coming on to complain about how in-laws don't like any "undercooked" meat

[Anonymous]

Hosting the in-laws again over Christmas and the memories came flooding back... a standing rib roast cooked perfectly to medium... but they absolutely refuse to eat any meat that's the slightest pink so DH urges me to keep cooking it until it's all gray... but I just couldn't do it, and when it was sliced, the predictable complaints began.
I guess I should just give in and keep cooking the life out of it this year.

[Anonymous]

Can you cut it in half and put part back in the oven until it's more of a shoe leather consistency?

[Anonymous]

Can you pick a different cut that you can take out earlier, slice off half to keep more rare, and return the rest to cook longer? I do that with brisket or roasts sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Can’t you just give them the end pieces and serve the middle to those who prefer medium? My parents only like well done and we do this with prime rib and tenderloin.

[Anonymous]

My sympathies.

You can pan cook their slices until they are shoe leather. I would not ruin the entire roast for them.

[Anonymous]

We married the same inlaws.

I also pan cook their slices before serving, or more often, I choose a different protein when they are around. It's irksome. I refuse to ruin an expensive cut of beef in order to accommodate two people.

[Anonymous]

Just put their portion in the oven before the rest. This is not that hard. Restaurants do it every service.

[Anonymous]

I would not cook a rib roast for such people!! Pick something much cheaper like turkey or ham.

[Anonymous]

This forum is so full of ageism!

Why is your taste more legitimate than theirs?

Be a creative and generous hostess and figure out a way to serve your in-laws food that they will enjoy. You should be able to solve this, honestly.

[Anonymous]

I mean, rare is what it should be, medium is already overdone. Cut their pieces, destroy to well done in a skillet, call it a day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This forum is so full of ageism!

Why is your taste more legitimate than theirs?

Be a creative and generous hostess and figure out a way to serve your in-laws food that they will enjoy. You should be able to solve this, honestly.

I would not say it’s ageism, but rather a product of their time. They knew less about food safety than we do now. Some old habits are really hard to die.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hosting the in-laws again over Christmas and the memories came flooding back... a standing rib roast cooked perfectly to medium... but they absolutely refuse to eat any meat that's the slightest pink so DH urges me to keep cooking it until it's all gray... but I just couldn't do it, and when it was sliced, the predictable complaints began.
I guess I should just give in and keep cooking the life out of it this year.

My FIL's wife is like this - we cook it to med-rare, slice a "steak" off for her and sear it off in a cast iron skillet to kill it dead like she prefers. The rest of us get delicious prime rib. Everybody wins!

[Anonymous]

This is not a complaint but more of a preference. No one is right or wrong. However, I think that part of being a host as well as a family member, is about accommodating the guest/family member. Their request is not causing a huge interference for you if you cook their portion a little longer.

[Anonymous]

My inlaws used to cut into meat and say "if there is juice left, it isnt done yet". I was like, dont you mean if the juices run pink its not done yet? Nope. Any juice. Their meats have always always sucked, overcooked to hell. Such a waste of food.

[Anonymous]

Oh and funny, my FIL always orders his steak medium... but if its pink he sends it back. He likes to think of himself as a foodie but really is not, so bizarre.