Are steaks still a celebratory family meal or is that more of a baby boomer era thing?

[Anonymous]

We don't eat a lot of steak at home but that's mainly due to trying to eat healthier not due to cost. But we often eat steak it at restaurants. When we're celebrating something with my parents (late 70s/early 80s) they often suggest a fancy steakhouse. They love a classically prepared steak and a great bottle of wine. When DH and I are celebrating we opt for more modern tasting menus and love trying new foods/drinks.

[Anonymous]

I don't think I've had steak out in maybe 20 years! But I will make milanesas at home sometimes and that is delicious, and cheap.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A big piece of meat is a little gross. We prefer more sophisticated dishes. Fresh vegetables, flavors, and combinations of ingredients.

Steak is a poor person’s idea of nice food.

Such an odd flex. Perhaps some of us go to places that serve great cuts of steak, with fresh vegetables, flavors, and combinations of ingredients...as a side dish (or on the plate with the big piece no not-gross meat). Enjoyed recent special/celebratory meals at Fiola Mare and CUT.

Yep. Speaking of Japanese cuisine, you can get Waigyu beef at $1,000 a pound if you want to. I bet it’s delicious. But I guess reserved only for poor people so we aren’t allowed to?

[Anonymous]

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I never grew up like this, OP. I spent my childhood in Europe in a middle class family. Just because something is expensive doesn't mean it's desirable and has to be feted. That's a very shallow point of view, don't you think? Are you sure you want to replicate that aspect of your childhood?

We celebrate with Japanese food that we don't make at home. Sushi or ramen!

No one can celebrate with those. Sorry.

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Anonymous wrote:
I never grew up like this, OP. I spent my childhood in Europe in a middle class family. Just because something is expensive doesn't mean it's desirable and has to be feted. That's a very shallow point of view, don't you think? Are you sure you want to replicate that aspect of your childhood?

We celebrate with Japanese food that we don't make at home. Sushi or ramen!

No one can celebrate with those. Sorry.

Really? We do all the time! We don't like steak.
Who is this food police to dictate what meals people should celebrate with?
Weirdos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mostly Boomer in terms of using it as a "celebratory" meal. Where I grew up, steak frites is a typical meal.

Steak frites is nothing special. People are talking about Prime filet, ribeye.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I never grew up like this, OP. I spent my childhood in Europe in a middle class family. Just because something is expensive doesn't mean it's desirable and has to be feted. That's a very shallow point of view, don't you think? Are you sure you want to replicate that aspect of your childhood?

We celebrate with Japanese food that we don't make at home. Sushi or ramen!

No one can celebrate with those. Sorry.

Really? We do all the time! We don't like steak.
Who is this food police to dictate what meals people should celebrate with?
Weirdos.

You can do it. Not much of a party. That is regular food.

[Anonymous]

Wow some touchy steak fans on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A big piece of meat is a little gross. We prefer more sophisticated dishes. Fresh vegetables, flavors, and combinations of ingredients.

Steak is a poor person’s idea of nice food.

Ok -- those are not more sophisticated. I have no idea where you got that idea.

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Wow some touchy steak fans on this thread.

I am a PP that you would probably consider a "touchy steak fan." I don't care one way or the other about steak, it's the condescension of the non-steak people that get me, as they do on any other topic as well.

[Anonymous]

I think people have more food choices now than they did in Boomer Days. Additionally, more people have more income to go towards celebratory foods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A big piece of meat is a little gross. We prefer more sophisticated dishes. Fresh vegetables, flavors, and combinations of ingredients.

Steak is a poor person’s idea of nice food.

Ok -- those are not more sophisticated. I have no idea where you got that idea.

A half cooked piece of meat is really about as basic as it gets.


Anyone defending steak by the more interesting side dishes has lost their mind.


Steak appeals to basic people.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
I never grew up like this, OP. I spent my childhood in Europe in a middle class family. Just because something is expensive doesn't mean it's desirable and has to be feted. That's a very shallow point of view, don't you think? Are you sure you want to replicate that aspect of your childhood?

We celebrate with Japanese food that we don't make at home. Sushi or ramen!

DP but since you didn’t grow up in the US, you don’t have the same perspective. “Nice steak dinners” are a very American cultural experience.

DP. I grew up in both. When in Europe, a celebratory meal was often a really good Indonesian restaurant. In North America, it was often a steakhouse or grilling a good porterhouse or whatever.

Thinking back, I preferred that awesome fancy Indonesian restaurant.

My kids appreciate both kinds of experiences. But when given a choice, they always choose good Chinese over a steak for occasion dinners. If I'm grilling "steak," it's more likely to be a California style trip-tip or a marinated skirt steak.

I think the plain sirloin steak is more likely to be a boomer thing. Can appreciate it for the memories, but it's not a go to anymore.

Sorry, again these comparisons of Europe and North America make no sense. You know this was just your idiosyncratic experience, right, and that we’ve had various Asian restaurants in the USA for decades and there are steakhouses in Europe? This post would make more sense if you were actually Indonesian.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Alberta - beef country. I remember times where steak was cheaper than chicken. I loooove steak and would eat it often. It didnt feel "celebratory" but didn't feel "average every day" either.

Going out to celebrate we'd always choose a steak restaurant, mostly because everyone was always happy with meat and potatoes. Not because it was super special or fancy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Alberta - beef country. I remember times where steak was cheaper than chicken. I loooove steak and would eat it often. It didnt feel "celebratory" but didn't feel "average every day" either.

Going out to celebrate we'd always choose a steak restaurant, mostly because everyone was always happy with meat and potatoes. Not because it was super special or fancy.

I'll also say, I often buy a whole tenderloin or striploin at costco and butcher it myself and freeze it so we always have nice steak on hand. I just really really love red meat...!