"R Reid" > wrote in message
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>I am new to cooking in a way LOL I am 24 just getting my own place.
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> Like a lot of people I like my steaks now and then.
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> Is there a way to make them tender when cooking or whats the best piece
> to buy in the food stores?
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> Thanks for helping a "young lady" learn things from experienced people.
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> I will try to come back here or feel free to email:
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> RACHEL 
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Lemme make a suggestion to ya.
You can find any amount of websites that can give you the various cuts of
meats and how to cook them. I have several of them as well.
Take a look at some of the various cuts of steaks and what you actually want
to cook. Then buy a bunch of them,
For example, buy a whole tenderloin. Cut it up into equal sized pieces(take
off the silver skin however, it does not melt under heat and makes a steak
tough) . Try a bunch of different things to each piece-marinating, grilling,
deep-frying, skillet frying, etc. Use different coatings, flour, herbs, s&p,
etc. Keep a record of what, how, where, etc.
Use 3 or 4 pieces to cook-rare, medium, well, etc. Record your progress.
Expensive? Yes, at first. In the long run-not hardly. Once you have a cut of
steak down and a process down, you can tweak it till it's perfect. Some
folks don't like my medium-rare T-Bone with only s&p, so be it. Can't tell
you how many folks want onion/garlic powder on it-ruins the taste in my
opinion.
Everyone has their own idea of the perfect steak; the perfect cut, the
perfect way to cook it. And everyone has screwed it up once of twice-even if
they don't admit it.
Experiment on you own.
As far as I am concerned, if you want a T-Bone well done, eat London Broil.
I love London Broil-when it's 2 for 1 and I need stew meat, but that's the
only use I have for it. <And no, it's a cooking method-not a cut>
A seven-bone(that's what they call it here) steak is a chuck steak. It is a
rather tasty steak and it is cheap. But there is not a lot of meat on it.
Maybe you want to start with something like that?