Not sure how you like your burgers but I thought this may interest you since a lot of foodies that I know appreciate a good rare burger.

http://weirdnews.aol.com/2011/05/17/north-carolina-rare-burger-ban_n_861306.html

Ha, interesting. It's my understanding that if a restaurant grinds its own meat, you can order it as rare as you like. But you can't get it below medium at, say, a Ruby Tuesday. But i've had 'em bloody at the Crepe Cellar and they are gooooooood! (-:

In the lab, E. coli are essentially the white mice of the microbiology world....out of the lab, E. coli become deadly predators that lurk on under-cooked foods, just waiting to be consumed by unsuspecting humans. It sort of reminds me of those Sour Patch Kids commercials....first they're sour then they're sweet. It is a poor, little, misunderstood bacterium for sure!