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Stake tartare is a dish. Ground raw flesh mixed with other ingredients. Cannot count this.

> 'dry-aged beef' is still rather sought after. "The process of dry-aging

"The process of dry-aging"... Processed. Cannot count this too.

We do not have protein receptors in our tongue. We cannot taste flesh the way carnivores and omnivores can. They do not need to cook, add spices, process flesh. Raw meat can kill us.

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> mixed with other ingredients

such as the dreaded raw egg. The only thing making this easier to digest is the grinding part.

Unprocessed entire raw and often living fish are regularly consumed as part of fraternity initiations and bets. It does not cause problems.

Cooking increases food safety, but it's really not required for digestion.

PS: To use a slightly older tradition. People used to do something similar in Europe. Hang birds up by the neck, when it fell down it was 'ready'. Calling that processed is ridiculous.

People have done and do stupid stuff. What's your point?

The point is that you brought up rotten meat. And then proceed to call any rotten meat we still consume "processed". That's intellectually dishonest.

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