False Facts About Steak Everyone Actually Believes

You may know how to cook the perfect steak, but there's still a good chance you believe at least some of the most pervasive steak-cooking myths out there. These are the common myths about steak that are actually false.

One aspect of eating a steak that can really turn some non-red meat-lovers off is the pinkish-red liquid that oozes out of a juicy steak. It can be unsettling, because, yes, it does kind of look like blood. In fact, we often call a very rare steak "bloody."

However, you won't find blood even in the rarest of steaks. The liquid coming out of a cooked steak is actually called myoglobin, and it's a protein in animal tissue. Myoglobin serves to deliver oxygen to the muscles of an animal. Luckily for every steak-lover out there, it's safe to eat and doesn't have anything to do with blood. The myoglobin in a steak will darken as it's cooked, which is why a rare steak looks a lot "bloodier" than a more well-done steak. All that juiciness is part of what makes a well-cooked steak so enjoyable, so embrace it.

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That's not blood | 0:00
Rarely a problem | 0:56
To salt or not? | 1:40
Flipping the flip myth | 2:28
Stick a fork in it? | 3:23
A fillet is the only way | 4:08
Butter is always better | 4:55
Searing "locks in" the juices | 5:33
Never use sauce | 6:13

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