I always eat my steaks and my hamburgers cooked rare, or sometimes medium rare.

I heard that allegedly okay for steak, but not for burger for some reason. Plz to clarify.

5/6/2008 9:55:49 PM

you can grind your own hamburgers then its ok

otherwise not so much

google it

5/6/2008 9:56:21 PM

supposedly no.

I eat my steaks rare, but cook my burgers medium rare.

if I ground my own meat, then I'd cook it rare.

On that note, you can get rare burgers at Raleigh Times b/c they grind their own meat.

[Edited on May 6, 2008 at 9:57 PM. Reason : ]

5/6/2008 9:56:40 PM

I tell them medium at restaurants because they end up medium well to well done. If we're grilling I'll get medium to medium well. If mom is cooking I don't say anything because it will taste good no matter what(to an extent).

5/6/2008 9:57:30 PM

i really love beef carpaccio.

5/6/2008 9:58:10 PM

PR will cook it rare, because they grind it on site (supposedly).

5/6/2008 9:59:06 PM

yeah you pretty much want to be 100% sure that the meat is good before you eat a rare burger

5/6/2008 9:59:06 PM

burgers should be med rare, otherwise they ruin the bun with their juiciness/bloodiness! But most places can only do medium since they don't grind their own. God bless the places that can actually do med rare - and have a nonfucking moron who can cook it right

5/6/2008 10:00:00 PM

The reason burgers should not be eaten rare is because they are ground meat and steak isn't.

Look at it like this...germs live on the outside of animals and cuts of meat. When you grind the meat up, you disperse the germs throughout the meat, and therefore it must be cooked to a minimum internal temp. of 155. Steak can be served rare since the germs on the outside are killed when the meat is seared.

5/6/2008 10:00:38 PM

i worked at a grocery store and i've seen what goes into the hamburger grinder. don't cook them rare if you buy that shit. i'd cook them at least medium, if not medium well.

5/6/2008 10:01:35 PM

I guess at some point in the future they could be, but I see cows all the time.

[Edited on May 6, 2008 at 10:04 PM. Reason : /]

5/6/2008 10:01:38 PM

e coli is present on the surfaces of meats.

its killed easily on steaks by grilling etc

ground beef is the product of many many many many surfaces of meat and in the process of mixing and grinding most of these surfaces are now turned inside out, so the bacteria that would normally just be on the outside of the patty are dispersed throughout the patty.


the only way to be sure that all of the bacteria are dead is to cook the patty to an internal temp of at least 165 F.

[Edited on May 6, 2008 at 10:03 PM. Reason : k fine, pawprint was faster muscle foods and eggs ftw]

5/6/2008 10:02:18 PM

pawprint with the knowledge

5/6/2008 10:02:21 PM

from working at restaurants in NC, i learned that you cant (or couldnt at the time i worked there) order less than medium

but also from working in the meat market at the fresh market, i learned that i would NEVER EVER EVER eat a bloody pink hamburger. ground chuck. yo

5/6/2008 10:03:58 PM

I wouldn't say it's killed easily. 155 is the highest temp for ground meat other than poultry because campylobacter jejuni required 165 to kill. E. Coli is pretty tough as far as bacteria are concerned.

^^^ and burgers only require 155 according to ServSafe. Any poultry requires 165.

[Edited on May 6, 2008 at 10:05 PM. Reason : just looking out.]

5/6/2008 10:04:34 PM

idk about yall but pawprint turned me on

5/6/2008 10:13:33 PM

there are several places in raleigh that you can get rare burgers

like hi5

5/6/2008 10:16:50 PM

I know they are supposedly unsafe, but a medium rare hamburger is delicious.

5/6/2008 10:30:51 PM

Quote :

"I know they are supposedly unsafe, but a medium rare hamburger is delicious"

5/6/2008 10:33:16 PM

fuck, diamondace stole my joke before I could make it.

5/6/2008 10:43:28 PM

I'm sure yours was better.

5/6/2008 10:45:10 PM

Not really, I was just gonna say something like:


"Of course not! You can get a burger at almost any restaurant!" or something like that.

5/6/2008 11:49:27 PM

Wow, pretty lame.

Your status is currently being reevaluated.

5/7/2008 12:12:30 AM