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Well Done Meat

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Meat that has been cooked for a longer period of time, leaving the center warm and darker in color, while the texture may be somewhat firmer. In the food industry, there are six standard levels of doneness for meat which are very rare, rare, medium rare, medium, well done, and very well done. Well done is the term that may be used to identify cooking levels between medium well done and very well done.

Beef - Rare / Medium / Well Done

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