Personally, not one bit. I love raw cookie dough, I lick off the spatula after mixing up a cake, I eat dip in eggs, I like my scrambled eggs on the really moist almost runny side.
I’m well into my sixties, and have never had a case of ‘stomach flu’ or food poisoning or whatever that seemed linked to having recently eaten raw egg.
And yet … there are constant PSAs about the dangers of salmonella from raw eggs.
Are the dangers totally overblown? Or have I just been extremely lucky all my life?
Do YOU worry about eating some raw egg? Would you worry about letting your child eat some?
I’ve never had children, so I can’t say for sure, but it seems to me that the child who never got to clean out a mixing bowl or lick the beaters, well, in a tiny way he’s been deprived.
And, of course, things are different if you have an autoimmune deficiency or are super ill or something. But if you’re a normal relatively healthy person?
I don’t worry much about it but if I do eat anything with raw egg in it I tell myself to remember when it was in case I get pukey or anything in near future. In the years I’ve been doing that it hasn’t happened once, but I don’t eat much raw egg either.
Though I do make a habit of always washing my hands after handling eggs. Don’t know if insides or outsides are what I should be more paranoid about, but I typically eat very little of the outside.
This all gets me wanting to make some cookie dough. And possibly some cookies.
i don’t worry about it at all. I also enjoy pizza that’s been left on the countertop overnight, like my burgers medium rare, and generally feel that the “smell test” is all I need to know if those leftovers in the back of the fridge are still good to eat.
I understand why the “rules” are what they are, and certainly people who are ‘high risk’ probably need to take more care than I do, but I think that for a healthy person, the danger is pretty darn low.
This is m approach. I applied the brakes a bit more when the children were very small and the consequences possibly more serious, but I don’t worry much about it now.
Side conversation - convincing my parents that slightly pink pork is safe to eat.
This. And I’ve also been known to eat leftover soup or salad that’s been sitting out (covered) overnight. And when I’m preparing ground beef for burgers or meatloaf, I always taste some raw.
I do not like raw foods. Don’t go by me, I’m a bit germaphobic. I use eggs my chickens lay. I wash them thoroughly before refrigerating. Never eat raw eggs, ever.
Backyard chickens. Now in full production laying pretty much 6 days a week. I don’t go full paul neumanbut maybe, just maybe, I should try a homebrew with a backyard chicken egg and call in brunch tomorrow.
I’ve never eaten a raw egg. I’m very sensitive about poultry, I can lose my appetite by the mere smell of a chicken. Don’t get me wrong, I still consume it. On the other hand, I loved eating raw lamb liver right after slaughter, but stopped doing that after my mom got Brucellosis one year.
We eat raw egg all the time from our own hens. An egg added to a smoothie creates a wonderful texture. Then again steak tartare, carpaccio, ceviche, mett, and sushi are all favorite foods. However, last year I tried some chicken sashimi and I was underwhelmed.
I’ll happily eat raw batter and undercooked eggs, but I’m fully aware that a significant percentage of raw eggs contain salmonella, including those from backyard chickens. Never gotten sick yet, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it happened.
I’ll happily eat raw batter and undercooked eggs, but I’m fully aware that a significant percentage of raw eggs contain salmonella, including those from backyard hens. Never gotten sick yet, but it wouldn’t surprise me if it happened.
