Start Your Engines with Ground Beef

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Start Your Engines with Ground Beef
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How do you eat ground beef?
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Where is the ham in my burger?

• Originated in 1700s
• Hamburg, Germany
• Immigrants brought to USA
• Sold at 1904 Worlds Fair

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Whats the difference?

• Ground beef?
• Hamburger?
• Beef Pattie?

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On the Fast Track

• Ground Beef
• Chopped fresh and/or frozen beef muscle
• Less than 30 fat
• No added seasonings, water, extenders
• Hamburger
• May have added beef fat
• Beef Patties
• May have added ingredients as labeled

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Made Right in the Midwest

• Its All in the Name
• Loose Meat Sandwiches
• Maid-Rite
• Beef Burger
• Sloppy Joes
• Barbeques
• Taverns

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Fuel Your Engine

• Where does ground beef fit in a healthy diet?

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MyPlate Protein

• Adults should eat 5 to 6 one ounce-equivalents
  (2,000 calorie diet) per day.
• Choose lean cuts of meat and poultry.
• Vary your choices include fish, beans, peas,
• nuts and seeds.

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Whats an Equivalent?

• 1 ounce equivalents
• 1 ounce meat, poultry or fish
• ¼ cup cooked dry beans or peas
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon peanut butter
• ½ ounce of nuts or seeds

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Protein Group

• Moderate portions of lean beef are an important
  part of a healthy diet.
• Beef has nutrients important for health.

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Fuel Up Beef gives ZIP

• ZINC
• IRON
• PROTEIN
• B-Vitamins

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Nutrients in Ground Beef

• How much
• ZIP in one
• serving?

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How Much to Buy?

• One pound four 3-ounce cooked servings of
  patties or crumbles

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Understanding the Label

• Lean to fat ratio (93 lean means 93 lean
  muscle and 7 fat)
• Higher lean less fat
• Example- 90 lean has less total fat than 85 lean

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Ground Beef Choices

• Other choices
• ground round
• ground chuck
• ground sirloin
• Comes from the primal cut
• lean must still be given

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Ground Beef Choices

• Which to buy?

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Smart Tips for Reducing Fat

• Purchase 70-85 lean
• Brown ground beef, until fully cooked
• Rinse ground beef in colander with very hot water
• Drain

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Caution Flag!

• Clean
• Separate
• Chill
• Cook

• Fight BAC!

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Clean

• Wash hands and surfaces often with hot soapy water

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Separate

• Raw meats from other foods
• Use clean knife and cutting board

• Dont Cross Contaminate

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Chill

• Refrigerate promptly
• Last stop shopping

• Keep Cold Foods Cold

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Purchasing

• Fresh ground beef
• (bright cherry red)
• Purchase on or before sell by date

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Defrosting

• In the refrigerator
• In the microwave

NOT on the counter!
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Cooking it Safe

• Cook to internal doneness of 160º F.

• Never eat raw or undercooked ground beef

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Check it out!

• Insert an instant-read meat thermometer
  horizontally into the burger
• Remove at 160º F
• Color is not a reliable indicator of doneness

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To the Finish Line

• And the Winner is..

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Economical, Nutritious, Versatile and Tasty

• Ground Beef

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Race Sponsors

• Iowa Beef Industry Council
• Representing Iowa beef producers who fund the
• 1-per-head beef checkoff.
• Web site www.iabeef.org
• Email beef_at_iabeef.org
• Created By Kristie Kuhse, Waverly Shell Rock
  Middle School FCS Teacher