Couldn't you die from eat carpaccio?

Question

For those of you who don't know what it is, its thinly sliced RAW BEEF!! I thought we were taught to cook cow meat until its done, due to the flesh eating virus' that it may carry. What the hell?

Answer 1

Mad cow disease happens just in Catlee confined because they got Liquid protein supplements that used contaminated sheep carcases
In cattle free in pastures were they graze there is no mad cow disease
By the way prions are not killed in heat.
Cooking or not cooking there is no difference whatsoever......
You can enjoy your carpaccio with some capers and a Little Parmesan cheese
Yummy....

Answer 2

The beef used for carppacio MUST be very fresh, just butchered preferably. As with sushi in japan and other ethnic dishes using raw meats the freshness is essential. Carpaccio is a dish that uses capers, extra virgin olive oil and bsalmic vinegar. The vinegar due to its potency( you use it sparingly) kills alot of the bacteria. Turkish cuisine have a similar dish using ground beef in which the raw hot chillis pounded then rubbed in acts in the same way. Steak Tartar is another raw beef dish but french in origin. I have eaten most and enjoyed them alot. The only recommendation is that not to eat those style while pregnant. The other being that you know exactly where the ingrediants came from, the age and the source reliabilty.

Answer 3

If you are dining in an establishment that offers carpaccio, of any sort, you are dealing with true culinarians. This being said, as a consumer you can come to expect cleanliness and reverence for the products they handle.

The USDA inspection for beef is THE MOST STRINGENT, pork and poultry are not scrutinized nearly as much. One of the other people to answer this question made a good point about freshness and the use of a marinade. While carpaccio is not marinaded, it IS served with a vinaigrette and seasoned with salt. Both vinegar and salt work to reduce pathogens and the increased acidity reduces the risk of food-borne illness. The portion size is also important to remember as it is shaved very thinly and should not be much more than 2oz. TUNA Carpaccio is something that I would pay more attention to. Only partake of this delicacy in a fine dining restaurant or sushi establishment. When in doubt try a hot appetizer. GREAT QUESTION, I enjoyed answering.

Answer 4

april does not rock it this time...
"raw or undercooked meat increases the risk of foodbourne illness" - that's what you find on every menu that carries steak or any meat or fish that will be cooked to order. so no matter if you cook the inside or the outside, there are bacterias in the undercooked part. of course ground beef is more dangerous, because there the bacterias have more surface to proliferate.

regarding carpaccio: it is mostly marinated for a certain time or even smoked. the marinade causes a chemical reaction that "cooks" the meat. (as well as the usual cooking causes a chemical reaction - mostly coagulation) it is the same with "raw" fish (tuna).
the only thing i know of that is definitely served and eaten raw is tatar - and that is even ground (ground filet of beef) and, besides other ingredients, contains raw egg yolk!
BUT all these meats (and the egg yolk) are required to be as fresh as possible - when they are, the risk of any infection or even death is at a very minimum that is not even worth mentioning. FRESHNESS IS ESSENTIAL! (usually the meats in supermarkets sat for a while somewhere in any giant fridge, that's why you NEED to cook them at least medium - better medium-well - , if you wanna have a safe steak at home and know how to cook it)

Answer 5

You can die from eating ANYTHING if it is spoiled.

Beef isn't anything special in that department. And there's no "flesh eating virus" that it carries. There were a few cases of Mad Cow disease, but not enough to worry about. That is caused by feeding beef cows with remains of other cows that are diseased. That practice has pretty much stopped.

Answer 6

The outside of meet, not the inside, needs to be cooked. Technically, I guess, if the entire thing is not cooked, you could be hurt. However, if its raw meat cut from the inside of roast, and the outer layer (the part bacteria touches) is the part you are eating, you are fine.

The reason GROUND BEEF has to be completely well done is because bacteria touches the outside of meat, and that part is ground together. Steak can be very rare, as long as the outside is heated to the proper tempurature.

Answer 7

It is also served with special sauces which act as antibiotics. If in doubt, use lemon. Besides, Italians and Spaniards have eaten carpaccio for decades and they seem OK. Similarly, the Japanese have eaten raw fish in dishes like Sushi for hundreds of years and they also seem OK.

Answer 8

sure if you had some while walking across the street and you get hit by a truck