Am i right,pork can not be pink at all!Our son was told in Food Tech that it's ok.I was always told by mum that Pork and Chicken couldn't be pink at all. TIA
shop-a-holic,
Sep 2, 4:55am
I often prefer undercooked or pink Pork, especially the Fillet piece. It wasn't recommended, in the days of unclean kill or processing. These days rigorous processes are applied for kill. However, this does not apply to chicken.
buzzy110,
Sep 2, 4:56am
My chef friend tells me that pork definitely can be pink. On the other hand I hate the smell of pork meat unless it has been properly cooked. Whew. It stinks like a pig. I have friends who serve up rare pork tenderloin EVERY TIME we are invited for a meal and every time I have to give it to someone else to eat when they are not looking. LOL.
The same chef also told me that chicken can be pink as well, so long as you follow best practice. But it isn't red meat and imo it tastes just as blerk as overcooked chicken meat. Actually most people incinerate their chicken rather than undercook it anyway.
davidt4,
Sep 2, 6:14am
I don't think it's necessary for safety reasons to cook pork until it's completely white and dry, but I find anything more than just faintly pink is repulsive.Same with chicken.
I've never understood why medium-rare duck breast is delicious while medium-rare chicken is inedible.Are they not subject to the same contamination!
herself,
Sep 2, 8:18am
Food Tech is right. pork can be served pink! and delicious it is too.
"Did you know that pork is a red meat!That means that it is perfectly OK to cook it with a hint of pink - just like beef and lamb.In fact cooking it this way means your pork will be juicy and tasty every time - Perfect!."-this is quoted from the NZ Pork site.http://www.pork.co.nz/HowToCookPerfectPork.aspx
uli,
Sep 2, 8:58am
Pork used to be cooked right through not because of bacterial contamination but because of Trichinella spiralis - a parasite which you do NOT want to get. Nowadays pork from pig prisons are free of it. However there was a case in NZ a few years back where a pig hat it. It was a free range kune and had most likely eaten an infested rat.
Can, can't, personally I hate raw meat. But you do whatever you prefer.
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