Ground meat

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"Minced meat" redirects here. Not to be confused with Mincemeat.
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Ground meat in sausage making
Ground beef in an industrial grinder

Ground meat, called mince or minced meat outside North America, is meat finely chopped by a meat grinder or a chopping knife. A common type of ground meat is ground beef, but many other types of meats are prepared in a similar fashion, including pork, veal, lamb, goat meat, and poultry.

Dishes

Ground meat is used in a wide variety of dishes, by itself, or mixed with other ingredients. It may be formed into

meat pies and böreks, and also as stuffing. It may be made into meat sauce such as ragù, which in turn is used in dishes like pastitsio and moussaka, or mixed with sauce and served on a bun as a sloppy joe sandwich. It may also be cooked with beans, tomatoes, and/or spices to make chili con carne
.

Indian subcontinent

Keema curry in a bun (pau), a popular Mumbai street food.

In the

naan
.

The word ultimately comes from the Turkic word qıyma meaning 'minced meat', and is thus related to the Persian qeyme, Turkish kıyma, and Greek kimás.[2][3]

Food safety

Ground meat has

Jack in the Box hamburgers contaminated in this manner were responsible for four deaths and the illness of hundreds of people in 1993.[7]

To ensure the safety of ground meat distributed through the

United States National Research Council report reviewed the scientific basis of the Department's ground beef safety standards, evaluated how the standards compare to those used by large retail and commercial food service purchasers of ground beef, and looked at ways to establish periodic evaluations of the Federal Purchase Ground Beef Program.[8] The report found that although the safety requirements could be strengthened using scientific concepts, the prevention of future outbreaks of food-borne disease will depend on eliminating contamination during production and ensuring meat is properly cooked before it is served.[9]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Minced meat.

References

  1. ^ Hindustani: क़ीमा (Devanagari), قیمہ (Nastaliq), (pronounced [ˈqiːma]); Bengali: কীমা.
  2. ISBN 81-215-0098-2
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  3. ^ Oxford English Dictionary, s.v.
  4. ^ "What Happens If You Eat Undercooked Ground Beef". cookinaw.com. 2022-03-15. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
  5. ^ Committee on the Review of the USDA E. coli O157:H7, "Farm-to-Table Process Risk Assessment", Slaughter Module in Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Ground Beef: Review of a Draft Risk Assessment, 2002, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC.
  6. ^ Honikel, K. O., "Minced Meats", in Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences, Jensen, W. K., et al., eds., 2004, Elsevier, New York.
  7. ^ Case Study: Jack in the Box E. coli crisis
  8. ^ [1]: National Research Council report An Evaluation of the Food Safety Requirements of the Federal Purchase of Ground Beef Program
  9. ^ [2] The report in Brief An Evaluation of the Food Safety Requirements of the Federal Purchase of Ground Beef Program
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