Today, I spent hours cooking a big dinner for my parents for the first time. I guess I made the steak too rare, because when my dad cut into it, he said "Christ! This thing's practically alive!" and said a skilled vet could probably bring the cow it was cut from back to life. FML
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Packed lecture halls, a sketchy roommate and frat parties: welcome to college, the real thing.
Today, I made the most perfect prime rib of my life at an amazing medium rare. I was so distracted dyeing eggs with my kids that I didn’t notice my mom cut the meat, then deciding to shove it back into the oven as it was “too pink” for her liking. She incinerated it beyond all recognition. FML
Today, when I told my family I was a vegetarian, I expected them to make fun of me because that's just my family. But what I wasn't expecting was my dad to use raw meat as a puppet and make it say, "Eat me! Eat me!" then throw it at my face. FML
Today, I put my perfectly-broiled steak portion in the microwave to keep it from the cats while it rested. I accidentally hit "cook" instead of "timer". My perfect rare steak is now almost perfectly half-leather and half-charcoal. FML
Today, my in-laws were visiting from Texas, so I made a brisket, smoked for 10 hours on the barbecue, and it was perfect. Alas, when my husband cut the meat, he burst a perfectly cooked cyst the size of a lemon that stank the whole house out. FML
Today, my husband and I cooked our first dinner of the year, some grilled steak. The moment we turned our backs to put out the fire, the dog snatched half of it. FML
Today, it was my first time meeting my fiancé's parents. My future mother-in-law had cooked steak, hearing it was my favourite food. I somehow managed to bite my tongue, and then blurt out "Fuck!" just after she asked me how it was. FML
Today, I spent my entire day off making a brisket. It had been cooking for 8 hours when, just before dinner, I went for a quick jog. In that time my girlfriend came home and ruined it by trying to make it the way she wanted. I'm a chef and she's an office worker. We couldn't eat it. FML
Today, I fed my husband a vegan beef burger so I could show him that it tastes exactly the same when he didn’t notice. He noticed on the first bite and spat it across the kitchen because he thought the meat had expired before I cooked it, and tasted disgusting. FML
Today, my grandpa decided to charcoal-grill some steaks. Inside the house. FML
Today, my family dragged me to a steakhouse, knowing full well I'm vegan. I sat there, with my sad little salad, watching as they stuffed themselves with burned animal flesh and laughed at me. They wonder why I hate them all. FML
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Top comments
wizardcorn04 14
Is your dad Gordon Ramsey by any chance?
chaseafterwind82 29
Lol! Ride it back into the kitchen and finish cooking it!
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Comments (86)
indigohippopo 20
Sounds Delicious ! _(^-^)_
lincolnstars 7
Knock the horns off, wipe it's ass and serve it.
_delaneybear 20
Good thing they don't love you for your cooking skills. ❤️
MadInTheMorning 10
So would that count as a dad joke? I think it does count.
justin1976 9
Your dad is a pudollardollary and doesn't know how to eat a good steak
Xamry14 10
To rare? No such thing lol
Shmatterhorn 38
Over-dramatic much? Sounds like you did a good job.
Vlen_fml 20
pfft, sounds like you over cooked it. if its 8oz or less, 2-3 minutes on either side of a pre-heated grill, max. if its' closer to 16oz, 3-4 min per side. anything over that and you may want to give it some time because getting to the center is a bit different when it's thick.
nitrog100 21
Next time, try flipping the steaks every 30 seconds. Contrary to popular belief, it actually helps you develop a better crust and cooks more evenly. If you don't believe me, check out Serious Eats.
vlad79 9
your dad doesn't know how to eat steak then. this neither fml or deserving. FWIW. leaving steak out for 20-30 minutes before cooking helps though.