Janet Bostwick wrote:
> "Jean B." > wrote in message
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>> Janet Bostwick wrote:
>>> "Jean B." > wrote in message
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>>> snip
>>> It also
>>>> called into question (at the very least) the practice of buying meat and
>>>> grinding it oneself.
>>>>
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>>>> Jean B.
>>> Why is that?
>>> Janet
>> Listen to the program! It's disgusting.
>>
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>> Jean B.
> I have read the recent article in the NYT about ground beef. Since you
> questioned the practice of grinding meat for oneself, I thought you would be
> able to tell me why that is a problem. I won't be listening to the program.
> Janet
>
>
I think the article is related. I did speak of the problem with
grinding your own meat. The meat sold for steaks etc. apparently
has lower standards as far as pathogens go, on the theory that
they will be killed by thorough cooking. Thus, you could very
well be grinding surface bacteria etc. into your meat. That being
said, since I don't think we are all going to give up totally on
ground meat, it is up to us to decide what the most acceptable
approach(es) might be.

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Jean B.