Some people think that it is better to eat steak as raw as possible, mainly because the meat quality of beef and mutton itself is very tender. Just coat black pepper and salt on the surface of steak to make the food tasty, and fry the surface of beef and mutton until it fades. The tender the beef and mutton inside, the more delicious it tastes, and the more you can eat the quality of steak. However, some people think that eating only medium-rare or medium-rare steak is a bit too much. People in China love to eat well-done ingredients, but it is really unacceptable to eat undercooked steak.
In fact, the pink fleshy ground of beef and mutton, the red liquid that oozes when beef and mutton are lightly pressed, is not beef blood, but "troponin". This is an ingredient to keep beef and mutton fresh and tender. When we gently squeeze beef, troponin oozes from the chemical fibers of beef and mutton. Without this troponin, the taste of beef and mutton will be affected. Why is this red liquid definitely not cow blood? Because troponin is not easy to coagulate after leaving beef and mutton, bovine blood will coagulate.
It is precisely because of the statement that "troponin is the standard for detecting beef" that many people think that steak should be eaten raw, not medium-rare, not medium-rare, at least medium-rare. In fact, professionals who really understand steak have made it clear that it is right to eat a piece of steak, hone its quality and cook's cooking skills, and choose a well-done steak.
Well-done steak will be a little old, but this is the quality of beef and mutton, but how good the chef's cooking is. If you can fry a steak until it is fully cooked, the taste and fragrance of beef still exist, the amount of black pepper and salt is just right, and the beef and mutton are still tender and refreshing, which shows that this steak house is a high-grade steak house, and the beef and mutton used are of high quality and the slow cooking work is quite good. The chef's cooking is admirable.
Then why do western diners still like to eat tender steak? This can be traced back to the time when the special thermometer for restaurant kitchen was just invented. Before that, we all ate well-done steak. When we invented the special thermometer for restaurant kitchen, we found that the taste of steak would show completely different tastes at different temperatures and different types of frying time. Even if the taste is very different, the more raw beef and mutton, the more tender it is. Therefore, everyone's taste has gradually changed, and they like delicious and raw steak.
Although most western countries like to eat raw beef and mutton, or even eat raw beef and mutton directly, more professional food experts will choose to eat well-done steak, because that is the best way to hone beef and chefs. Well-done steak is ready-made, so whether it is medium-cooked or medium-cooked, it is the top grade. Then why is it okay for Europeans to eat well-done steak, and China people will be teased for eating well-done steak?
Mainly because the general style of eating steak spreads a kind of information content, thinking that eating raw steak is popular and that eating raw steak will show it. Many posts about steak will mention that the steak should be medium-rare or medium-rare, and the level of troponin exudation is the best. Some people even think that if you go to a steak house and order a well-done steak, the chef will be passive and unable to do it.
In fact, this statement is very unreasonable. As a chef, you can make a well-done steak delicious, tender and juicy, which shows that your cooking is very high and the quality of the steak is also very high. If you can't do it passively, it means that the chef's cooking skill is not very high and he is not based on the spiritual essence of the customer, which is very undesirable. Besides, everyone has different tastes. Some people like to eat chewy beef and mutton, but they don't like raw beef and mutton. They are also customers, and should not have such a neglected mentality.
Back in China, China's understanding of steak is not comprehensive, and the quality of steak shops in the streets is uneven, so there is no guide to eating steak to teach us how to eat steak and how to order steak. I suggest that you don't have to worry about eating well-done steak, just find your favorite raw steak, and you will be happy when you eat delicious steak. That's all that matters.