Rare / slightly bloody meat

[SobranieCocktail]

Just had the most delicious lunch (venison loin) but I'm feeling a wee bit guilty/worried. It was slightly bloody...I suppose it was "medium" cooked. I hardly ever eat meat, so I;m not v clued up about meat and pregnancy. Is it OK to eat meat that's not totally cooked to a crisp? It had been cut and cooked in small steaks iykwim, and I think it was hot all the way through.

[SobranieCocktail]

bump

[mrsblanc]

don't know but I are lots of rare meat when pg and it did not occur to me not to. Not sure whether that helps

[SheWillBeLoved]

You'll be fine, the risk of getting food poisoning from rare red meats is really very slim - hence why they can be served that way. Chicken/pork however is a different matter, and don't come in 'rare/medium/well done'.

[theyoungvisiter]

It's not food poisoning that's the risk, it's toxoplasma and you can get that from pink meat. But it is supposed to be killed by freezing (or so I've read - I'm not an expert!) and I think it's very unlikely a restaurant would be getting fresh venison steak - 99% chance it's been frozen

[SobranieCocktail]

Thank you all!

[Musukebba]

Yes it's generally accepted that the tissue cysts of toxoplasma are killed by freezing overnight at -20C.