what will happen if you eat half cooked hamburger meat?

Answer 1

Your body will digest it at the same rate it would digest fully cooked meat. You may find that it tastes a little bit better.

Answer 2

My grandfather used to eat raw hamburger sandwiches. On my last vacation I had carpaccio (very, very thin raw steak slices).

Well, there's an element of risk in just about all eating. One needs to get over that.

The reason that these chain restaurants put all kinds of glop on their hamburgers is to hide the fact that they are required to basically serve them burned (aka anything over medium).

If you want to be really REALLY safe (and still enjoy a decent burger):

1. Go to a reputable butcher shop or place that has good quality meat.
2. Buy the meat yourself to grind at home.
3. Keep everything refrigerated (under 40 degrees). If you live far from the store have a cooler with you.

(Personally I feel safe getting meat as is from my local market).

The fact is the vast, vast majority of the time a home-cooked medium rare burger w/ just salt, pepper & a thin layer of mayo on the bottom of the bun (to catch juices) is FAR, FAR healthier than one of those chain burgers w/ gobs & gobs of cheese & secret sauce that's burned to a crisp. And it will taste a lot better and cost a lot less.

But to answer the question: what WILL happen? Most likely nothing bad as far a contamination goes, but can be a detriment if the fat & cholestrol are piled on & you make it a habit of eating that way.

Answer 3

I don't think you'll be in any immediate danger, unless you make a habit of it. They say that you shouldn't eat uncooked hamburger meat because of all the processing, and the potential for foodborne illnesses like E Coli that can stem from improperly cleaned grinding equipment. however there are still plenty of restaurants out there (albeit not many) that will serve you a burger cooked medium if you want it like that. considerably fewer will allow med rare.

Answer 4

I eat pink hamburger meat all of the time.......BUT, if the meat is tainted with bacteria of any kind, not fully cooking puts you at risk for infection. Meat is a lot safer now days than it used to be, but anything can get contaminated these days (lettuce, spinach, peanut butter) so you take your risk in an educated manner.

Answer 5

Maybe... The problem with undercooking is E. Coli bacteria. E. Coli from YOU (your own excerment) does you no harm, so you can eat your own with no ill efects, but eat E. Coli from someone else and you COULD die. The problem is you only have immunity from your opwn bacteria, not a strain from someone else. In the case of meat, you are looking at the slaughterhouse where the cow carcass was butchered. If they nicked the intestines in the process, thet got cow E. Coli onto the butchered meat, which COULD affect YOU is NOT cooked to at leadt 165 degreen F. With poultry, the problem is Salmonella bacteria, but Salmonella will probably not kill you as E. Coli will... By the way, using a microwave does NOT brown meat, leaving it grey and wet looking, but DOES raise the tremperature hot enough to kill the bacteria.

Answer 6

Hopefully the meat was uncontaminated! Also hope you have a good gut & immune system. If the meat was contaminated with E.Coli-you won't need 3 days to get your answer because you'll be very, very ill or in hospital. On the other hand, the preservatives may help you out. Good luck.

Answer 7

Probably nothing, but you could become ill with E.Coli or some other food-borne illness -- that is, if the bacteria was in the meat you ate. Usually, the world keeps turning. Most meat doesn't have e.coli. If it did, you'd hear about it on the news, no doubt, because a lot of people undercook their meat.

Answer 8

If blood still drips out, they'll consider you a vampire. Evil is what uncooked meat is for, Jesus bled on the cross, so Satan has his minions eat bloody meat to stand for drinking the blood of Jesus. I prefer my meat medium well. Not burned though. And Pork, well. For pork has something in it that will turn into worms in your intestines. Not good!

Answer 9

It depends on the quality of the meat and how fresh it is. Think of high quality steaks, usually they are only partly cooked....but if you are eatting regular ground beef that has been in the store for a while...you might get sick.

Answer 10

I seriously doubt that anything would happen to you. I don't believe it's any different then eating a rare steak.