What's On Your Plate???

[QLR1]

Not squeamish to me, but not something I'd eat lol

 

[kronin323]

It's safe - chicken and pork have to be cooked through due to risk of salmonella contamination and (with pork) trichinosis.

But with beef the risk is e. coli, and it's not all the way through the meat. E. coli is naturally found in our digestive systems. When cows are being butchered, sometimes the blade will hit the guts and become contaminated with e. coli, which then contaminates the rest of the beef on the surface of the cuts. But only on the cut surfaces; the inside of the cuts is still clean. So a good sear will kill any contamination and let you enjoy the rare inside yumminess with no worries.

But that's why ground beef should be cooked through - when it gets ground, any contamination gets mixed all through it.

And it's not like everything's contaminated, you're just playing the odds. If you don't follow safe food handling practices, you can get away with it but sooner or later it will get you. If you always follow the practices, then you're safe when it really is contaminated.

 

[QLR1]

It's safe - chicken and pork have to be cooked through due to risk of salmonella contamination and (with pork) trichinosis.

But with beef the risk is e. coli, and it's not all the way through the meat. E. coli is naturally found in our digestive systems. When cows are being butchered, sometimes the blade will hit the guts and become contaminated with e. coli, which then contaminates the rest of the beef on the surface of the cuts. But only on the cut surfaces; the inside of the cuts is still clean. So a good sear will kill any contamination and let you enjoy the rare inside yumminess with no worries.

But that's why ground beef should be cooked through - when it gets ground, any contamination gets mixed all through it.

And it's not like everything's contaminated, you're just playing the odds. If you don't follow safe food handling practices, you can get away with it but sooner or later it will get you. If you always follow the practices, then you're safe when it really is contaminated.

I am just used to food completely cooked. Just the way I am raised. Pink in the food just irks me to no end. To each its own. Bon appétit.

 

[Duke Nivram]

Thinking of you, washi...

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is that from a Jimmy Johns?

 

[kronin323]

is that from a Jimmy Johns?

Yep. Not my favorite place but it was convenient today, had a Gargantuan. No pic, though - just didn't think about it.

 

[Duke Nivram]

Yep. Not my favorite place but it was convenient today, had a Gargantuan. No pic, though - just didn't think about it.

I am a fan for what they are (fast food sub) and of how quickly you get the sandwich

 

[kronin323]

I am a fan for what they are (fast food sub) and of how quickly you get the sandwich

Yes, the speed is definitely a plus - I waited for two minutes to get mine and when he handed it to me, he apologized for the wait...

 

[Litos]

Yep. Not my favorite place but it was convenient today, had a Gargantuan. No pic, though - just didn't think about it.

every time I eat a Gargantuan, I feel as if I'm doing my part to beat the terrorists.....

 

[kronin323]

Grill day 3 - boneless chicken thighs. How's that caramelization?

 

[Pyu76]

Who said hospital food was no good?