Why I Season My Cutting Board, NOT My Steak

Q: Is that steak raw inside?
A: Nah. It is on the rare side, which is how I like it. One thing I've learned since I started making videos (I'm a radio guy) is that cameras lie, especially about color. You can't trust the colors you see in a video. I can make some tiny tweaks to a filter or a light, and a steak will go from pink to red to gray without actually changing. Keep watching my videos, though, and I'll be able to afford a nicer camera with better color reproduction. I'm shooting on a real cheap DSLR with a kit lens.

Q: Is that steak burned on the outside?
A: Nah, see the above answer. Cameras tend to make dark brown look black. That's one of the reasons why food stylists do crazy stuff like painting food with shoe polish or whatever to make it look brown.

Q: Will this method work with other meats?
A: Yeah, anything you would consider slicing thin before eating.

Q: Why not season the outside of the meat before cooking? Won't that make it taste better?
A: Seasoning the outside right before cooking will definitely result in a salty crust, which can be nice. But with this recipe, I'm going to toss the steak in its own juices, which would redistribute the salt from the crust to the entire surface area of the meat anyway, so there simply isn't any point. And seasoning right before cooking absolutely will not flavor the interior of the meat. Kenji's experiments showed that it takes at least 40 minutes for salt to draw moisture out of raw meat, dissolve into the moisture, and then be reabsorbed. You should try his method sometime, which basically involves seasoning the meat the day before.

Q: Are you sure the pieces are really absorbing the surrounding liquid?
A: I think so! The commercial meat industry refers to this phenomenon as "pick-up." At the same time, though, I'm sure what's also happening is the "sauce" is congealing as it cools and is simply sticking to the surface of each piece. That's a desirable result, too, right? So I figure, who cares how much of either factor is at play?

Q: Didn't you already make a video about this?
A: The first food video I ever made, about a year ago, was a more complicated version of this recipe. I wanted to do it again, now that I'm a little better at making videos. Gonna redo my old roast chicken one, too. June 6.

Q: Will you ever cook any damn vegetables?
A: Yes! I've been waiting for stuff in my garden to ripen before I do a bunch of vegetable recipes.

I actually like to season my mouth, eat the steak raw, and then set myself on fire

I drink boiling hot water and eat the Coffee beans

Despite all the jokes this isn't actually a bad idea. 90% of the seasoning is gone as soon as it hits the pan so, why not?

Do you let the meat rest before cutting it up?

That is over cooked.

I season my pepper and salt and oh boy, I'll tell you... The flavour of those seasonings has been so flavourful.

I seasoned your mom last night

I've basically seen every joke in the book, but I'll be the first comment to say that this was really creative Adam! I've been looking for different ways to cook steak, and I plan to try this one soon. Your logic and thought processes are spot on. The only thing I'd omit is the lemon juice, because I'm not a big fan of acid on steak. Otherwise, good job!

yum look at those micro plastics on that cutting board for seasoning too

I season my knife, cut the steak on my mouth, set my cutting board on fire, and then eat the cutting board..

Why I season my ass, not my food

this, is elon musk

I just love all that Oil on the stove. its so fun to clean and smells great too

This is wrong, everyone knows that the best way to season meat is to season the grass that the cow will eat, this way your meat will be seasoned as a whole in a much tastier way. That's why farmers give their cattle salt to lick

adam you a freak bro

I like to swallow hot charcoal before eating raw steak so it can cook in my stomachs

I season my mouth, eat the steak raw then shove a blowtorch in my mouth.

I usually season the cow and eat it straight from the skin raw.

Americans really cut their steak before serving it like you do with a toddler too young to use a knife?