Rare, Medium and Well done: can we use these words only for meat or for all kinds of?

Question

food??

Answer 1

You can use it to describe the preparedness of any cooked food.

Answer 2

Most restaurants will ask you how you want Tuna or swordfish cooked. I like tuna medium rare cut very thin with a mild wasabi sauce.

As for pork, generally tenderloins, cooking it medium is often done. Trichinosis is no longer a problem in modern farming.

Answer 3

You can use that for anything. Bear in mind, however, that nutritionists recommend cooking all pork and poultry to "well done" so you don't get salmonella or trichinosis or any other food-borne illness. The only meat other than beef that it would really work for is sushi-grade fish, because you can eat that stuff raw.

Answer 4

The only meat that should be rare or medium is stake and even that isn't good but it's better then bloody pork or chicken thoughs can make you very sick.

Answer 5

Actually these words can be used to describe the level of preparedness of any cooked food you'd like.

Answer 6

I'm not sure. But I can think of other words used for the done-ness of other foods:

"Al dente" for pasta.

"Tender crisp" for vegetables.

"Set" for pies and custards.

I guess you could if you wanted to, I am not the "food police".

Answer 7

In regards to meat, these terms actually refer to temperatures.
Rare=120F
Medium=145F
Well=180F