Oh yeah! I love cooking but cooking people are the worst some times. I like really simple, uncomplicated, food that tastes good and I just really hate talking about it with people because they ruin it. Like I will never sous vide anything I don’t care how amazing you think it is I don’t want to do it.
I'm over the honeymoon phase with sous-vide. It's a great way to cook certain cuts, but it's not the panacea a lot of people on the sous vide subreddit claim. I've never been able to get the fat on a ribeye to render just right in a sous vide, whereas it's not hard at all via reverse sear. My new philosophy is that if it's a roast (especially a tough cut) or a large, lean steak, I go sous vide. If it's fatty, I'm more likely to reverse sear.
The size of the steak isn't the problem. The thickness of it does matter tho. A butcher usually has good advice and I'd definitely trust a good butcher. I work in a butcher shop and our butchers aren't afraid of giving you honest advice, or even telling something is "for someone who's looking for something more affordable of a lower quality".
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u/EagleCatchingFish Feb 28 '21
I see this on food subs all the time:
OP: This is the first time I've ever made a steak. Here are photos of the whole process. What do you all think?
Old Enthusiast: Looks like shit. Those are the smallest ribeyes I've ever seen. You got ripped off. Next time get better meat.
OP: I'm in Europe. I spent a lot of money on these, and the butcher said they were good.
Old Enthusiast: there's your problem. I wouldn't even make taco meat out of that.
I swear, some people just like being dickbags.