I worked at Outback for several years and I learned very quickly that Outback's medium rare is everywhere else's rare. When I go to Outback I order medium rare - everywhere else I order it rare.

Also, if you're putting steak sauce on your steak you are ruining it - especially at Outback.

I have noticed this. Most places go the other extreme and overcook a medium rare, but Outback seems to make it a little undercooked, which is fine by me.

I never understood the purpose of steak sauce. Is it because people don't like the taste of the steak alone? I mean, if you get a little pepper in there at the bare minimum, it's set.

I don't get the whole sauce scene. I personally find A1 absolutely repulsive. ;_;

But... it's A1 ;_;

I like my steaks medium, since that's how my dad always cooked them growing up. I can't really stomach rare, as many man-points as I'll lose for that. I like my steak with a warm light pink inside with lots of A1 and/or Heinz 57 (mixing the two is divine).

And on the side, gotta have the baked potato, and usually a salad to go with it.

Same. Though I usually have mine medium-rare instead of medium, and with BBQ sauce instead of A1.

God, my brother cooks the most gorgeous-looking steaks I've ever seen. Rare as you can possibly get, with a beautiful bernaise sauce made up with a bit of red wine with a side-order of fried baby mushrooms. I've heard bloody good reviews on it (I've never actually eaten steak but when he first made that I was so tempted to throw the whole vegetarian act out of the window).

I wish my father were still alive, his steaks were the greatest. it makes the Keg look like a greasy spoon the way he used to

Exactly Alice. I could hardly even cut through the center of mine because of how uncooked/frozen it was. Not sure if a mistake was made or some people like it that way. I'd probably try eating it near-raw if not for health concerns. Haha, I get a savage craving for steak when I watch lions on the Discovery Channel.

I love Worcestershire and A1 sauce. Unlike stupid shit like ketchup it brings out and adds to the flavor instead of covering it. Of course, you have to actually like the flavor it adds. For me it's a good difference for your normal everyday steak once in a while, though I'd never put it on anything like an Outback steak.

Well... You're not exactly supposed to douse your steak in A1 sauce either. You only use it as a very lightly used dipping sauce. If you prepare a steak right, you can cut it with a butter knife and very well eat it as it is. But A1 sauce tastes very good as a companion to the steak.

Man... I want a steak now.

The only time I ever eat steak is when I go to this place called Green Field Churrascaria. I normally ask for the well-done bits of steak. I'll eat it if it's a little pink, though. I just eat it the way they serve it - I don't add any sauce or anything.

Hey, any of you guys ever been to Black Angus? Ever since I was little and seeing the commercials I wanted to eat there. Never did get the chance... ;(

I like it pretty rare myself, but unfortunately not everyone knows what rare really is. This, and it's illegal to serve rare steak (or anything) in a resteraunt in Oregon, or so I'm told. An odd law, but I suppose it stops idiots from sending people ecoli or whatever diseases people get from meat.

And of course traditionally raw meat-dishes are the exception (sushi).

Don't forget steak tartare.

For me, though, nothing beats a nice medium filet mignon. It's just perfect.

Never heard of Black Angus. I would go for a steak anywhere about now though.

I wish I could find this sauce I used to put on steaks. It was really spicy, but tasted great on a steak.

There's more japanese wannabes then anything here, so I thought the sushi example was more relevant.

Also I want to eat at Black Angus, just like OO, from watching the comercials but being so poor I never went or will go (cause do they even exist anymore?)

When I lived in California and Nevada I'd always see the commercials. At least ten years. Same guy the whole time, talking steak trash by his fireside. At the end of the commercial it'd show his animated (more like an outline of a man crouched near a fire) form do something different, like get burned by the fire. He was like a tough guy cowboy. MOUNTAIN FUDGE CAKE

You had me right up until the ketchup, than it went down the shitter pretty fast.

I like mine medium, with maybe some A1 or HP sauce but only as a tasteful garnish, no overpowering the meat.

If you have to put ketchup on a steak, you're not eating the right cut of meat.

I was not condoning the use of ketchup, I was saying the whole thing looked good until the mention of it. I hate ketchup when it's out of place, like on eggs or steak.

I was actually just agreeing with you there, man.

before i gave up eating red meat, i would always order mine well done.

Can you really call it red meat when you have it cooked well done?

That was the first sign of him not really appreciating a good piece of meat. I mean, hell, if I eat burnt pizza it won't be so hard to let go of it completely one day.

That's not a "he". There's a reason why "she" can't eat raw steak LIKE A MAN.

Shit man, you never know nowadays. The fucking kitten didn't even make me reconsider my natural assumption of her being male... This board is full of freaks.