alt Hacker NewsIn Canada, it's outright illegal to sell a burger medium done. If you get caught, your restaurant will be closed for a couple weeks minimum, along with a hefty fine. It must be fully cooked, or not served.
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dboreham • 12/08/2024
Same in UK. Family members keep asking me when we travel there "will my burger be done right". Uhhh..there's only one kind of doneness for a burger in these parts.
tomp • 12/08/2024
That doesn’t make sense. It’s beef.
If you can serve a steak medium, then you can also grind the steak, cook it medium and serve it.
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dylan604 • 12/08/2024
seriously? No medium well, just straight up well done? So, hockey pucks? Ahh, now it makes sense. It's a law endowed by Canada's love of hockey
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It's ground beef. The rule is you must cook it to the proper internal temperature. This is reasonable food safety. This simply precludes medium as an option.
If they grind their own meat or use something like ground chuck or ground round you can get it medium.