On Thu, 9 May 2002 13:39:21 +0000, Debra Kierstead <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I was wondering about whether eating a lot of ground meat (mostly beef) >is a good idea or not. I have never found ground meat to taste as good as a cut of meat so I almost never eat it. I would avoid it unless you are doing it for economic reasons. Cordain might say it is too fatty -- if you go by the Paleo Diet. There may be other nutrition reasons that cuts of meat are better though. The main thing is that ground meat has a better chance of having bacteria dispersed all the way through it - hence you have to cook it so that all redness is gone. With a cut of meat bacteria is primarily on the outside, so that is why you can eat steak that is pink in the middle. I cook beef sirloin in the microwave ( http://www.geocities.com/paleofitness/paleomicrowave.html ) and it tastes great. Philip Thrift http://www.geocities.com/PaleoFitness