How to determine the degree of doneness of meat: the practice of world chefs
Not everyone has the secret knowledge of being able to determine the degree of doneness of meat by touch.
Raw or Blue rare meat is cooked only on the outside and only slightly heated on the inside. This means it is still raw but no longer cold.
You can determine that this is exactly the kind of steak you have in front of you by completely relaxing your hand and joining your thumb and index finger. Press the index finger of your other hand on the area between your thumb and the base of your palm. You will experience the same sensations if you touch raw meat.
Rare meat is a steak that is fried on the outside and red on the inside. To understand that you have rare meat, you need to act by analogy, but this time you need to squeeze your thumb and index finger.
Medium Rare meat is cooked to the point where there is no blood and the juice is a distinct pink color.
You can tell if a steak is rare by touch – it will feel like the muscle between your clenched thumb and middle finger.
Medium rare steak, or Medium, is a medium-rare steak that can be recognized by the light pink juice inside.
It feels like the area between the thumb and the base of the palm, with the thumb and ring finger pressed together.
Finally, there is almost no juice to be found in a well-done steak. Well-done meat is very tough, about the same as the same area of the palm when the thumb and little finger are pressed together.
