Hi, All!

When I was much younger, one of the things that my friends and I would like to do would be to eat raw hamburger between crackers and have some beers. Those things just made a wonderful combination for taste!

We had no ill effects, except for maybe drinking a bit too much! That combination of food and drink seems to have been a tradition with many people.

Would be eating raw hamburger something that would or would not be advisable in this day and age?

Thanks!

I like meat red... but I'm cautious about hamburger in the stores if I don't know when it was made.

That said, I've no fear of "undercooked" steak... raw tenderloin is good, tho' I prefer it seared, and its not uncommon to use minced tenderloin for steak tartare.

Generally... if there's a lot of surface area, like with ground meat, the sooner you eat it after grinding, the less chance there is of bacterial proliferation.

Thanks, kp2171!

You're knowledge about the food thing continues to be more and more impressive!