Red Meat

[Pregnopaws]

DH and I have been invited to our favourite Argentinian steak restaurant tonight and I'm wondering if its alright for me to have a well done steak? I've been avoiding eating too much red meat since getting preggy, but everyone has said if it's not at all bloody then it should be fine. It's a shame though because I sort of prefer a medium to well done, not charred to a cinder, but perhaps I should ask for it thoroughly cooked?

 

[Kimbo]

yes you'll be fine with a well cooked steak - plus, the iron will do you good

 

[lisa&alex]

its load of crap.. the only thing u can catch from beef is worms.. i eat mine rare..ul be fine carla.. p.s u jammy cow. ur out everynight at some fancy place!!

 

[pilkers]

I was told that undercooked red meat can put you at risk of toxoplasmosis????

 

[Squiglet]

Usually the only thing you can catch from undercooked red meat is worms or certain types of illnesses such as e coli if the meat is handled unhigenically....toxoplasmosis is carried in a spore from faeces, usually carried in the hair of cats.

Pregnopaws I would order your meat well done....mainly because in Argentinian resturants in Spain well done usually means...shown the meat the flame and actually let it touch it for 2 minutes.

Its your chicken and eggs you really want to make sure are well cooked as salmonella poisoning is much more virulent.

 

[Moomum]

I still eat the odd meduim/rare steak. I'm sure if it's a reputable restaurant where you know the meat is fresh, it shouldn't be a problem

 

[Pregnopaws]

I was told that undercooked red meat can put you at risk of toxoplasmosis????

Yes, apparently there is a risk of toxoplasmosis and a form of E.Coli bacteria which can cause blindness, poor growth, mental ******ation, feotal infection and premature birth. Think i'll have mine well done after reading that!

 

[ella]

My midwife advised me to order medium or medium to well, but said these would be fine.