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The real story behind why some Wisconsinites eat raw meat sandwiches around the holidays - Matador Network
Recently, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services issued a rather unusual warning to the residents of Wisconsin: Stop eating raw meat sandwiches. Raw ground beef, which is processed using several different types of machinery in a factory, is susceptible to cross-contamination from bacteria that can sometimes cause fatal Salmonella and E. coli infections (the CDC made a similar ruling in 2013). This is common knowledge that most people thought was already well understood. The department’s pronouncement — and various reactions to it from Wisconsinites who refuse to give up the sandwiches — quickly went viral.
In a series of Facebook comments responding to the department’s post, one user declared that he would “eat it on any day that ends in Y” while another swore that in 60 years of eating raw meat sandwiches he’s never become ill. The first reactions were twinged with disgust and disapproval; after all, it does not seem, at first blush, exactly normal to eat uncooked ground beef mashed between two pieces of bread.
Recently, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services issued a rather unusual warning to the residents of Wisconsin: Stop eating raw meat sandwiches. Raw ground beef, which is processed using several different types of machinery in a factory, is susceptible to cross-contamination from bacteria that can sometimes cause fatal Salmonella and E. coli infections (the CDC made a similar ruling in 2013). This is common knowledge that most people thought was already well understood. The department’s pronouncement — and various reactions to it from Wisconsinites who refuse to give up the sandwiches — quickly went viral.
In a series of Facebook comments responding to the department’s post, one user declared that he would “eat it on any day that ends in Y” while another swore that in 60 years of eating raw meat sandwiches he’s never become ill. The first reactions were twinged with disgust and disapproval; after all, it does not seem, at first blush, exactly normal to eat uncooked ground beef mashed between two pieces of bread.
