holy diarrhea, debk! rare?
Yep. And I absolutely love a good steak tartare. However, it's very difficult to find a restaurant that serves it anymore. Used to get it at a restaurant in Key West, but they shut down after Wilma went through in '05.
I've been eating raw hamburger for as long as I can remember. I can remember eating it when we lived in South Dakota when I was 5. I want it with salt, pepper, garlic and onion powder....and a bit of worchestershire sauce...no raw egg - that's nasty.
Up until about 4-5 years ago, when I would buy hamburger (I only buy ground chuck), I would buy an extra quarter pound because I would eat it before it went in the pan. Now I worry too much if it's contaminated or not, because most groceries around here don't grind it themselves...it comes in already ground up and they just repackage it.