Cooking For Engineers

[ranger-o]

Doneness of steak:
Take one hand and hold it up loosely. With the other hand, squeeze the thick part (the pad) of the thumb to get the feeling of rare steak.

Bring your index finger to your thumb to make a circle. With the other hand, squeeze the thumb pad again - that is the feeling of a steak that is medium done.

Bring your middle finger to your thumb to make a circle - squeeze the thumb pad again with your other hand to get the feeling of well done steak.

[Smillie - OzFire]

Damn I was about to say the same thing....
Nice to see John on the site,

We were taught thunb to
Index Finger - Rare
Middle Finfer - Medium
Third Finger - Spoilt
Little Finger - Cremated

Wth raw meat
Thumb to middle Finger
Slide through - Whatever you want grill or fry
Resist a little - Marinade first
resist more - pound and marinade

through to

Rubber tyre feeling - marinade and simmer for 6 to 12 hours