# My DIL hates searing food

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**Created:** [August 16, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dil-hates-searing-food/838722 "2019-08-16T02:11:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dil-hates-searing-food/838722/61 "2019-08-21T10:55:38Z")

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I had chicken sashimi when I first lived in Japan. I thought they were joking and seeing how far they could get the dumb gaijin to do stupid things.

It was nothing to write home about. Once in a lifetime is enough.

The advantage of having a terrible cook for a mother is that I’ve eaten enough tasteless food that if my relatives were to cook something not up to my standards then I could manage to eat it.

It’s not like the OP is having to eat there daily.

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dil-hates-searing-food/838722/62 "2019-08-21T11:29:21Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> Wait, you sear a steak before you put it on the grill? WHY? Steaks shouldn’t be brown! They should be pink and juicy!

If I’m making them on the grill, then the grill marks count as a sear. However, like hamburgers, I prefer my steaks on a flat cooking surface for maximum sear. And, yes, pink in the middle. (I actually do something called a reverse sear with steaks, where I bring them slowly up to about 115 internal and finish on a blazing hot pan or grill.)

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2019, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dil-hates-searing-food/838722/63 "2019-08-21T15:45:35Z")

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> [@Guinastasia](#):
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> Wait, you sear a steak before you put it on the grill? WHY? Steaks shouldn’t be brown! They should be pink and juicy!

If your steaks are brown inside after searing, you are doing it wrong.

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**Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dil-hates-searing-food/838722/64 "2019-08-22T01:08:49Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> If I’m making them on the grill, then the grill marks count as a sear. However, like hamburgers, I prefer my steaks on a flat cooking surface for maximum sear. And, yes, pink in the middle. (I actually do something called a reverse sear with steaks, where I bring them slowly up to about 115 internal and finish on a blazing hot pan or grill.)

Well, it seems like the OP is talking about browning steaks before he puts them on the grill. I hope not!

And I like my burgers slightly pink in the middle too. (Not TOO much, just a bit)

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**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dil-hates-searing-food/838722/65 "2019-08-23T02:46:42Z")

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> [@pulykamell](#):
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> Yeah, to me, the essence of a great hamburger is in a good sear. I actually prefer my burgers cooked on a flattop/pan instead of a grill for this reason. I mean, I’ll eat it however, but when I make it, it’s full heat, smashed down, seared with a nice crisp brown crust.

I came across this photo which I think is a good illustration:

[https://old.reddit.com/r/food/comments/cu6g61/homemade\_western\_bbq\_cheeseburger/](https://old.reddit.com/r/food/comments/cu6g61/homemade_western_bbq_cheeseburger/)

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