Is it normal to eat raw beef?

I like to eat raw beef, such as ground beef and steak. I've been doing this since I was a child and I have never once gotten sick. I've actually graduated from culinary school and learned that if beef is infected with some form of bacteria, you're going to have to practically burn it to destroy every single particle of bacteria. Please don't say things like "you're going to get sick" I know the inherent risks of eating the raw meat, I just simply can't help it! I would rather eat all of my beef raw or barely cooked, it tastes better to me that way.

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  • derker

    Not weird, it's effing delicious, that's why you eat it. I think I'll tear into a raw dripping steak right now.
    Or gut a cow, climb inside and eat my way out.

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    • WinstonTasteGood

      Umm... Can I have that recipe?

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  • Cessypants

    Its kinda weird to eat raw beef.

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  • jondoerandom

    I used to live next to a guy from romania, he's been a butcher for like half a century already. he does the same thing, even drinks warm blood too. if you're not used to it then you're gonna be sick, but if you're already conditioned your bowels to digest raw meet and blood it works just fine.
    I wouldn't do it myself, but I think it's totally normal.

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  • Wolfpoet

    Lol your right. It's good. But I still worry about your health

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  • deb

    EWWWW!

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  • Phoenix2006

    It's not totally normal, but I want to eat raw meat too, I don't because I fear it would make me ill, I don't get sick often but when I do it's awful. Intentionally doing it would make me mad at myself, but raw steak and hamburger meat in all it's blood red, dipping cold glory makes my stomach rumble.

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  • crackdispenor

    i love eating raw beef dishes... like steak tar tar... vietmenese raww beef salad.. thats the best... vietmenese pho with the raw beef on the side.. yea its good.. i like to order up my steaks and prime rib rare.. its much better that way... but i would stay away from hamburger unless its fresh ground chuck... if you have a strong stomach and the meat is freash you will be fine.. dont worry your not alone.... i hate seeing people eating there steak well done...

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  • Avant-Garde

    Anything raw can be dangerous, but so can foods that are cooked. Fruits and Veg can be eaten raw, but I've never been able to fathom why. How do you prepare it? Raw meat contains many parasites.
    There was a guy on this show where people have "strange diets" and he was obsessed with eating ONLY Raw Meat!
    They took him to a doctor and he found out that he had dangerous Parasites, Worms,etc. In his intestines and stomach. They told he had to stop or he would die.
    Eventually, he changed his diet and at the end of the show, they came to see him a few months later and he was cooking his meat and incorporating other things into his diet:)
    You really should go to see a doctor, maybe even a gastrointestinal specialist.
    I'm not forcing you to, I'm just worried about you, thats all.

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  • WinstonTasteGood

    Carpaccio.

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  • a chefs dream

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  • AngAnders112

    When i was little, I thought raw meet looked abso delicious. but I can really get pass the texture/feel of it.

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  • tommy81

    Completely raw beef is pretty bland to me. I like medium rare. To me, the cooked and melted fat is where most of the flavor comes from. Ground beef is riskier than steak as far as getting sick goes, but you probably have a strong immune system, so it shouldn't be too much of an issue.

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