Just out of interest

[mrsflibble]

Are my hubby and I the only people on the planet who like lamb and duck to NOT be pink in the middle? I wouldn't go so far as to say "well done" as a description 'cos to me that denotes something overcooked and leathery... but I like it just cooked in the middle.
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[Millymollymandy]

Can't stand any raw meat - which is what pink in the middle is to me. Isn't undercooked pink duck dangerous though like pink chicken?

[Clara]

I´m afraid I´m in complete disagreement with you

On the rare occasions I eat meat, I have to indulge the primitive carnivore in me!!! I want it rare, show it a flame and stick it on the plate

[Martin]

I'm of the "meat should be cooked" persuasion, and get sick and fed up to the back teeth with snobbish restaurateurs who turn their noses up should you dare to ask for a well-done steak!
I somehow manage to cook a steak relatively slowly until it is cooked all the way through, and is succulent and delicious - why can't the so called bally "experts"?
It all goes with the "uncooked vegetable" syndrome...........I've even been served potatoes that are still uncooked..
Nice leg of lamb, roasted until it falls off the bone...............scrumptious!

[mrsflibble]

Can't stand any raw meat - which is what pink in the middle is to me. Isn't undercooked pink duck dangerous though like pink chicken?

no, Duck is Game and doesn't carry the same parasites etc in its alimentary system as chickens do.


and I love cows rare, just not duck or lamb. seems that every cookbook/recipe/tv chef wants people to eat iduck and lamb rare.

[Cheezy]

For me the meat has to be rare, in fact nothing that a good vet can't get back on it's feet
Steak tartar...no problem, and yes you arrogent French waiter I know its raw meat


Having said that it really depends on the cut, the animal etc. If it's a tough cut , then there is nothing like a nice slow cooked bit of meat falling off the bone/to pieces.
Chicken obviosly has to be cooked until the juices run clear.

[Millymollymandy]

Can I also add to the list half cooked egg and fish? Both make me want to barf!

[mrsflibble]

fish I can't stand raw or rare, eggs I like the yolk runny but i don't like the white snotty.

[red]

I'm with you mrsF - I like my beef pink, but lamb and duck brown.

[womble]

it has to be fully cooked for me, i'm always telling my family that they can get worms from eating undercooked beef and pork - yuck


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[Thomzo]

I don't really mind either way as long as it's not leathery. A good cut of steak can take either treatment. A poor one will need to be slow cooked.

Cook chicken, turkey and pork well though. Don't try to eat them with blood showing or you will get nasty lurgies.

Zoe

[Millymollymandy]

A good cut of steak can take either treatment.
Zoe

I do wish someone would tell that to the French - they blame their lousy tough as old boot leather steak on the fact that I asked for it well done (french style, that means medium in English). Decent steak will be tender however you cook it!