On Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 8:37:56 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> On 2017-08-19 5:22 AM, wrote:
> > On Sat, 19 Aug 2017 03:31:43 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> On Friday, August 18, 2017 at 4:52:33 PM UTC-4, Sheldon wrote:
> >>
> >>> Properly cooking food kills germs, which is why restaurants won't
> >>> serve burgers other than well done.
> >>
> >> Sure they will. I can get a rare burger at any worthwhile restaurant.
> >> In Michigan, menus must have a disclaimer that basically boils down
> >> to: "If you eat undercooked food, you could die a horrible, lingering
> >> death and it's all your fault".
> >>
> >> Cindy Hamilton
> >
> > The Hard Rock Cafe in Gatlinburg, Tenn. serves extremely rare
> > hamburgers, totally delicious. I asked about it and the waiter told
> > me they can do it because they have their own cattle ranches.
>
> Tommy rot!

My guess is that a restaurant can safely serve a rare burger by grinding their hamburger to order at the restaurant.

>
> What a
> > disappointment when I saw a Hard Rock Cafe in Ottawa and thought I
> > would have a great, very rare, Gruyere Hamburger. Not allowed to
> > serve them rare, Health Canada restrictions
> >
> Very sensible!!!!