The Fast Food Thread

Itlan

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I eat my steaks black and blue and my burgers rare. Never had food poisoning.

Just been fortunate I guess. Probably have worms all up in my stomach doe.
 
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The only problem I have with rare hamburger is you aren't really sure what's in there. I mean you know generally what it is (beef), but you don't really know. With steak at least you can physically see it whole.

When I worked at the supermarket we used to ask the meat guys to grind up steaks and they did it for us free of charge, those were quality.
 
McCheese

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The lowest I can go with my burgers is medium, and I tend to prefer medium-well. A little bit of pink in the center of a burger is alright, but I think it just tastes/feels disgusting when it's basically a pile of raw ground beef. It's not at all like eating a medium-rare steak.
 
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Med/Rare ground beef is just as safe as a med / rare steak if its freshly ground in a clean machine- bacteria does not grow on the "inside" of beef its on the outside- so when ground it gets all mixed up- hence the "MUST GOOD BURGERS THROUGH" is true, if your dealing with your standard issue ground beef. If you have a kitchenaid mixer buy the meat grinder attachment and make your own and enjoy the goodness of a med / med-rare burger- and the joys of creating a nice blend of ground beef- if your skeptical about your meat's "sickness" then you can always sear the outside of your steak, then grind and then cook...but really?
 
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McCheese_sl said:
The lowest I can go with my burgers is medium, and I tend to prefer medium-well. A little bit of pink in the center of a burger is alright, but I think it just tastes/feels disgusting when it's basically a pile of raw ground beef. It's not at all like eating a medium-rare steak.
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I agree with this. It's not that I'm worried about bacteria, I just think they taste better cooked a bit more. A rare or even medium rare burger is going to drip juice all over and make the bun soggy and most likely will be hard to eat because it won't hold together well. It's not like a steak where it will get tough or dry when cooked a bit more. It is possible to dry out a burger but you have to cook it well past well done.
 
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xadion_sl said:
Med/Rare ground beef is just as safe as a med / rare steak if its freshly ground in a clean machine- bacteria does not grow on the "inside" of beef its on the outside- so when ground it gets all mixed up- hence the "MUST GOOD BURGERS THROUGH" is true, if your dealing with your standard issue ground beef. If you have a kitchenaid mixer buy the meat grinder attachment and make your own and enjoy the goodness of a med / med-rare burger- and the joys of creating a nice blend of ground beef- if your skeptical about your meat's "sickness" then you can always sear the outside of your steak, then grind and then cook...but really?
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That's the important part. I have no idea where Applebees gets their meat.
 
Xevy

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My father grew up eating their own farm raised animals. He ate everything with ketchup until he was 25 because they overcooked everything so they wouldn't get food poisoning. Traumatizing. He still puts ketchup on philly cheese steaks sometimes, and it hurts my soul.
 
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BrutulTM_sl said:
I agree with this. It's not that I'm worried about bacteria, I just think they taste better cooked a bit more. A rare or even medium rare burger is going to drip juice all over and make the bun soggy and most likely will be hard to eat because it won't hold together well. It's not like a steak where it will get tough or dry when cooked a bit more. It is possible to dry out a burger but you have to cook it well past well done.
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Dude - this is why you toast a bun and give it a thin layer of mayo/aoli, or something else to create a liquid barrier.
 
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Xevy_sl said:
My father grew up eating their own farm raised animals. He ate everything with ketchup until he was 25 because they overcooked everything so they wouldn't get food poisoning. Traumatizing. He still puts ketchup on philly cheese steaks sometimes, and it hurts my soul.
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My dad also grew up on a farm. He never knew that any cut of beef could be eaten any other way than deep fried. They had their own cattle, and my grandma pounded down every single cut of beef, floured it, and deep-fried it. My dad never saw a steak cooked without breading until he went away to college. Same with chicken and pork.
 
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joeboo_sl said:
My dad also grew up on a farm. He never knew that any cut of beef could be eaten any other way than deep fried. They had their own cattle, and my grandma pounded down every single cut of beef, floured it, and deep-fried it. My dad never saw a steak cooked without breading until he went away to college. Same with chicken and pork.
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Your dad sounds like he grew up in a family of saints and angels. That sounds delightful.
 
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Finally dove into the Mrs. Renfro's Ghost Pepper salsa. It has way more flavor than I anticipated. It's pretty good. But it is extremely hot. The tears were flowing freely.
 
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Xevy_sl said:
My father grew up eating their own farm raised animals. He ate everything with ketchup until he was 25 because they overcooked everything so they wouldn't get food poisoning. Traumatizing. He still puts ketchup on philly cheese steaks sometimes, and it hurts my soul.
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You would be surprised how common this is with cattle ranchers. I know plenty of old guys that have had access to high quality grass fed beef all of their lives but only had it cooked to oblivion with no seasoning. It's no wonder that they dump ketchup on it. My grandmother can't eat anything with black pepper on it because it's too spicy for her.
 
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joeboo_sl said:
My dad also grew up on a farm. He never knew that any cut of beef could be eaten any other way than deep fried. They had their own cattle, and my grandma pounded down every single cut of beef, floured it, and deep-fried it. My dad never saw a steak cooked without breading until he went away to college. Same with chicken and pork.
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Is that because they sold off the choice cuts and were left with the tough stuff? Thin/pounded steak is pretty common for cheap cuts of beef because it tenderizes it up to be edible.
 
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Xevy_sl said:
My father grew up eating their own farm raised animals. He ate everything with ketchup until he was 25 because they overcooked everything so they wouldn't get food poisoning. Traumatizing. He still puts ketchup on philly cheese steaks sometimes, and it hurts my soul.
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It might have something to do with the times. Both my mother and father and their respective families all eat everything well done. They even have my brother and sister doing it. They're all afraid they'll get sick.

Whenever they come over I have to grill shit so grey for them, meanwhile me and the wife enjoy our med-rare steaks that taste absolutely incredible.

We grew up having ketchup on everything too (even steak), because that's what my parents did.
 
McCheese

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One of these shirts makes a great gift for those assholes who put ketchup on everything. My sister is one of those people so this was her birthday present a couple years ago. She wears it proudly:

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