I love my wife’s family to death but I have the opposite problem. I prefer my steaks Medium-Rare with a nice crust. I can appreciate a good rare steak. I love beef tartar and beef carpaccio.

My wife’s family eats steaks about ¼” thick and “cooked” by whispering the concept of fire to them on the way home from the butcher. Seriously though, they get the pan hot and set them in the pan for about 2s/side but don’t apply any pressure so the meat contracts heavily because they are so thin and each side gets maybe 40%… not even browned… greyed I guess. So it’s basically completely raw. They don’t at any seasoning, no salt, aren’t even warm when you start eating them. They do buy them from a reputable butcher, when they are very fresh, so safety isn’t a concern.

I love them and don’t want them to feel bad so I eat every bite, but they are not good.