Urgent question...steaks for dinner tonight are still frozen

Thanks everyone. Running water worked, and we had a delicious dinner last night!

I think that i would still be more leaning towards cold water than hot. I would think that hot water would be way to forceful and change the end quality. How? I don't know and honestly, I don't thank that I would ever do that. In my experience, Steaks respond best to slow. And cold tap water would be the way to go because the temp would change slower than if using hot water.

Interesting read.

For those looking for the McGee article Gale mentions, here's the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/08/dining/a-hot-water-bath-for-thawing-meats-the-curious-cook.html

See Harold McGee (June 6, 2011) in the NYT on thawing in warm water

Agreed.. I would definitely run them under cold tap water.. That should do the trick in a reasonable amount of time.

Running water works (and I don't necessarily approve) but it takes a long time. The microwave is the fastest and safest way.

Running water. And recent studies show that even warm water is safe.

We throw the sealed bag in the pool!

When it comes to defrosting, I prefer to let the meat sit under running water. The movement of the water over the meat seems to speed up defrosting tremendously. If I'm not in a rush, I do it with cool water, but I have gone as high as luke warm (but not warm/hot) water when in a rush.