# Do you prefer steak or lobster? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100 "2018-01-21T03:15:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZacharyMyers24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/779978/32.png) [@ZacharyMyers24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZacharyMyers24)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/1 "2018-01-21T03:15:20Z")
In your opinion? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/2 "2018-01-21T03:34:44Z")
Steak! Don’t need no giant sea bugs. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/3 "2018-01-21T03:36:13Z")
A really good steak is a thing of beauty, but it has to be really, really good. A mediocre steak is easily beat by a mediocre lobster. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/4 "2018-01-21T03:36:32Z")
Steak. But I do like lobster a lot too. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/5 "2018-01-21T03:39:23Z")
Lobster by a mile. I don’t hate steak but it’s a take-it-or-leave-it thing for me. Seafood, on the other hand, I love. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/6 "2018-01-21T03:43:08Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > Steak! > > Don’t need no giant sea bugs. [Jim Gaffigan](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD8I7Hf0eeI) on Seafood. He starts with lobster so no waiting. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/7 "2018-01-21T03:48:55Z")
Lasagna. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/8 "2018-01-21T03:51:35Z")
Lobster - but probably because it is less common, especially out here on the left coast. Also because that was our special birthday meal when growing up. But steak is pretty fine also. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/9 "2018-01-21T03:51:47Z")
Steak. (Although pizza rules.) ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/10 "2018-01-21T04:06:43Z")
a dry aged ribeye grilled to a perfect medium rare… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/11 "2018-01-21T04:27:55Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > A really good steak is a thing of beauty, but it has to be really, really good. A mediocre steak is easily beat by a mediocre lobster. Pretty much this for me. I’ll take the best steak over the best lobster, but if the steak is less than tops, gimmee lobster. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/12 "2018-01-21T04:35:11Z")
A decent steak (to be cooked at home) will cost upwards of $40 per kg here in Aus. A _good_ steak considerably more. Lobster will set you back around $80-$100 per kg. I like both, but I’ve had far more steaks than I’ve had lobsters. So right now, I’ll order a porterhouse steak please, medium rare, with a lobster side. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/13 "2018-01-21T04:57:38Z")
Moooooeved to CS. (cuz my answer is steak, see?) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/14 "2018-01-21T05:04:05Z")
I love me some giant seabugs, I like the little ones too. And them special freshwater \*ones cooked in Louisiana! \*(Craw fish) ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/15 "2018-01-21T05:13:57Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I love me some giant seabugs, I like the little ones too. And them special freshwater \*ones cooked in Louisiana! > \*(Craw fish) You mean river sewage bugs? ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/16 "2018-01-21T05:16:54Z")
Steak vs. Lobster, I’d take the steak. Steak vs. Crab, though, is a harder choice. Crab beats Lobster in my book. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/17 "2018-01-21T05:22:20Z")
Steak, while I like most seafood, I find lobster to be too overrated. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/18 "2018-01-21T05:29:18Z")
Since the lobster might actually kill me, I’m gonna have to go with steak every time. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/19 "2018-01-21T05:52:02Z")
I loved lobster. Until I became allergic to it in my early 30’s. Boo, allergies. :mad: So I must nowadays prefer steak, because I also prefer not having my throat close up. Stupid allergies, grumble, grumble. ---
**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100/20 "2018-01-21T06:04:23Z")
I’ll take average lobster over average steak. But a really tender steak ( with my fav sides) is a festival. Big steak BBQbaked beans 1lb thick cut bacon Baked potato loaded Corn Cheesey broccoli Garlic bread Crown and Coke (mixed for flavor, not buzz) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-prefer-steak-or-lobster/807100.md?page=2)