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Pale looking rare steak

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  • 25-05-2013 12:11pm
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    HighWire
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    Ordered a rare steak in a restaurant.
    Was tender and tasted nice.
    Only thing that bothered me was it wasn't really really pink, more anemic looking.
    Just wondering if anyone has seen similar and any ideas why?


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    pastorbarrett
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    HighWire wrote: »
    Ordered a rare steak in a restaurant.
    Was tender and tasted nice.
    Only thing that bothered me was it wasn't really really pink, more anemic looking.
    Just wondering if anyone has seen similar and any ideas why?

    My guess would be the meat was well aged.


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    the beer revolu
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    meridiangroup wrote: »
    My guess would be the meat was well aged.

    Funnily enough, my guess would be that it was either very young beef or wasn't aged very well - or both.
    I once bought an organic rib roast in England and was a bit concerned by the paleness of the meat but it was really delicious.


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    livinsane
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    I'd agree the meat was probably young. If the animal was fed predominantly on milk, the meat will be very pale.


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    Mellor
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    meridiangroup wrote: »
    My guess would be the meat was well aged.
    I'd agree with the beer revolu, that it wasn't aged or was young.
    Well aged meat tend to be darker


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    Honey-ec
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    Was possible it could have been frozen at some stage too, a lot of the blood tends to be lost during the thawing process.

    It wasn't Chateaubriand, by any chance?


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