Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "brooklyn1" > wrote:
>
>>> mind you he taught me the eating pleasure of a blue steak.
>> The interior of mammal muscle is sterile, with proper food handling there is
>> no reason a steak can't be eaten dead raw... it's ground meat that requires
>> more vigilence... if you grind your own meat you can eat raw burgers.
>
> Absolutely, totally and completely agree!!!
> This is pure science.

I disagree to some extent. If you get a cut of meat, the exterior
could be contaminated. Thus, if you grind your own meat, you
could have some of that contamination in it. Steaks, yes. Cook
the exterior (assuming you haven't pricked, beaten, etc. the
meat), and the interior would be fine. Of course, then I start
thinking of prions, but...

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Jean B.