Hamburgers come from where?

[Blue Heeler]

I stopped buying meat from Walmart 6 years ago when a news insider program said the steaks and roasts were packaged with carbon Monoxide to preserve the red color while they were rancid.

https://www.consumerreports.org/food-safety/why-is-ground-beef-making-people-sick/

“Gas flushing” … trying to keep product looking tasty.

 

[Blue Heeler]

Ground is different from a steak. Pathogens are on the surface of a steak while the same cut gets it into the center when ground.

There is that but also that steaks are single source one animal and retail ground beef will be multiple animals going into that package. More chances for pathogen contamination.

 

[okcBob]

Also, color is not a reliable indicator for doneness of hamburger. Cooked ground beef may appear brown before it reaches a safe internal temperature, while some lean ground beef may remain pink at temperatures well above the 160 degrees safety threshold.

 

[Blue Heeler]

I found out they can use meat condemned for use in other products, because hotdogs are a cooked product.

They do not use condemned meat.

What all hot dog manufacturers use … Conagra (Hebrew National), Oscar Mayer, Tyson (Ballpark) Bar-S … etc. use in their hot dogs are USDA inspected meat. They buy what they call “trim” of various lean/fat ratios and blend that into the making of a hot dog.

 

[Bad Hombre]

I buy a cow periodically, but still use a meat thermometer and make sure my burgers are cooked to 165. Now I do like some pink in my steak, but that is a different risk level. To this day I still REALLY cook hotdogs, after doing some research, due to a young patient I had. She had eaten Hebrew National hotdogs (what you would think would be good) and got a severe complication from E.coli poisoning. I found out they can use meat condemned for use in other products, because hotdogs are a cooked product. Not for me thanks, nuke it till it glows and then shoot it in the dark.

I love hot dogs and eat them right out of the fridge quite often. They are delicious and make a great quick snack. Hot dogs have gotten a bad rap for years but I never had a problem with them.

 

[Blue Heeler]

I love hot dogs and eat them right out of the fridge quite often. They are delicious and make a great quick snack. Hot dogs have gotten a bad rap for years but I never had a problem with them.

Yes … I do the same. Because they are fully cooked and never touched by even a gloved hand from the raw materials to being cooked to being packaged, there is a very low risk.

Best hot dog … right as the come off the line from being cooked at a plant. Back in 1981, I was at the (now closed) Oscar Mayer plant in LA. Got to eat one fresh out of what they called “the tunnel” where they are smoked/cooked. Unbelievably good.

 

[okcBob]

Hoffmans are the best I’ve had. Real hot dogs in casing. The white hots are even better than the traditional red hots.

Home - Hofmann Sausage Company

hofmannsausage.com

 

[GorillaG]

Every location is different, they have different cooks. The Wichita Falls Road House had a cook that must have hated good steaks. I ordered EXTREMELY RARE and received over med well, just short of well. Wif had ordered MED and got a charcoal briquet. Sent both back and ordered EXTREMELY RARE, came out med well. Had eaten about half and manager came by. I held up the meat and asked how he would classify it? He says it looks very med well. I asked waitress what was ordered, TWICE? She told him, extremely rare. Manager apologized and headed to kitchen.

The Lawton location has always been spot on. We order med RARE and it is somewhere between almost MED and not quite RARE.

My sister is the most finicky diner on earth. Her tastebuds are superhuman. I've seen her identify a cut of meat and a brand of butter by taste alone. Myself I'm more interested in volume. She sends back at least half of what she orders after the second send back it's usually comped. Not me brother, I told her the "fixed" food probably has loogies in it now from the teenager cooking it.

 

[Bad Hombre]

Hoffmans are the best I’ve had. Real hot dogs in casing. The white hots are even better than the traditional red hots.

Home - Hofmann Sausage Company

hofmannsausage.com

I'd love to try them but I can not find anywhere that sells them.

 

[Jason Freeland]

I love hot dogs and eat them right out of the fridge quite often. They are delicious and make a great quick snack. Hot dogs have gotten a bad rap for years but I never had a problem with them.

If something goes wrong with the cooking process what then? My patient damn near didn't survive and had life altering injuries even so. I will continue to eat them, but only after thorough cooking.