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Ground beef SAFE?
« 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
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Re: Ground beef SAFE?
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2008, 11:49:01 am »
meat is fine from 6 months along with most foods except for honey and whole nuts.
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Re: Ground beef SAFE?
« Reply #2 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).
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Re: Ground beef SAFE?
« Reply #3 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.
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« Reply #4 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.
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Re: Ground beef SAFE?
« Reply #5 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.

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Re: Ground beef SAFE?
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: Ground beef SAFE?
« Reply #7 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
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Re: Ground beef SAFE?
« Reply #8 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!
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Re: Ground beef SAFE?
« Reply #9 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.

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