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Default Eating raw meat (was How Many Food Rules Do You Break?)

In article >,
"Jean B." > wrote:

> 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...


Well, if I prepare steak tartare, I prepare it fresh and eat it right
away so the contamination is minimized. :-)
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