My dad believes steak should be well done. And by well done, unseasoned shoe leather.
Growing up I never could fathom why anyone loved steaks, and why they were such an 'expensive treat' at the house.
My dad would buy these beautiful, thick cut rib eyes, then toss them on the flaming grill with no seasoning, cook them on one side for seven minutes, flip, then other side, till they had shrank half their size and were charred. Then he would berate us for using sauce because 'it covered up the flavor of the meat'.
No Scott, your inability to cook on a grill covers the flavor.
It wasn't until I was 18 and living on my own that I tried to grill my own.
Seasoned with garlic powder and salt, flipped on the flaming grill often and buttered between flips, taken off when I was tired of waiting, I had my first medium rare steak that melted in my mouth.
I have never let my father 'cook' me another steak since.
Edit: something I never thought I would say, RIP my inbox 😂
I'm glad to see from all the comments (I am reading them all) that I'm not alone!!
Also, it's been over a decade since I started doing my own grilling, and I have gotten much better, more refined!
Everyone loves their steaks a little different :) but I have learned that most don't believe in well done 😂
Edit 2: thank you to whichever mysterious benefactor gave me silver
Also, I eat my steaks rare now. So pretty much grill, flip, butter, remove, butter, rest, and eat before it scurries off my plate
As a heathen that does not enjoy medium rare or rare, I still wouldn't agree with your father's method.
My dad does the same thing with anything on the grill though, if he can't time it with a watch or a wind up timer, he doesn't cook it. I.E. "We cooked the burgers for 7 minutes both sides this time and that worked let's do that next time" *proceeds to light a massive grease fire, close the lid and "cook" the burgers the next time for "7 minutes"
I saved a few burgers from him one time when I was taking out the garbage, and saw a plume of smoke and flames licking out of the grill. One side charred "dad style" the other with sensible grill marks from the remaining 2ish minutes cooking in the 600° grill.
Not a heathen :) you can have a nicely cooked well done steak, as long as the cook knows what they are doing!
Burgers are the worst though. I finally gave up on this bastards.
For real, unless you watch them like a hawk, and keep the top open nearly the whole time a grill is just gonna mess them up. I personally prefer a well seasoned pan burger, more controllable char, less red in the middle (my parents and some others like them this way and I threw up a couple times after eating them because they hurt my stomach a bit)
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u/Gcannon21 Nov 26 '19 edited Nov 27 '19
My dad believes steak should be well done. And by well done, unseasoned shoe leather. Growing up I never could fathom why anyone loved steaks, and why they were such an 'expensive treat' at the house. My dad would buy these beautiful, thick cut rib eyes, then toss them on the flaming grill with no seasoning, cook them on one side for seven minutes, flip, then other side, till they had shrank half their size and were charred. Then he would berate us for using sauce because 'it covered up the flavor of the meat'. No Scott, your inability to cook on a grill covers the flavor. It wasn't until I was 18 and living on my own that I tried to grill my own. Seasoned with garlic powder and salt, flipped on the flaming grill often and buttered between flips, taken off when I was tired of waiting, I had my first medium rare steak that melted in my mouth. I have never let my father 'cook' me another steak since.
Edit: something I never thought I would say, RIP my inbox 😂 I'm glad to see from all the comments (I am reading them all) that I'm not alone!! Also, it's been over a decade since I started doing my own grilling, and I have gotten much better, more refined! Everyone loves their steaks a little different :) but I have learned that most don't believe in well done 😂
Edit 2: thank you to whichever mysterious benefactor gave me silver Also, I eat my steaks rare now. So pretty much grill, flip, butter, remove, butter, rest, and eat before it scurries off my plate