Is eating hamburgers raw the thing to do now?

[Zombie James]

Was watching an episode of The Meat Show where the host visits a place where they sell burgers with a layer of blood sausage. Sounds like a great idea (seriously, I love blood sausage). Then they show a cross-section of the thing...

This isn't even close to rare. Of course the host goes on to say how wonderful it is and "it's really rather special", but I can't even imagine putting ground meat this raw in my mouth.

 

[Hoho for breakfast]

Gross

 

[mysocksarepink]

I'd eat it

 

[Lambtron]

Medium rare hamburgers are amazingly good. This looks... not good.

 

[Dishwalla]

Like what's the point of even trying to cook it at that point?

 

[rec0ded1]

 

[commedieu]

Raw ground meat is ok, as long as it's a good source..

But that's just asking for problems if the kitchen isn't clean..

 

[Corpsepyre]

It's in our blood. We're just slowly embracing the truth about ourselves, that we're savages.

 

[kottila]

You should try the German speciality mett. Raw minced pork on a roll sprinkled with raw onion. It's delicious

 

[Spiritwalker]

fucking nasty

disgusting!

 

[Zubz]

I mean, I love my meat rare, but texture-wise this'd be too soft & mushy to be anything but disgusting.

Plus I'm assuming it tastes bland, unless the parasites give it flavor.

 

[TheDrizzlerJ11]

If it's real high quality meat then fine but that's definitely bleu at best.

I mean, I love my meat rare, but texture-wise this'd be too soft & mushy to be anything but disgusting.

Plus I'm assuming it tastes bland, unless the parasites give it flavor.

There's a blood sausage in the middle that solve both these problems!

 

[Brhoom]

It's the same as a rare steak, seared on the outside and not cooked on the inside.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Do not want.

 

[Trevelyan]

It's always been a thing for me. Give me my burger seared for about 10 seconds on each side, and nice and bloody in the middle. Mmmm.

 

[Princess Carl]

 

[RootCause]

That's freaking gross!

 

[NastyBook]

That's fucking disgusting. The fuck is wrong with some people?

 

[Kickz]

Well done or no fun

 

[Anoregon]

Medium rare is the objectively correct way to eat a steak, but a burger cooked anything below medium is pretty gross. I actually prefer closer to medium well these days.

 

[Somnid]

Many places do this, and in all these places you get stories about that one dude who got worms. Ground meat more than other types should never be eaten raw.

 

[glaringradio]

It's the same as a rare steak, seared on the outside and not cooked on the inside.

No, it isn't.

 

[commedieu]

Had this recently at a place called bardot. Solid. More raw strips than ground, but.. eating raw meat isn't a alien concept.

 

[ffdgh]

No, I'll pass on that.

 

[MsVirion]

We're regressing as a species, I'm waiting for the article about how living in caves is the hip new trend.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

You should try the Grrman speciality mett. Raw minced pork on a bun sprinkled with raw onion. It's delicious

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I think most of my aversion to tartare or undercooked meat comes from years of not trusting how most American kitchens source their meat and eggs. Maybe it's irrational, but several nationwide recalls of american-sourced foodstuffs later and I've had it. My burger is well done or I ain't touching it.

 

[Sephzilla]

 

[ReAxion]

too rare

 

[ZorroMcNube]

fuck all of you i'd eat that

 

[Septimus Prime]

The red liquid is not blood; it's myoglobin.

So yeah, I'd eat it.

 

[curls]

That is just asking for food poisoning.

 

[Ullus]

Looks good, steak tartare is one of lives greatest pleasures.

 

[Spenny]

As long as it's from a respectable restaurant/chef, I'll try it. This is only slightly less cooked than hamburgers I make for myself anyway.

 

[Tagyhag]

Medium rare is the objectively correct way to eat a steak, but a burger cooked anything below medium is pretty gross. I actually prefer closer to medium well these days.

Yep, and I know it's safe if it's a clean kitchen and the meat comes from a good source, but I've had burgers like that and it's just too much. Even rare was pushing it.

Steaks should be the only bloody things.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

If I trusted the source I'd eat the fuck out of that.

I'm not talking about Chile's or Applebees though

 

[Impeccable]

Who cares about food safety?

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Looks fine to me. Ain't close to as raw as the blue rare steaks I've had in my life.

 

[TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared]

When I met someone off the internet a few weeks ago, I took her to a well known burger place and she ordered her burger completely rare, basically uncooked, and it made her sick as a dog.

 

[TheLastCandle]

Ehhhh.

I like medium rare steak, but beef like that in a burger isn't for me.

 

[Imperfected]

As a wise man once said: "It's raw, you donkey!"

That is just asking for food poisoning.

... of course, as the same wise man also said: you can eat raw beef. It's raw pork/chicken that's a serious health concern.

 

[Maaaaaardy]

That's Bleeker Burger in London. I agree, looks vile, but is apparently incredible.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Many places do this, and in all these places you get stories about that one dude who got worms. Ground meat more than other types should never be eaten raw.

Steak tartare is routinely served and generally safe.

We're regressing as a species, I'm waiting for the article about how living in caves is the hip new trend.

You have this exactly wrong. Early humans ate burnt food because overcooking was the only way to ensure safety. Regulation and progress in our meat supply mitigates contamination risks and allows us to eat meat in a more flavourful way. This is like viewing toilets as a regression because cavemen used to poop in their caves, then in the middle ages people flung their shit in the middle of the road, now today we poop in our houses again.

 

[KingBroly]

what the fuck?

No

 

[dionysus]

I love kibbe nayyeh.

 

[HoodWinked]

problem with hamburgers is that when you grind up a piece of meat the outside of the meat is now mixed in with the rest of the meat. also the grinder could be contaminated with high levels of bacteria.

this normally isn't an issue since hamburger meat is cooked thoroughly.

you can eat a rare steak because almost all of the contamination is on the outside which gets "cooked off"

 

[azyless]

Rare is the standard for red meat here, unlike medium rare in the US. I know plenty of people who would eat that without blinking.
Tartare is a thing that exists, too (and it's delicious) :

 

[D4Danger]

It's the same as a rare steak, seared on the outside and not cooked on the inside.

No it isn't. you can do that with steak because the bacteria lives on the outside. If you mince the meat it's everywhere and you need to cook it (or roll the dice, it's your life)

 

[RoadHazard]

Ewwww, I hope not.

 

[RinsFury]

Disgusting.

 

[Stumpokapow]

problem with hamburgers is that when you grind up a piece of meat the outside of the meat is now mixed in with the rest of the meat. also the grinder could be contaminated with high levels of bacteria.

This is why places who serve raw or very rare meat need to take precautions against contamination, not a reason not to eat raw or rare meat. Again, steak tartare is a common dish and both tasty and safe.