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Title: Ground beef SAFE?
Post by: ~S~ on January 26, 2008, 22:13:17 pm

I have googled and I can't find the answer.  At what age is it safe to give ground beef to child?  Does anyone know, or know where I can find the answer?  TIA

Title: Re: Ground beef SAFE?
Post by: Seona1973 on January 27, 2008, 11:49:01 am

meat is fine from 6 months along with most foods except for honey and whole nuts.

Title: Re: Ground beef SAFE?
Post by: Samuel's mum on January 27, 2008, 11:50:38 am

Ground beef needs serious cooking though and be piping hot as the bacteria is spread throughout the product during the grinding process (unlike a steak for example).

Title: Re: Ground beef SAFE?
Post by: Kimberly® on January 27, 2008, 13:37:15 pm

as long as its cooked right you can start it the same time you start other meats. We started at about 7-8 months I think with DD, when she first started having pasta and sauce.

Title: Re: Ground beef SAFE?
Post by: NiknLily on January 27, 2008, 13:53:15 pm

As far as meat goes I have always considered beef to be one of the safest meats, lets face it you can eat it raw  :P if thats your thing.  But you wouldn't consider eating raw chicken or pork thats for sure.

Title: Re: Ground beef SAFE?
Post by: 15milner on January 27, 2008, 14:52:41 pm

Andrew's just had ground beef for the first time this week.  I always cook mine for a long time - the longer the better.  It went so soft I only needed to mash it with the other veg I cooked it with.  i use ground steak rather than just anyold ground beef.  When it comes to using the meals i always overheat and let it cool down rather than just reheating to a pleasant temperature.

Alex

Title: Re: Ground beef SAFE?
Post by: ~S~ on January 28, 2008, 03:11:22 am

Thanks ladies.  I was thinking that you weren't supposed to give it to them for several years, maybe that is just hamburgers, b/c they are harder to cook through?  It just seems like this was something that I vaguely remember from dd1, so I have been holding off giving it to dd2, but I am needing more options to cook and freeze and using ground beef would really give us some variety.  Thanks again, I must have been mistaken.

Title: Re: Ground beef SAFE?
Post by: Kimberly® on January 28, 2008, 11:03:17 am

never heard anything about hambergers either... DD's had those since about a year.. she LOVES them

Title: Re: Ground beef SAFE?
Post by: ~S~ on February 08, 2008, 03:08:08 am

Well, I have been cooking recipes w/ ground beef.  Easier on the budget and time.  Thanks everyone!

Title: Re: Ground beef SAFE?
Post by: Grace's Mom on February 12, 2008, 21:46:03 pm

We've been giving Grace ground beef (hamburgers, etc.) since at least 12 months of age if not sooner.  
Hard to remember exactly.

Melissa