Growing up we used to eat raw hamburgers. It the middle of the summer when mom didn't want to turn on the oven or deal with the grill (no central AC back then) she'd go make a regular hamburger with onions, worcestershire sauce, an egg, salt and pepper, then make into patties, put it on a roll--voila, dinner.
No one thought anything of it, raw beef was commonplace in Baltimore.
Tell people now that you ate raw beef as a kid and they have seizures :hihi: