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Related: Culture Forums, Support Forums'Cannibal sandwiches' sicken Wisconsin residents
http://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Cannibal-sandwiches-sicken-Wisconsin-residents-5039064.php"Cannibal sandwiches," an appetizer featuring raw, lean ground beef served on cocktail bread, may be a Wisconsin tradition, but they are not safe, health officials said, noting that more than a dozen people became ill after consuming them last holiday season....
Cannibal sandwiches were tied to outbreaks in Wisconsin in 1972, 1978 and 1994. The appetizer, also called "tiger meat," ''steak tartare" or simply "ground beef," is usually a simple dish of lean ground meat seasoned with salt and pepper on rye cocktail bread with sliced raw onion, said Milwaukee historian John Gurda, who served it at his 1977 wedding reception. Occasionally, a raw egg will be mixed with the meat.
Cannibal sandwiches have been a festive dish in German, Polish and other ethnic communities in the Milwaukee area since the 19th century, Gurda said. The 66-year-old said it was once common to see them at wedding receptions, meals following funerals and Christmas and New Year's Eve parties. The dish has become less common in recent years with greater awareness of the risks of uncooked meat and fewer people eating beef, but Gurda said he still runs into it....
Keith Meyer, who runs L&M Meats, a Kenosha butcher shop started by his father, recalled his German grandfather and other "old guys" gobbling the ground beef when he was growing up. With his grandfather gone, Meyer's family no longer serves the dish, but the 57-year-old said, "It's really not that bad, if you get by the texture of it."
Cannibal sandwiches were tied to outbreaks in Wisconsin in 1972, 1978 and 1994. The appetizer, also called "tiger meat," ''steak tartare" or simply "ground beef," is usually a simple dish of lean ground meat seasoned with salt and pepper on rye cocktail bread with sliced raw onion, said Milwaukee historian John Gurda, who served it at his 1977 wedding reception. Occasionally, a raw egg will be mixed with the meat.
Cannibal sandwiches have been a festive dish in German, Polish and other ethnic communities in the Milwaukee area since the 19th century, Gurda said. The 66-year-old said it was once common to see them at wedding receptions, meals following funerals and Christmas and New Year's Eve parties. The dish has become less common in recent years with greater awareness of the risks of uncooked meat and fewer people eating beef, but Gurda said he still runs into it....
Keith Meyer, who runs L&M Meats, a Kenosha butcher shop started by his father, recalled his German grandfather and other "old guys" gobbling the ground beef when he was growing up. With his grandfather gone, Meyer's family no longer serves the dish, but the 57-year-old said, "It's really not that bad, if you get by the texture of it."
I serve them with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
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'Cannibal sandwiches' sicken Wisconsin residents (Original Post)
KamaAina
Dec 2013
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Ah. Back when BSE was a problem I found safe local butchers that I still trust.
In_The_Wind
Dec 2013
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In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)1. That's a snack I have at home.
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)6. You don't worry about getting sick?
Raw ground beef is pretty dangerous.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)8. I've been eating it for many years.
I stopped for about two years back during the time when bovine spongiform encephalopathy was a problem.
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)9. I wouldn't worry about BSE as much given how rare it is...
I'd worry much more about ecoli and the like. Meat is handled really badly at processing plants.
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)10. Ah. Back when BSE was a problem I found safe local butchers that I still trust.
As a result, I don't get sick from foodborne pathogen.
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)11. Well that's good then, I was picturing...
I was picturing raw steak tartare from a Styrofoam container at your local Safeway. Yeah a local small butcher you know would be much safer.
MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)2. Yeeaah… I don't do raw meat.
Not at all.
Like it well-well-well done.
benld74
(9,904 posts)3. Real cannibals skip the bread, salt, pepper, egg and onion
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)4. I've eaten it in a restaurant once
hunter
(38,310 posts)5. Maybe if it was zapped by gamma or x-rays first?
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)7. "Cannibal sandwich"? I thought it was just called ''steak tartare"...
That's a delicacy in many places. Never heard of the first name lol. It's long been known to be a risky dish to consume though, no?