Anyone eat raw bacon?

stormrider27 · #21 07/17/12, 01:45 PM

I make my own bacon and always taste it at the differnt stages. Im not a fan of the uncooked texture but the taste is good.

Storm

Immaculate Sublimity · #22 07/17/12, 01:53 PM

I'm not too sure I'd eat -raw- store bought meat - But I prefer my meat 'rare' the only 'raw' I do is 'gehacktes' which is ground steak or ground sirloin. NOT hamburger.

GEHACKTES NACH DRESDENER ART
One pound bottom round ground (all fat removed and ground twice). Do this at home, if possible, with a grinder or food processor, as cleanliness is guaranteed.
1/2 to 1 cup finely chopped red onion
raw egg yolk
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon red wine vinegar
salt and pepper, to taste
small bunch curly leaf parsley, chopped
capers (optional and on the side)
German-style sourdough ryebread with or without caraway seeds (kümmel), thinly sliced
Mix beef, onion, vinegar, egg yolk, salt and pepper and some of the parsley saving the rest for decoration of prepared meat. Serve with buttered rye bread and capers.
This is a traditional Christmas Eve recipe in the Hermsdorf Family. Amounts of all ingredients are approximate, as this recipe is traditionally prepared without using exact measurements.

Submitted by: Conrad Hermsdorf

backwoods · #23 07/17/12, 01:54 PM

Would not eat raw bacon myself. DS has eaten Romanian slanina which sounds like the equivalent to me...he thought it was great.

HeelSpur · #24 07/17/12, 02:43 PM

Bacon spose to be crispy not like eating a slug.

NickieL · #25 07/17/12, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by secuono

Some of you are being very judgmental. Seeing as what this forum actually is, it's ridiculous to be reading some of these things you're posting...

Humans used to eat raw meat long before they found fire to cook it with...and I believe we are all still here even with them eating that.

You go right on ahead, nobody is stopping you...but humans also didn't have slaughterhouses and shipping, and a billion unknonw people handling the meat, let alone all the chemicals put into it and i'm pretty sure the parisite load on those early man people was pretty high too...

I don't like onions either and i don't eat them. So I guess I am judgemental. That shouldn't stop you from eating it unless you care what strangers on-line think

eruehr · #26 07/17/12, 03:23 PM

Speck is dry cured, raw, smoked bacon and is delicious. It's just like Schinken or prosciutto just made with the belly instead of the leg. Raw bacon out of the package from the store? Um - no.

NamasteMama · #27 07/17/12, 03:27 PM

Raw pork causes Trichinosis which eats your brain! nasty!

Copperhead · #28 07/17/12, 03:28 PM

Read a book about the early days of the Civil War in WV called "Fresh Fish". The Union soldiers were issued 12 oz of bacon and 2 lbs of beef plus hardtack and potatoes for their daily ration. When they descended on, and finally left the town of Beverly, WV, One lady's yard look as if it had snowed from the bacon fat the soldiers threw away as they consumed the raw bacon.

samm · #29 07/17/12, 04:32 PM

I'm thinking brain worms from under cook/perhaps not cooked
pork. no thank ya
samm

Joshie · #30 07/17/12, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by secuono

Some of you are being very judgmental. Seeing as what this forum actually is, it's ridiculous to be reading some of these things you're posting...

Humans used to eat raw meat long before they found fire to cook it with...and I believe we are all still here even with them eating that.

Geesh. By saying I think eating raw bacon is gross I'm not saying anything about somebody who does. This post was the only judgmental post I saw.

Humans used to eat raw meat. They also died from heavy parasite load.

Dusky Beauty · #31 07/17/12, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Copperhead

Read a book about the early days of the Civil War in WV called "Fresh Fish". The Union soldiers were issued 12 oz of bacon and 2 lbs of beef plus hardtack and potatoes for their daily ration. When they descended on, and finally left the town of Beverly, WV, One lady's yard look as if it had snowed from the bacon fat the soldiers threw away as they consumed the raw bacon.

In the Civil War, people didn't wash their hands until the sanitation commission (the red cross) came along and told them to start washing hands and digging latrines DOWNstream.

On the one hand, no-- I could never get past all the stuff I know to be ucky about raw pork, but on the other, smoked meat isn't exactly what you'd call "raw" either.

Those big hams at the grocery store are cooked in the smoking process, and most lunch meats and links/hot dogs/keilbasa are also no longer raw by the time they finish the process.

I absoutely "test" the first cold slice on the holiday spiral ham the second I pop it into the oven

I like my meat fat totally crispy so bacon would never occur to me to eat otherwise.

P.S. OP, you're probably overcooking your bacon because you're not standing at the stovetop watching it cook the whole time. I also recommend broiling or baking bacon. SOO crispy and flat and the whole package fits in one cookie sheet.

salmonslayer · #32 07/17/12, 05:42 PM

Trichinosis is mostly caused by eating wild game and home raised pork in the US, not much has been found in commercial pork (including taste unfortunately) since the 1930s.

My last duty station was with the Mongolian Armed Forces and my first trip there I stayed in Ulan Bataar at what they would consider a high end hotel and the first morning they had this beautiful smoked bacon but they dont cook it..in fact the woman doing the little fryer for eggs refused to cook it for a British mining engineer that was staying there. So I got used to eating it raw and I actually rather enjoy it once in awhile.

People over cook pork because mom or grandma told all these stories about trichinosis. As a matter of fact I'll bet a lot of the folks who drink raw milk think eating raw bacon is dangerous.

We also eat steak tartare, lots of raw or citrus cooked sea food, a great Korean dish that (gasp) has raw ground meat with spices and a raw egg in the middle) etc. Its all what your exposed to and comfortable with. My dad can cook a nice juicy steak until every last bit of moisture and color (other than grey) is gone from it and a thread a couple of days ago advised to cook lobster tail in boiling water for 15 minutes....made me want to cry just thinking about it but if folks like it that way who cares.

chickenmommy · #33 07/17/12, 06:10 PM

Trichinosis is a thing of the past. I still do not intend to eat my pork any less or more than juicy pink in the middle. I'll be happy to leave yours out of the pan when you visit, though.

Just caught what Salmonslayer posted. Yes, Bibim Bop I think it is. Is WONDERFUL! Korean is my favorite cuisine.
Too bad I have barrets esophagus.

soulsurvivor · #34 07/17/12, 06:58 PM

No raw meat for me but DH eats steak rare to medium rare. As for bacon, it has to be fried so I can save the fat renderings to season beans. Bacon is only as good as the cure and slice thickness. The only grocery bacon I'll buy is Wright's. Otherwise we buy it from the meat house in the next county that sells salt cured bacon.

salmonslayer · #35 07/17/12, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by chickenmommy

Trichinosis is a thing of the past. I still do not intend to eat my pork any less or more than juicy pink in the middle. I'll be happy to leave yours out of the pan when you visit, though.

Just caught what Salmonslayer posted. Yes, Bibim Bop I think it is. Is WONDERFUL! Korean is my favorite cuisine.
Too bad I have barrets esophagus.

Yup, Bipem Bop...when we fly to Korea we always ask for the Korean vice western meals and they always have Bipem Bop...they even give you the little squeeze tubes of the super hot chili paste. If you like Korean food consider a trip to Korea...I love it there and even the food in the Seoul airport beats anything I have found in the US outside of Oakland California (as far as Korean food goes that is).

I will admit, I like a pork loin roast done so it just has a tinge of pink but undercooked pork like a pork chop or other pork roast has a slimy texture to me that is off putting.

TheMartianChick · #36 07/17/12, 08:09 PM

I don't eat pork, so eating it raw is out of the question. However, I don't eat any raw meat willingly. If you want me to eat sushi, then you'd better dip it in some batter and let it swim in some hot oil first. Any meat on my plate must be well done with no sign of pink to ruin my appetite.

Silvercreek Farmer · #37 07/17/12, 08:23 PM

Trichinosis in the US swine herd has been virtually eliminated. Most folks don,t bat an eye at eating prosciutto. I am really tempted to eat country ham raw but haven,t tried it yet. You could probably come up with some pretty crazy good sushi with some of the finer cured pork products!

Edited to add, oops didn't read all the prior posts...

julieq · #38 07/17/12, 09:00 PM

Bacon is so costly here that we're not eating as much of it as we have in the past. But no way we'd eat it raw! Cooked and crispy, period.

luvrulz · #39 07/17/12, 09:32 PM

Naw...won't eat it raw....ISH!

Sawmill Jim · #40 07/17/12, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Silvercreek Farmer

Trichinosis in the US swine herd has been virtually eliminated. Most folks don,t bat an eye at eating prosciutto. I am really tempted to eat country ham raw but haven,t tried it yet. You could probably come up with some pretty crazy good sushi with some of the finer cured pork products!

Edited to add, oops didn't read all the prior posts...

Do believe prosciutto is thin sliced country ham using a fancy name .Most real country hams are salt cured then smoked at near or above 130f till they absorb lots of smoke .Two years old is a good ham .