"Joe Cilinceon" > wrote in message
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> "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote in message
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>> "PeterLucas" > wrote in message
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>>> Scott > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> When a steak is cook rare or medium rare isn't the pink meat in the
>>>> middle not good for you since it appears to be not fully cook? That's
>>>> one of the reasons I always order my steaks well-done. And if they
>>>> bring
>>>> it to me with pink in the middle I send it back.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Before man found fire, and got to love that chargrilled taste, we used
>>> to
>>> eat the meat raw.
>>>
>>> Unless you have a rare steak in England (think Mad Cow Disease)...
>>> anywhere
>>> else is fine.
>>
>>
>> Normal cooking heat does not dependably kill the prions which cause mad
>> cow disease. From what I've read, you'd have to incinerate the meat. My
>> mother cooked this way, but most people don't.
>>
>
> It was my understanding from what I have read about mad cow disease is you
> don't tend to get it from mussel meats but from eating the organs such as
> kidneys, liver, brain, tongue etc. and I very well could be wrong on
> this.
>
> Joe Cilinceon
>

I just lost my appetite.