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twodegreesfarenheit t1_iy3c4nx wrote

I can’t help but notice all the pink in the middle comments. So why when I go to a restaurant (Red Robin 2 weeks ago)do they ask me how I’d like my burger cooked???

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thedastardlydave t1_iy3k7c6 wrote

The problematic bacteria that sometimes exist in beef products is typically only on the surface of the meat. This is why you can eat a steak rare (you kill the bacteria on the surfaces when you brown the steak).

If you buy ground meat, chances are that some of the bacteria from the surface of the meat is now mixed throughout the ground meat. This means that you have to cook it all the way through.

At a restaurant that is serving burgers that aren't cooked all the way through, they will (hopefully) have removed the outer surface of the meat before mincing the meat, which is why it is considered to be safe.

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OukewlDave t1_iy3xso9 wrote

When I get a burger at a place like that and they ask me, I chuckle first, then say medium. I know it's coming well done no matter what I say...

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No_Dance1739 t1_iy61623 wrote

Restaurants that ask should be making their own ground beef, that’s the difference. So unless minced their own beef then its something I would politely decline.

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