How Do You LikeYour Meat?

Yesterday, the Chicago Tribune ran an article about how people like their steaks cooked. For a source, they used Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse & Bar in downtown Chicago. They based the numbers on 80,522 steak orders. Of them:

3% Rare
31% Medium-rare
49% Medium
14% Medium-well
3% Well-done

I used to like mine done rare, but as I get older, I prefer Medium-rare.

I have a favorite place around here where I like to get a steak called Freddie's Roadhouse. On Mondays they have a special on a 10 ounce NY strip for $5.99. That's a great deal. Throw in two big scoops of mashed potatoes for 99 cents and an order of mushrooms for 50 cents and you've got a pretty good meal. However, their cooks are notorious for overcooking them, so I order it rare and hope for at least medium.

There is a story that in some parts of the South you can order your steak "Shermanized" which means it is essentially burnt. Some people just don't get over things!!  Some folks can't forget the Civil war, but Sherman and his hordes sure did burn a lot of Georgia back in 1864.

Gettin' Hungry Now for Some Reason. --RoadDog