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It's quite literally a matter of taste. I enjoy these so my perspective: * raw beef (tartare): the taste of raw beef "makes sense" if you like rare steak. It'

It's quite literally a matter of taste. I enjoy these so my perspective: * raw beef (tartare): the taste of raw beef "makes sense" if you like rare steak. It's a very full umami flavour quite unlike most food. * sushi: raw salmon on nice sticky rice might as well be beef.. cake. It's buttery, breaks apart in your mouth, sweet without actually being sweet. * salted pork: very good also, the salt and fat go together well, i usually eat this with something sweet. * eggs: I don't do raw eggs either. For reference, I've eaten and prepared a lot of different kinds of meat in my life (smoked, dried, grilled, fried etc.) so eating it raw is only a small leap away.

pishpash 4y ago
Cooked salmon, like cooked oyster (without condiments) actually stinks. Only the raw version makes sense.
ahartmetz 4y ago
* raw pork: Mett is pretty popular in Germany and not a fine dining thing (at all). It is IMO best with extra onion. * raw beef: Filet américain is basically a spicy beef tartare, available in most supermarkets in Belgium and the Netherlands. I can recommend both of these to carnivores :)
bwv848 4y ago
Raw grass carp cut into thin transparent slices: chewy, sweet but not overwhelmingly, with lots of fresh flavors, very good for salad but you should not eat it anyway as it can contain liver fluke Raw shrimp: crunchy and fresh, not as sweet as fish Sushi grade raw egg available in my region: the white is smell-less slime with a tiny little bit of taste, the yolk has a mellow sweetness, I can understand why Japanese pair it with rice.
microtherion 4y ago
I don't eat eggs by themselves either, but I quite like the raw egg yolks that are often served as a companion to beef tartare. Where I have (so far) drawn the line is raw tripe, which I've occasionally encountered on the menus of Ethiopian restaurants (I'm a big fan of Kitfo, their take on beef tartare). But I'm not a huge fan of cooked tripe either.

pishpash 4y ago

Cooked salmon, like cooked oyster (without condiments) actually stinks. Only the raw version makes sense.

ahartmetz 4y ago

* raw pork: Mett is pretty popular in Germany and not a fine dining thing (at all). It is IMO best with extra onion. * raw beef: Filet américain is basically a spicy beef tartare, available in most supermarkets in Belgium and the Netherlands. I can recommend both of these to carnivores :)

bwv848 4y ago

Raw grass carp cut into thin transparent slices: chewy, sweet but not overwhelmingly, with lots of fresh flavors, very good for salad but you should not eat it anyway as it can contain liver fluke Raw shrimp: crunchy and fresh, not as sweet as fish Sushi grade raw egg available in my region: the white is smell-less slime with a tiny little bit of taste, the yolk has a mellow sweetness, I can understand why Japanese pair it with rice.

microtherion 4y ago

I don't eat eggs by themselves either, but I quite like the raw egg yolks that are often served as a companion to beef tartare. Where I have (so far) drawn the line is raw tripe, which I've occasionally encountered on the menus of Ethiopian restaurants (I'm a big fan of Kitfo, their take on beef tartare). But I'm not a huge fan of cooked tripe either.