Why in the world do people use steak sauce?

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TheSlamma

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Rubycon

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Originally posted by: Darthvoy
I like my stakes medium, but I use A1 to cover up the taste of blood.


Do you lick the blood dripping off the stake after the kill? :laugh:
 

Howard

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Originally posted by: TheSlamma
Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: TheSlamma
Originally posted by: Howard
Originally posted by: TheSlamma
Originally posted by: Sketcher
but there's a time and place for good sauce.

When the cook sucks at the BBQ
BBQ???

Bar B Que
The Barbie
You do realize there is a difference between BBQ and grilling?
Get over yourself
You're the purist snob, not me.
 

sdifox

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Steak should be cooked on cast iron grill, on top of red hot hard wood charcoal with a touch of salt. Some people like chimi churri and it's fine if you use a little and not drown the steak in it. I am a medium rare kind of guy. In fact, I just had rib steak yesterday cooked in my trusty cast iron charcoal grill. The big ass propane grill (4 burner) is for feeding other people, not for me :)
 

LegendKiller

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I have had everything from a 10 "cheap" steak to a 60 filet at higher-end places. I always get Rare - med/rare. I almost always use steak sauce, just a bit, as a compliment to the flavor. Everything compliments each other, a good sauce compliments a good steak. One thing I always chuckle about is how they put sauce *on* the steak, when everybody has a hissy about regular steak sauce "OHH NOES!".

People are too snobbish about this.
 

Excelsior

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Originally posted by: dullard
Because spices IMPROVE even the best steak prepared by the best chef in the best possible cooking method.

True, there are many bad steak sauces. But a good kick of spice helps steak. I perfer my steak sauces to be basically a dry rub, but the amount of moisure in a sauce doesn't affect my point.

Sauce != dry rub...but I agree, I like some spcices/dry rub on my steaks.


Not sauce though.
 

magomago

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i don't like steak sauce...I'd prefer to put spices in it instead...

although I'm sure this part will cause many to barf: but I like well done steak...I can never get meyself to eat anything other than 100% cooked steak.
 

Howard

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Originally posted by: magomago
i don't like steak sauce...I'd prefer to put spices in it instead...

although I'm sure this part will cause many to barf: but I like well done steak...I can never get meyself to eat anything other than 100% cooked steak.
Well, you can save money that way, at least.
 

FlashG

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A conglomeration of Lee and Perrins Worcestershire Sauce and a liberal dose of catsup + burnt dead cow = yum. It gets even better when you add a mixture of green peas and diced tomatoes.
 

rise

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if you're eating steak that actually needs steak sauce, your $$ is better invested in a good hamburger.