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Consumption Raw Meat

  1. Katrien Vander Straeten

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1.   Feb 23, 2006 11:52 AM

» Katrien Vander Straeten - asking for info on raw meat consumption

Hi,

I based my article on personal experience and accounts of people I know. I am pretty sure I got it right on both the Belgian and the Calcuttan sides, but I have seen many contradictory attitudes to eating raw meat in the States.

On the one hand, the cold cuts counter at the supermarket won't sell spiced, raw hamburger meat ready for consumption. On the other hand, I know quite a few Americans who will only have their steaks raw (but then again, just as many who will have it cooked to the point of shoe leather).

And how is it in other cultures?

So I was wondering: what are your impressions? Please let us know which culture you are talking about, and if you have any idea about whether it are rational considerations of health and hygiene, or rather irrational beliefs, that guide the consumption of raw meat.

Thanks for your input!

Katrien

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