Lettuce is the most common culprit in food poisoning. That said, although I like a rare steak, I always get my burgers medium, in the rare occasions when I eat a burger nowadays.

Feel betted Blue.
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Our moronic state surgeon general here in Florida is going to get someone killed sooner or later. The very fact that our idiot governor even put this wacko in charge, just shows how incompetent Desantis would be as President. You all may have to deal with him in 2028.

Thanks to poor farming and slaughtering techniques along with the overuse of antibiotics, rare/medium rare ground beef is a thing of the past.

The USDA recommends not eating undercooked ground beef.
To be sure all bacteria are destroyed cook hamburgers to a safe minimum internal temperature of 160°F (71.1°C). Use a food thermometer to check that they have reached a safe internal temperature.

EHS-Net (cdc.gov) found that many restaurants prepare and cook beef in ways that could lead to undercooking or cross contamination.

Ground beef cooking temperature
Eight in ten managers said their workers do not always take a final temperature of hamburgers with a thermometer.

Many managers said their workers always or often check if hamburgers are ready in ways other than using a thermometer. They check

the color of the hamburger.
how the hamburger looks.
how the hamburger feels.

About one in ten hamburgers were undercooked (cooked to less than 155°F).

Cross contamination
In many restaurants, workers were seen preparing raw ground beef in a way that could lead to cross contamination. Workers

Did not wash their hands in between touching raw ground beef and touching other foods (six in ten restaurants).
Used the same utensil on raw ground beef and other foods without washing in between (one in three restaurants).
Used the same utensil on raw ground beef and cooked ground beef (without washing in between) (four in ten restaurants).
Wiped their hands on cloths/aprons after touching raw ground beef (4 in 10 restaurants).

In over half of restaurants, workers were seen doing two or more of these things that could lead to cross contamination.

WannaLogAlready wrote on Feb 23, 2024, 18:43:
Hamburger doom:
It's more probable that bacterially contaminated uncooked ingreditents were the cause (tomato, lettuce, onion, etc.) than a problem with the meat if fullly cooked.

Without going into gory detail, but some of what I threw up suggested the lettuce may have been the culprit. But I ordered it medium rare and it was definitely closer to rare, so there's that too. Definitely lost that roulette spin either way.

Thanks for this link. I know someone with Long Covid and subsequent brain fog issues.

So much for "do no harm". His license should be pulled...if he has one in the first place. Florida...where stupid goes to die.

Hamburger doom:
It's more probable that bacterially contaminated uncooked ingreditents were the cause (tomato, lettuce, onion, etc.) than a problem with the meat if fullly cooked.

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Florida's Ladapo: "Hold my witch doctor accoutrements."

Eh, vaccines, who needs them. Aside from being sick for a while your kid will probably survive. Maybe.

Blue forgot that the Satanic bargain he made so Blue's News would be wildly successful means he can't leave the vicinity of the Blue Castle.

Hope you feel better soon!

Sorry to hear that you are ill, Blue, and that it scuttled your trip. Once was for a trip for Mrs. Burrito and I to fly up to Canada to see her parents. I happily sent her along by her lonesome.

QuadBarrel wrote on Feb 23, 2024, 14:08:
ADHD will make you sharper in FPS games

I can play deathmatch for like 4 hours straight without a break.
Got all the kids asking me if I'm neurodivergent or something... hell maybe I am lol

Florida, where science goes to die.

See, I already told y'all that beef is bad. Not just for the planet and the climate but also for your tummy!

ADHD will make you sharper in FPS games

ADHD traits likely a great advantage playing survival videogames too.