Darwin and Natural Selection. Most educated people in Europe and the Americas during the 19th century had their first full exposure to the concept of evolution through the writings of Charles Darwin . Clearly, he did not invent the idea. That happened long before he was born.
Five to Ten Minutes. Other chefs suggest letting a steak rest for five to ten minutes, to make sure the juices have time to redistribute throughout the meat and are not lost on the plate when the steak is cut. A drawback of resting the meat longer, however, is that the steak can get cold before serving.ottom Line. The cooking and resting time of a steak largely depends on its thickness. According to grilling enthusiast Chris Allingham, thinner steaks may need to rest for five minutes, while a thicker steak should be rested longer.
2) Far more important than resting the meat is cooking it to the right temperature. Once you get beyond 140Â°F, the moisture from water in any meat drops precipitously. The ultimate folly is the diner who orders a medium steak (140Â°F) and insists that it rest for 20 minutes.epending on how hot and how long you cook, there might be 10 to 25% water loss, mostly due to evaporation and dripping. Let's call it 15%. So a properly cooked steak is down to about 60% water, but most of it cannot escape when the meat is cut because it is bound by proteins and held by capillary action.