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brooklyn1

>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ophelia > wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, one of the many advantages of grinding your own hamburg fresh and
>> grilling it immediately is that you can cook it quite rare with good
>> safety.
>
>
When you grind beef yourself you can cook it to whatever level of doneness
you like or you don't need to cook it at all, you can eat it raw. All beef
someone else grinds needs to be cooked well done.