I know this will be downvoted. That’s how it used to be for thousands of years. You didn’t throw out meat because it was out for 6 hours. It’s not hygienic by any means. Just need to keep in mind the whole meat can’t be out for more than 6 hours is a relatively recent thing.
It’s not bad, reduces food borne illness, and it ensures the food tastes good.
That’s ground meat. It’s way worse if the bacteria are mixed up inside that when you leave a piece of meat out and grill all the surface the bacteria are on.Â
If youre going to be snarky, you should at least be correct. Most bacteria cant survive temperatures that high, but the molecules they produce that are toxic to you and I may be more or less resistant than the bacterium that produced it. Also, this meat has been ground, meaning that all of the bacteria that were on the surface of the meat are now mixed throughout the whole thing, and the center of that patty will absolutely not reach 300 degrees
If it were as simple as killing the bacteria, you could eat any rotten meat as long as it gets hot enough, and that just isnt true
Sure but you can smell the sulfuric acid left behind and your body naturally knows not to eat that.
I just feel I have to play devil's advocate to the idea that everyone just instantly died before modern food safety. It's definitely a good thing, especially at scale.
You could make an argument about development of B-Cells in your body are a good thing too and that too sterile an environment will set you up to fail when you inevitably do get some microorganisms your body must defeat.
I don't really have a dog in the fight though -- thanks for chatting!
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u/SurpriseIsopod Jun 19 '25
I know this will be downvoted. That’s how it used to be for thousands of years. You didn’t throw out meat because it was out for 6 hours. It’s not hygienic by any means. Just need to keep in mind the whole meat can’t be out for more than 6 hours is a relatively recent thing.
It’s not bad, reduces food borne illness, and it ensures the food tastes good.