Testing For Doneness

There are a couple of ways to test for doneness WITHOUT a meat thermometer:

1. Turn your palm up, spreading fingers far apart, then:

~ Press the center of your palm - this is how a Medium to Well-Done steak should feel

~ Below your index finger - feels like a Medium steak

~ Below your thumb - feels like Medium-Rare steak

~ Beneath your little finger - feels like Rare steak


2. To test for doneness, press the meat with your finger:

~ Rare meat will be soft and wobbly

~ Medium will have a springy firmness

~ Well-Done will feel very firm and unyielding

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