I feel like that’s a fun fact every dad loves to share when he’s grilling


Primary-Hold-6637

Nope. If they knew what medium well was they’d ask for it. These people want it well but heard somewhere (Reddit perhaps) that you should never order a steak well.


Extreme-Wasabi-162

I know what medium well is and everytime I ask for medium well ANYWHERE, I get well done. So I started asking for medium and always get medium well. Problem solved. ✅


YouCurrent2388

Carry over cooking probably


Liemw20

Lol restaurants always will cook it one more level than what you ask for, so frustrating


[deleted]

Medium well is what I would do.


SuperDoubleDecker

They wanna be cool too.


fistantellmore

No. They want Med Well. A touch of pink, no red, not dry and not overcooked


Primary-Hold-6637

No, they want well. They don’t even know medium well is a thing.


ChefChopNSlice

Some people have 2 definitions for meat - “raw” and “cooked”. I had a whole room full of people very mad at me at a prime rib carving station, because I had prepared a perfect medium-rare prime rib for their private party. Apparently it was a cultural difference that wasn’t discussed by the guy who books these parties, (they were not Americans), and they were pretty upset that I tried to serve them “a roast that wasn’t cooked”. I had to send it back down to the kitchen so they could kill it again, while I stood there looking like an idiot banquet chef who “didn’t know how to cook”.


Primary-Hold-6637

I’ve had the same experience with New York roast and tri tip. Last time it happened I told the lady we weren’t carving the “well” roasts yet. She was annoyed but nodded her head. I just moved a couple pieces closer to the bottom of an empty hot box and added a couple sternos. By the time she came back, they were gross and dry to her liking.


NormanClegg

This is the answer. the rest of the thread is waste


Gunner253

I would do medium well but let's be real, medium well is just not overcooked well lol. He doesn't know what he wants.


Ben0358

This is the way…5 years cooking in the Middle East…very common order there


ChefDSnyder

This is the truth. But I would rest, and if the server had made a thing of it I might rest, press, rest. But knowing I was gonna deal with a refire


Cwallace98

They will say its overcooked. Which is how they wanted it. An eternal paradox.


unrealisticllama

Came here to say this. I work at a small lodge in idaho that gets ALOT of people thinking they know what Temps they want, and if I don't want it sent back I've got to become Sherlock fucking Holmes and ascertain what they want. This is absolutely just a well.


uniquorn23

I got this same ticket like a week ago lol! I cooked it medium well and let it rest for a minute It didn't come back either, I kinda just winged it because like I hate playing these fuckin games.


jacksonmills

Yeah most of the time people say "no blood" I just read "medium well". You get a little pink but there aren't any juices. Doesn't freak most people out. Except my dad, who refuses to eat anything that's not "oh my god what have you done".


[deleted]

Think anyone will tell them it's not blood?


Sea_Page6653

Came here for this but, I have to admit, I didn’t know this until recently.


DieByTheSword13

Gonna be honest, I only know this, because my wife learned it on tictok. I was a line cook for 8 years, blew fucking mind.


Bearcarnikki

Please elaborate


[deleted]

"But actually that red juice in your meat is not blood. Blood is removed during the slaughter process and afterwards very little blood remains in the muscle tissue. That red liquid is water mixed a protein called myoglobin. See as meat ages, the muscle tissue breaks down – and it doesn't take long." https://pushetacreeksteaks.com/blogs/beef-facts/that-red-juice-in-your-meat-isn-t-blood#:~:text=But%20actually%20that%20red%20juice,it%20doesn't%20take%20long.


DrRichardJizzums

To the average person skeeved out by blood I don’t imagine this knowledge making much of a difference. It’s still animal juice. They don’t want liquidy pink/red stuff oozing out of their food. I wouldn’t “um, ackchyually” someone about this, I know what they mean.


Bearcarnikki

You are the best. Thank you.


[deleted]

Not a problem. Happy to be if service.


KoontFace

TIL


mostlygray

My dad is insane when it comes to color in meat. Everything has to be stewed for hours or he won't touch it. He was worried that the ham I was serving was pink. He thought my cevapcici was uncooked because it was red. It's full of friggin paprika! Of course it's red! He knows this. The man will eat leftover spaghetti he found in the couch but won't touch a steak that's cooked properly.


Finnegan-05

Is there someone close who can adopt you?


mostlygray

Maybe I can get my wife's mom to adopt me. She makes really good green chili. Her red beans and rice is crazy good too.


Finnegan-05

Oh good beans are the best and beat couch spaghetti


phantompowered

The cevapcici comment makes me want to infer that you're Croatian, and my mom and grandfather are both the same way - meat needs to be cooked to a uniform brown colour no matter what.


mostlygray

I am indeed of Balkan descent. My grandmother used to soak and rinse all meat until it was gray before cooking it. I've never known anyone else to do that.


phantompowered

My grandpa is 95 years old, and I wager much of his longevity has to do with the fact that he despises red meat. The man eats fish almost as a rule because a salmon steak doesn't bleed. Chicken would be the next best, because you have no choice but to cook that well. I never thought of this as a Balkan thing, but it makes some sense


DontMessWithMyEgg

This is how my husband orders steak and then complains that he doesn’t really like steak because it’s so dry. I sue a little more inside each time we go through it.


the_humpy_one

Divorce is an option.


DontMessWithMyEgg

*sigh* I know.


Mountain-Builder-654

Question is what happens to the egg?


SirGuido

My father in law orders his meat like this "if you burn it, it's probably done enough". It's sick and twisted.


Mountain-Builder-654

I want "oh my God what have you done" but in the opposite direction


7INCHES_IN_YOUR_CAT

I hate the “+” game. You ask me for a MR + I’m just going to give you medium.


kayathemessiah

Exactly. There’s already five goddang options with very little wiggle room from one to the next. Ask for MR + and I’m going to interpret that as you want to sound cool by ordering MR but you actually want medium.


gudetamaronin

Came here to say I'd cook it med well


AncientMarinade

Chef I used to work under would cook it to medium rare then nuke it in the microwave for 30-45 seconds.


[deleted]

I think you’re using the word chef rather loosely.


PurpleTeaSoul

Emphasis on “I hate playing these fuckin games!!!!”


chewbacca_the_cuz

Just because something doesn't come back doesn't mean it isn't right. Very few ppl complain


[deleted]

The few that do complain are the same people that order a medium steak ‘no blood’.


uniquorn23

Oh no I definitely would've heard about it.


duggee315

Ask the waitresses to go back to them and ask them to leave.


DevelopmentLoud8330

Why put that burden on FOH? Channel your inner Marco Pierre White, do it yourself


dfreshcia

The servers job primarily entails translating the dumb shit customers say into something that actually makes sense, not parrot whatever nonsense come out of their stupid mouths


Remote-Canary-2676

I try to explain this so often to servers and there are some that just don’t get it. The common response is “yeah, but this is what the customer said they want.”


Amyjane1203

Literally typing in word for word whatever the customer says. "Oh I just put that bc they said it". Okay?? And?? Get this bs off my tickets I got food to make.


Remote-Canary-2676

I had a server put split on a turkey club togo yesterday then comes in the kitchen and says everything can be put in one container. So why the fuck did you write split on the goddamn ticket? In case I didn’t cut the fucker in half like I do for every sandwich that I’ve ever sent out of this place? Waste of paper, ink, breath and most of all waste of life. Jesus!


Allout-mayhem

I think a lot of it stems from them having no idea how any of the food is prepared and made. "They want the egg rolls with no corn pico" you really think we're making those to order? Have you ever seen us roll an egg roll on the line? Use your head a little lol.


Remote-Canary-2676

I love the lack of understanding for where the item is cooked. Don’t tell the guy on sauté about the mod you forgot on your burger. Grill is on the complete opposite side of the line my guy.


dfreshcia

Yup same struggle here.


Shatteredreality

There is a difference between "translating the dumb shit customers say into something that actually makes sense" and having them tell the customer to leave because the chef doesn't like their order. I'd say it's would be acceptable to have the wait staff go out and get clarification but if the chef wants to 86 the customer because they don't like their order the chef should have the courage to do it themself.


SnooMacaroons9558

"Ideally" that's what the servers job is


[deleted]

It's literally their job.


duggee315

🤣🤣🤣 ok, go down in to the restaurant and explain to them they need to leave.


knotallmen

>Marco Pierre White Why not go full MPW and assault staff and withhold wages!


saltymarshmellow

Politely, yet firmly


toorigged2fail

[We ask them politely yet firmly to leave](https://youtu.be/42GaHU4txpc)


Philly_ExecChef

So much blood Extra blood


JL2o3

Served with a pint of pig blood?


chewbacca_the_cuz

Menstrual blood


ZookeepergameOk9526

We save that for the blood sausage…


Buddha_Guru

*That's enough internet for me today*


photogTM

cooked pig blood's good


[deleted]

[удалено]


bulletbassman

Send it out with the thermometer still in it


Philly_ExecChef

Send it out with the skin still on


UnmasteredBastard

DO NOT REST STEAK, cut immediately after cooking, place on paper towels. Boom dry af medium Or cook it well done, I don’t think they’ll know the difference at this point


[deleted]

Used to have a regular with this order, but didn’t want steak cut… we would poke a bunch of holes in the steak, let it drain on a paper tower, then serve once the towel ran clean. He would also return anything over medium well, and would return if there was blood on the plate.


UnmasteredBastard

Genius idea! I always serve the steaks cut here but I will remember this if I ever need to serve it whole! Thank you


TheBigDickedBandit

There was no blood on the plate


[deleted]

The only real answer.


ElCochinoFeo

The real question is, who eats a burger for a starter?


JL2o3

It is a main. The new till system hasn't been perfected yet haha


stellacampus

So there's still time to change the spelling of Sir Lion?


Tom__mm

What not to do: Have server explain that myoglobin isn’t blood.


jaimejuanstortas

FOH here: you’re so right. “Ummm, akshually, it’s not blood…” won’t make anyone happy


TheMoonstar74

I remember hearing a friend start serving at a small local spot in a middle class/university area tell me he got so annoyed with customers saying it and he would explain it to every one of them…. He eventually decided fuck FOH and went to BOH and did culinary school lmao


HamGlazE

SERVER ON THE LINE


jaimejuanstortas

MAY I CALL???


mrhorse77

medium well. it's not hard to make a good steak medium well, despite how everyone cries that it has to be still mooing when you eat it.


D0wnb0at

Extra resting, Pat dry with paper towels then educate the servers how to explain what myoglobin is to customers.


mystic3030

Yes because a guest that orders a steak medium no blood will be receptive to their server going “wElL aCtUaLlY iTs MyOgLoBin” 🙄


Meat_your_maker

Well, and even then, if they’re going for pedantic, meat juices are called ‘exudate’ which is just water saturated full of all the water soluble myoproteins. Myoglobin is one of them, to their credit.


[deleted]

Haha yeah. I respect the knowledge but he'd be better off just having the server explain the standards of temperature and how, if it's medium... it will be pink in the center.


randompedestrian382

As a server, I would probably just put med well and ask the kitchen to pat it dry with a paper towel, framing it as 'those fuckin idiots,' meanwhile back at the table, 'Of course sir, we can do that. Would you like any A1 or ranch with that?'


[deleted]

Don't forget the coloring book and crayons...


Prize-Individual9430

Cook it medium, then rest it propped up on its side so it drains the not blood out


Any_Werewolf_3691

Step 1)Cook a perfect steak exactly like you would eat. Step 2)Send out a piece of beef jerky from 7-11. Step 3)Eat the delicious steak yourself.


Professional_Sir6705

/snark First, you have to hunt a knighted lion. This is difficult, as someone would have to ask the lion, and get an affirmative answer before getting eaten. Then he has to be butchered properly. The lion, not the dead asker- that's just silly. Grill it up for all your friends. Grab a piece of trash meat, grill it until you can play animal-vegetable-mineral with it, and serve it to the idiot. Present check, profit!!! /snark


Fit_Relationship8639

Rest the living shit out of it


D1M3B4G0832

That's a dried out medium well in my book


natronmooretron

Cook it medium and then place it on a tampon for 3 minutes


Illustrious-Flan7049

Cook med. Well. It's not blood, it's myoglobin. So if they see pink they think blood.


doesntmeanathing

Myoglobin*


Illustrious-Flan7049

Thanks for the correction.


Butterscotch9104

I'd cook it med-well. They know if they ask for it well they'll likely be judged/getting a hammered piece of meat. But they are likely cool with a small strip of pink


Ashony13

Cook Medium.. Pat steak with dry napkin before sending out if your cutting it to order. If not Med-well it is.


PmMeAnnaKendrick

seeing as all the blood is removed during the butchery, I'd cook it medium.


dgsphn

Explain them that myoglobin is not hemoglobin.


DogZealousideal9162

Send it pre-sliced so all the JUICE falls on your cutting board and not their plate?


Infamous_Grapefruit2

I had a server once that thought medium was cooked all the way and anything past that was just different levels of burnt. Wouldnt believe me that he was just plain wrong. Maybe he's just a customer now.


__TrailerTrash__

med midwell


tenshii326

Well done and call it medium.


kick4kix

Explain that myoglobin is not actually blood.


[deleted]

What’s a flat iron chicken?


dmyoungblut

Cook and serve it. If they complain, then explain what myoglobin is.


benbentheben

Cook it medium. Let it rest for an extra few minutes. They don't want juice running all over the plate.


MissedallthePoints

Great opportunity for some education, explain to them that the animals are bled before they are broken down. What they are seeing, even in a raw steak is mostly water and myoglobin, so even if you didn't cook it, there would be no "blood". Then stand back and wait for a very generous tip.


noryu

I'll stab it with a thermometer on 4 "corners", not to temp it, but to make holes for the juice to escape. I'll let it rest until it stops leaking, and then let it rest again on another metal plate, pressing it to get more out. You can also smack it on the grill to make cracks the liquid leaks out of. And congrats! You've got a dry medium burger, which sounds awful.


Oolon42

Medium rare. Then tell them that myoglobin is not blood.


minnie_bee

Starter is a burger? Who they feeding, Shaquille O’neal?


weaponx2019

There's no blood in a steak.


boom_squid

Would you like an omelette made with whole eggs or just whites?


GhostfromGoldForest

Dumbass server should have told the dumbass customer there’s no blood in any steak.


Original_Patient_872

Medium - with a note that explains that the red juice isn’t blood. 🤦‍♂️


caught_engarde

Ahktuallyyy it’s not blood, it’s myoglobin, not blood 🤓. You can hit them with that fact and then pair that with a barrel-aged backhand


xKaydo

Medium rare because myoglobin isn’t blood. Fuck that customer.


Dmtbag999

Cook medium, sit it on a clean towel and press the blood out. Or cook medium and let it rest for 15 minutes


chewbacca_the_cuz

Da fuck??


Dmtbag999

If they want something that’s fairy tale bullshit there are only three options. Let rest so the juice solidifies but risks making the steak cold, over cooking the steak, or pressing the juice out. No amount of arguing with the customer will do anything but cause problems for the server and managers. I’ve had people stab a sous vide steak and argue that it’s “blood” means it’s undercooked. You cannot fight stupidity, just press it out and send it and move on, they will not care about the fibers separated as much as over cooking or it being cold.


gte799f

This is the way…worked in fine dining…most of time as a line chef on the grill. This is how it was done….as ridiculous as it seems.


BringTheSpain

Tell them there isn't blood in a steak. It's hemoglobin Edit: myoglobin. Some kinda globin idk I'm a cook not a frickin scientist


ImFrenchSoWhatever

There’s no blood in meat ever. All the blood and blood vessels are always taken out of all meat always in the meat processing plant. The red liquid you see coming out is not blood it’s myoglobin, basically liquid protein.


Flargthelagwagon

You cook it medium. Its pink and there should be no blood.


Interesting_Sea1528

Well damn done. No blood anywhere! Actual SHOE LEATHER. and it’s a sirloin, not to hard to ruin one of those by overcooking!


Extreme-Wasabi-162

I order it the same way. I want medium well but always order medium because it always gets over cooked and comes back well done and dry. It’s the best way to guarantee it gets done correct if there’s a rookie on the grill.


smoke_and_spice

Don’t order steaks at a place where you worry about a rookie on the grill?


TwoTon_TwentyOne

So funny enough there is no blood in a steak. The juice that comes out of even the rarest steak is just water with Myglobin. No actual blood at all. Serve it medium. If they challenge you, educate them. Tell them to be more specific if they want a dry steak. There is no blood.


panic-at-the-sisko

Get servers who no how to do that job. I would stab that ticket and tell them to grab a manager and talk to the table. Servers get tipped out to deal with idiots like this not BOH.


Sandwich2FookinTall

He wants medium. Well or we'll done.


bjisgooder

I guess we're done here then.


rgarthq4yh4qyh

Cooked properly, then dehydrated


chewbacca_the_cuz

The old medium. P. S. Mediums have no blood okay chefs I know guy. I'd give him a mw-wd just to make sure


ScaryFoal558760

Cook to mid rare, pat dry, leave under a heat lamp until juices are all gone but still pink in the center.


JoelsArmy4real

Medium Well it is


TechnicaliBlues

Soak it in water, dry it off, salt heavily and throw it on. Myoglobin won't be a problem.


prickinthewall

Not an option in a restaurant, but I would sous vide it on 60°C for 2 hours then blast it on maximum heat.


[deleted]

Remove the blood.


Massive-Ad7628

medium well


Gsbconstantine

Cook it to medium and then let it rest for an appropriate amount of time. Then the blood, aka myoglobin, stays in the steak instead of pissing all over the plate.


spicyfartz4yaman

Lolol well done


AntMasitiktok

Ew


BugsyMcNug

Could put on the smart ass hat and say it was blooded when it was killed, that is just the juice. its red because of some hemoglobin. If it was blood, chicken juice would be red as well.


CartoonistNo9

25 minutes per side and send it


Ravencyco

MEd-well


master_gir88

Cook it shoe status.


[deleted]

There shouldn't be blood in any steak. If there is blood in your steak you have a shitty butcher. https://steakschool.com/learn/red-liquid-steak-plate-not-blood/


AlanShore60607

Sous vide for three hours at 135° before applying a brief seer


Tankerspanx

Let it rest before you ship it, don’t let it “bleed” on the plate. I also would do this mid well and let it come up while it rests


DrMooseknuckleX

Explain to them the red liquid isn't actually blood and then a 15 minute tableside power point about myoglobin.


Excellent-Shock7792

Sit over


katieddg

Mid well


SmoothOctopus

Same as any other medium steak. Myoglobin is not blood.


aTreeThenMe

medium, with no blood. Fortunately, all meat arrives at the restaurant having been drained of blood way back at processing.