Medium Steak?

cat lover · Feb 27th, 2011, 11:45 AM

Hi ladies! I hope you are all well.

Just wondering - is it OK to eat a medium steak or should I have it well done?

I am going out for dinner tonight and could drool at the thought of a medium steak... but not sure if its dangerous..??

Thanks

M&S+Bump · Feb 27th, 2011, 11:50 AM

Medium steak is fine. As long as the outside is brown, there are no germs on the inside of it.

tina3747 · Feb 27th, 2011, 11:54 AM

I'd say it's fine.. It's very rare you get any food poisoning from beef, people eat steak tartare (blughgh!) think it's more 1st tri you'd need to avoid..

PrayerfulHope · Feb 27th, 2011, 12:09 PM

I hope so because I ate a medium steak the other night. I didn't get sick so I assume everything was fine, and, it was amazing.

Annunakian · Feb 27th, 2011, 13:34 PM

I usually have mine medium rare. Anything more than that and it's too tough for me. I love steak tartar (cannibal sammiches it's called here) but I haven't had any since before I found out I was pregnant, the only place I trust for that is a local store by my Moms which is an hour away and we don't go there often if at all.

mumoffive · Feb 27th, 2011, 15:42 PM

I always thought it had to be cooked all the way through? I thought the issue was listeroisis because its undercooked? I have always thought that. I would love a medium rare steak!

Cattia · Feb 27th, 2011, 15:46 PM

I wish I had know that's OK. DH insists on buying steak and I have been eating mine well done which I really don't like. I like them really rare normally but medium rare would be better than nothing.

WifeyMommy · Feb 27th, 2011, 16:05 PM

I've been encouraged by my OB to eat Medium or medium rare beef because of my iron deficiency and the iron pills are intolerable for me. Beef 3 times a week and plenty of lentils and greens have been on my menu for the past few weeks.

Mum2MJ · Feb 27th, 2011, 16:09 PM

Hi, I think the risk is toxoplasmosis, I haven't eaten steak at all this pregnancy because I can't stand it well done so I don't see the point. Here's the link to the NHS guidelines on foods to avoid during pregnancy (includes undercooked/rare meat) for those who want to know: http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/917.aspx...CategoryID=130

UkCath · Feb 27th, 2011, 21:06 PM

I think people have said before that Toxoplasmosis is a risk in rare steak but that it's actually very unlikley to be found in beef products so quite a low risk, where as pork products are much more likely to be a Toxoplasmosis risk if undercooked.

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Annunakian Chat Happy BnB Member Mom of two Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: PXY-887 Country: Posts: 1,140 Thanked others: 785 Thanked 230 times in 200 posts	I usually have mine medium rare. Anything more than that and it's too tough for me. I love steak tartar (cannibal sammiches it's called here) but I haven't had any since before I found out I was pregnant, the only place I trust for that is a local store by my Moms which is an hour away and we don't go there often if at all. __________________ Last edited by Annunakian; Feb 27th, 2011 at 13:35 PM..
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mumoffive BnB Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: Scotland Country: Posts: 7,480 Thanked others: 387 Thanked 1,309 times in 1,146 posts Currently Feeling:	I always thought it had to be cooked all the way through? I thought the issue was listeroisis because its undercooked? I have always thought that. I would love a medium rare steak!
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Cattia BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Hampshire, UK Country: Posts: 6,749 Thanked others: 596 Thanked 2,631 times in 2,317 posts Currently Feeling:	I wish I had know that's OK. DH insists on buying steak and I have been eating mine well done which I really don't like. I like them really rare normally but medium rare would be better than nothing. __________________
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WifeyMommy Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Country: Posts: 151 Thanked others: 58 Thanked 34 times in 30 posts	I've been encouraged by my OB to eat Medium or medium rare beef because of my iron deficiency and the iron pills are intolerable for me. Beef 3 times a week and plenty of lentils and greens have been on my menu for the past few weeks. __________________
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Mum2MJ Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Surrey Country: Posts: 432 Thanked others: 62 Thanked 145 times in 139 posts Currently Feeling:	Hi, I think the risk is toxoplasmosis, I haven't eaten steak at all this pregnancy because I can't stand it well done so I don't see the point. Here's the link to the NHS guidelines on foods to avoid during pregnancy (includes undercooked/rare meat) for those who want to know: http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/917.aspx...CategoryID=130
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UkCath Active BnB Member Pregnant with No 2 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Leeds, UK Country: Posts: 924 Thanked others: 238 Thanked 254 times in 233 posts	I think people have said before that Toxoplasmosis is a risk in rare steak but that it's actually very unlikley to be found in beef products so quite a low risk, where as pork products are much more likely to be a Toxoplasmosis risk if undercooked. __________________
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