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human
Americans don’t wash meat. Older generations used to burn the hell out of meat to cleanse it. This was due to the Great Depression causing low quality worm &amp; parasite infested meat, and burning meat to a crisp killed the bad little critters.
gpt
Can confirm. That's why when I worked in a restaurant and somebody ordered a well done steak, 99% of the time it was an elderly person that ordered it. The younger generations trend towards medium and rare. I'd say mid-rare being the most common.