The Finger Test to Check the Doneness of Meat
If you do not have a temp probe handy here is a quick way to assess how done your steak is. When you press on the top of the steak the meat will give a little. The amount it gives will tell you how done the steak is. You can use your own palm as a reference for this method.
Press your finger into the muscle just to the inside of the thumb on your palm. When your palm is open this should give about as much as a raw steak
Now touch the tip of your thumb to the tip of your first finger. When you press the same spot on your palm you will notice that the tension in the muscle makes the muscle more firm. When you are touching the tip of your first finger this approximates the firmness of a rare steak.
Now repeat with the second finger. This would be the equivalent of a medium rare steak.
Now the third finger is approximately medium.
The fourth and final finger is the stage I call ruined. Others may call it “well done”… :)
April 18th, 2010
Please remove this post from your website. You are violating my copyright.
Thank you for your consideration.
April 18th, 2010
No problem Elise. I had simply posted the pictures as a reference for myself. I had given you credit for the work, made a favorable comment about your site, and linked the post to your site. If you feel that is not enough I’m fine with that as the images are indeed not mine.
Since the post illustrates a common test and there are examples of similar artwork on other sites I assume you are claiming copyright on the words and images only as I could not see where you could claim intellectual property for the method itself. Therefore, have removed the credit, reference, and link to your site and spent 5 minutes taking pictures of my own hand…
Thank you for your time, and sorry to have inconvenienced you.
Enjoy!
April 22nd, 2010
Thanks! Yes, the photos and the exact words were the issue. Thank you for removing them!