I want it tender and soft to chew I guess. That’s all that matters to me. Whatever color that might be.

Yes.

The rest of us like flavor and tenderness, not shoe leather.

Well, growing up, I only saw how my dad ate steak - well done. I think my mum didn’t have any issues because it was cooked all the way through so it was much less risk of her kids getting sick.

I’ve grown out of that. I don’t eat steak often but when I do, it is only medium rare.

So you’re part of the population who’s less likely to get sick, though I feel for your jaw. 😅

My husband always thought he did, but is slowly coming around. He will order “medium well” at restaurants but last time he did that, he got it and said it was overcooked, lol. Probably because at home I say “cooked on the outside not on the inside please, we spent a lot of money on this.”

Stew meat cooks forever and is better for it, but not steak, no.

I vastly prefer a medium rare steak, but a beef roast stays juicy all the way to well done (and is kinda unpleasantly chewy at medium rare)