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Is it possible to get used to raw meat? (and other related questions)?
Humans are the only animals known to cook their food. So how long have we been doing so? If we used to eat raw meat and survived, is it only because of cooking our food for so long that we can no longer do so? Although I am aware that people live much longer now than they did then. And are there any meats that are okay to eat raw?
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- Gandalf ParkerLv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Humans are considered faunivores.
Our natural diet included fruits, nuts, some vegetables, honey, insects, eggs, birds, fish, shellfish. Also SOME red meat and grains if they were semi-rotted. We are fully capable of catching and eating raw meat (birds, eggs, fish, shellfish, insects) and we still do. There are dishes which include all of those uncooked.
The red meats we ate we scavenged as carrion which was softer and easier to digest. And the grains we ate was also semi-rotted for the same reason. Both of those were rare in our natural diet.
Luckily, we now get the same benefits by cooking it. Arent you glad?
We do however eat way too much of both of those now. That is why many diets cut down or cut out red meats and gluttens (grains).
Source(s): I studied zoology and ecology for awhile. - Anonymous8 years ago
Most kinds of fish can be eaten raw, but must be of the highest quality and exceptionally fresh.
(I've had tuna, salmon, herring, mackerel and even some shellfish)
Same rationale goes for red meats and some game meats - that's why it's nice to have rare steak!
I'd completely avoid chicken due to the risk of salmonella food poisoning.
I'd avoid farmed pork also, due to the risk of worms in it.
Source(s): 36 years of home cooking, 9 years writing recipe books