Surely to some people, eating raw meat is risky, but it can be a little bit fun too. Eating cooked meals is a delicious way to enjoy food and flavor. Similarly, most of the people like cooking the food at a mid-temperature so that the risk of bacteria and other parasites decreases. However, eating them raw is adventurous, tender, and more fun. When you are cooking the meat, you are not cooking the food only but along with that, the proper nutritional value is decreasing. When you are eating it raw, you are getting everything that the food has to offer you. Here I have shared some important things to remember when you are preparing raw beef at home.
Buy The Meat From A Source You Can Trust
Trust comes first. Try to buy the product that you believe sell fresh fishes and other meats. It sometimes becomes hard to identify the freshness of the meat and if you are familiar with the store. It becomes easier to know what kind of products they usually sell. Moreover, knowing a good butcher is also necessary. When you are buying fishes, you will know if it is fresh or not by smelling it. Raw fishes always carry the freshness of ocean water. Also, you can touch the fish and if it gives an indentation feeling, don’t buy it.
Buy It Whole
The beef ground can contain more than 2,000 different cows. So, when you are buying the meat that is already cut into pieces, you will never know how many cows you are dealing with. Hence, try to purchase the muscle whole so that you know you are going to eat meat from only one cow. Similarly, when you are purchasing fish from a store, keep the above-said point in mind.
Keep It In Freezer
When you are keeping the fresh meat in the freezer, you are slowing down the growth of bacteria. Though keeping it in a cool place won’t kill bacteria but there is a chance whatsoever. Moreover, try not to keep any raw beef or fish for more than 5 days. Bacteria usually grows in various ranges of temperature, so keeping the food at a certain temperature will ensure its safety. In the home freezer, if you keep fish at -10 degrees Fahrenheit temperature, it can kill the bacteria and keep your food fresh and healthy. If you leave out the food for more than 10 days at different ranges of temperatures, chances are your food is not safe. Therefore, it not remains edible. This is why you can rarely find food poisoning in sushi restaurants. However, shellfish like scallops, oysters, and clams can contain a considerable amount of bacteria that can cause some real troubles.
Also, you can use sanitizer spray of grapefruit seed extract along with water to kill and keep germs away. These are some points to remember when you are trying to prepare raw meat for the first time.