Originally Posted by Fluff

I can't remember what got posted when we discussed it before but with steak it's OK as the bacteria that can make you ill is on the surface so you can eat it rare but with burgers the surface area is everywhere as it's been minced.

I think someone said in theory you can get ill from rare burgers but it's very unlikely.

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.