# Well, that's disgusting. - or - So kids these days like raw meat?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 15, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-disgusting-or-so-kids-these-days-like-raw-meat/634829 "2012-09-15T23:55:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-disgusting-or-so-kids-these-days-like-raw-meat/634829/61 "2012-09-20T01:43:30Z")

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> [@Big\_Norse](#):
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> until I learned about steak tartar, which I’ve never had

I can’t even describe how delicious steak tartar is. Like fantastically good.

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**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-thats-disgusting-or-so-kids-these-days-like-raw-meat/634829/62 "2012-09-21T00:09:35Z")

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> [@Big\_Norse](#):
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> Wow, now I know, I was sheltered. I blame my mother, the nurse. I **never** imagined raw meat was something people ate without getting sick (until I learned about steak tartar, which I’ve never had).
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> My mother (the nurse) always threatened us with trichinosis. “You’ll get trichinosis, if you don’t cook that enough!” (I guess that explains all the dry pork chops I had when growing up.)

My mother tells me I will get trichinosis from eating sushi 😕

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