[Sca-cooks] OOP? Raw meat...

[Dani]

I know of a few people whose parents and/or grandparents frequently ate raw
ground beef, esp. after it had been seasoned for meatloaf or such.  Not
tasting the meat to adjust the spices, but sitting down with a bowl and a
fork.

*shiver*
-Iuliana

Adamantius asked:

> So the question now becomes, how much of a tradition in the Western
> World, outside of the wealthy  eating Steak Tartare at The Four
> Seasons or some such, existed? Does anybody remember a parent or
> grandparent, possibly one who would sneer at fancy presentations with
> egg yolks and capers, grossing out the kids by eating raw meat on rye
> with maybe a few pickles?