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> Ophelia > wrote:
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>> The hamburgers were wonderful) I searched on the USDA site for the
>> temperature to cook them and used my thermometer to cook them to
>> 160f.

>
> USDA is a bit paranoid about ground beef and 160F is really well done.
> I prefer a medium burger, and if you are grinding your own meat you
> are less likely to have any problem with that. On the other hand,
> you added pork, so maybe it's best to go for well done. You might
> try 145 to 150 next time to see if you like it better.


Well, we really liked the ones we had last night, but I have taken your
point and I will try it with one next time)

Thank you, Bill!