# Seeking adventurous meat lovers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-adventurous-meat-lovers/139908>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 2, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-adventurous-meat-lovers/139908 "2002-12-02T05:46:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TheTailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@TheTailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTailor)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-adventurous-meat-lovers/139908/1 "2002-12-02T05:46:29Z")

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I’m a huge meat-lover, and have been contemplating trying steak s=tartare or tataki, or whatever it is you call raw beef, but I’m a bit uneasy about it… Anyone willing to share their experiences, help me make a decision? I’d greatly appriciate it 😃

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**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-adventurous-meat-lovers/139908/2 "2002-12-02T06:04:15Z")

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I’ve eaten marinated raw beef on occasion. I’ve only ever gotten sick from nasty cooked food like Taco Bell. No ill effects from the non-professionally prepared blowfish, or any raw foods.

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**Author:** ![super\_head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@super\_head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/super_head)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-adventurous-meat-lovers/139908/3 "2002-12-02T06:11:03Z")

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> \*Originally posted by TheTailor \*  
> I’m a huge meat-lover,

While I’m flattered, I’m afraid I must kindly say no thank you to your offer. 😃

(oh, come on, someone had to make a genital-joke)

And I’ve never had steak cooked anything less than medium, so I’m afraid I won’t be much use here. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-adventurous-meat-lovers/139908/4 "2002-12-02T08:43:40Z")

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Well done for me.

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**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2002, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeking-adventurous-meat-lovers/139908/5 "2002-12-02T09:12:21Z")

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Eat a very rare steak first - barely browned on the outsides, cool red center. I like it like that sometimes, though I prefer the center to be warm. After you get used to that eating a piece of marinated raw beef doesn’t seem unusual at all, and it’s really quite good that way.