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Originally Posted by Rob21370
I'm not quite ready to take the raw egg path yet
But boy do I love raw meat. Seriously. I love it when it's still even a little cool in the middle. I just have to get used to the occasional liver and deal with my fear of liver
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Rob,
I have a lot more fear of raw meat, than raw eggs. But, I know my source of bison, so I really shouldn't. Does anyone know how long one must freeze deer to kill all the parasites? Are there some that cannot be killed in this fashion? It is true that there are many parasites in wild game meat. This is one reason I see for freezing some meat. That and getting it for $0.40/lb!
Frankly, I want to cook meat just enough to kill any parasites and bacteria. This may be crazy, but I am kind of microphobic when it comes to these little creatures! I know there are those who say your body will develop defenses against them, but I am just not ready to take the plunge completely into that WOE yet.
So, is the meat really raw inside your steaks? Or is it just cooked really rare?
Raw egg yolks are nothing to fear. The number of salmonella cases are so low, and if you are not
immunocompromised, you will be just fine. I use brown eggs that I get from the grocery store that are mass produced on a farm in Texas (says on the carton where they come from). They are commercial eggs in every sense of the word. I just got bold though and started using them. Before, I had always restricted my eating of raw egg yolks to eggs I got from friends in the country (free-range). But, not now. During the winter or other times when their production is down, I just buy at the grocery store.
I think once you get over the squeamishness of eating anything raw, it is really no big deal.
Does anyone have extensive experience eating raw animal food? Would love to hear more about this... and incorporate more of it into my eating. I know it is very important to do some of this, in order to get all those good nutrients that are in animal food.