Hamburgers come from where?

[TedKennedy]

50/50 beef / mutton is my favorite, though

I love me some lamburgers! Lamb is safe rare as well. I can't process a deer without partaking of some freshly sliced backstrap, no fire or skillet required. Most of the pork I eat is free range, so I 100% cook the hell out of it.

@Ready_fire_aim is correct, there are many other factors that go in to meat safety. If you read too much about it, you'll be overly cautious with some things. (rightfully so) Ground beef from Wal-Mart would be treated like hazardous material. I like knowing where my food came from. There's a chance that your 5lb tube of WM burger was sourced from three different continents. (yes, 3 in one bag) That's taking more risk from processors in foreign countries that may not be up to par with Western standards.

 

[Ready_fire_aim]

50/50 lamb/beef is good. We keep a small flock of sheep and process a couple each year. I love lamb and mutton!

 

[Two Gun Warrior]

I like ground pork just fine, but no way I'm eating it undercooked.

Beef makes the best burgers, and they should be red in the middle.

Nope, Bison is the best.

 

[Bad Hombre]

I eat Walmart hamburgers all the time and cook them rare to med rare. Never had any problems and the taste is great.

 

[okcBob]

I eat Walmart hamburgers all the time and cook them rare to med rare. Never had any problems and the taste is great.

Rare Walmart hamburgers?? What could go wrong?
I’d buy a lottery ticket if I were you.

 

[Bad Hombre]

Rare Walmart hamburgers?? What could go wrong?
I’d buy a lottery ticket if I were you.

I've never bought a lottery ticket in my life and never will.

 

[okcBob]

I've never bought a lottery ticket in my life and never will.

Well your luck has been unbelievably good, so might as well make some $ from it.

 

[Decoligny]

Correct.

While meat plants/processors understand the severity of food borne pathogens and do a good job of testing, due to how ground beef is sourced, when not cooking to an internal temperature of 165 degrees one runs a risk of having a bout of E. coli. Great way … especially for seniors … to puke and poop oneself to death or blow out a kidney.

Because steaks and chops are single sourced, they have a lower risk of E. Coli.

This is why I eat steaks. When I do eat a burger, I prefer to have it ground at home.

 

[turkeyrun]

I don't buy WM meat

We raise our own beef. Will buy a 4H hog, if we get lucky maybe a sheep or goat, to feed out and process. Those 4H animals are fed top quality feeds and are tender.
Catch briskets on sale and grind to fill the freezer with hamburger.

 

[2busy]

I don't buy WM meat

We raise our own beef. Will buy a 4H hog, if we get lucky maybe a sheep or goat, to feed out and process. Those 4H animals are fed top quality feeds and are tender.
Catch briskets on sale and grind to fill the freezer with hamburger.

I don't like 4 h animals, they are fed growth hormones in the hot feed to get the looks that sell.