How to Tell If Your Meat is Cooked Without Cutting it Open

They always say you learn something new everyday. Well today after making my coco puff dessert I had to lay down for awhile since I didn't feel good. So my sister and my future brother in law came over to help me out with my three little babies. My brother in law is the chef of the family. He has worked in the chef business for some time now. He asked me what I was making for dinner tonite and I told him I was making a chicken dish that someone on here recommended. My brother in law decided he was gonna help me prepare my dinner since I didn't feel too well or up to it. We all started talking about cooking what to make, how to cook, etc. So he then told me that there was three ways of telling if your meat is cooked without having to cut it open with a fork or knife. I never knew this I always had the habit of using a knife to check if it was done enough. Here are the three ways of telling if your meat is cooked to your taste without cutting it open.

1. If you want your steak or whatever meat rare. Take your finger touch your earlobe. Then touch your steak If your steak feels rubbery like your earlobe then your meat is pink and rare in the inside. This way you don't have to let all the juices out and make your meat dry.

2. If you want your steak well done put your fist together with your thumb touching the top of your first finger. Then feel the texture in between the first two fingers. If your meat feels like that texture then it's well done and no pink in the inside of it.

3. If you want your meat medium make a L shape with your hand feel in between your first and second finger. Then feel if the meat feels like that. If it does then your meat is medium.

Some of you may already know this, but it was something new to me, which I felt was important to people that don't know about this. I love learning something new all the time. If I can be of any help to someone I will do the best I can. Also I know from my own experience If you are cooking beef let it sit for a few minutes before eating. This will allow the juices to flow back into the meat. Do not cut it open while it's sitting.