Can we eat ham raw?
Chef's answer
A ham is not raw, it is cured meat. It can be eaten uncooked because it has already gone through a process. In fact an aged country ham can be wonderful sliced and eaten just like so many of it's European cousins..
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One word: Cyanide. This root vegetable, a staple of South American cuisine, is packed with vitamins and minerals. But it's also hiding a sneaky, potentially lethal ingredient. The leaves and roots of raw cassava contain cyanogenic glycosides, chemicals that release cyanide when eaten.
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Yes, you can eat raw scallops. They're more of a delicacy than cooked scallops, and can be enjoyed several ways. Despite being a mollusk, and thus a source of meat and protein, scallops can be eaten raw. It's not a common way to eat them, but it's very enjoyable for those who love seafood..
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For the first time in history, global consumption of chicken meat has exceeded the pork and beef. In numbers, the world consumption of poultry protein is 98.5 million tons, followed by pork that adds up to 94.3 million tons and beef that reaches 61.5 million tons..
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FuguThe Japanese delicacy fugu, or blowfish, is so poisonous that the smallest mistake in its preparation could be fatal.
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The tail and the claws are not the extents of what can be eaten from a lobster. The body and head both contain edible meat. A good amount of rib meat is located between the thin shells of the body as well..
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adductor musclesIn the United States, the scallop's adductor muscle, the muscle that opens and closes the shell of the animal, is most commonly eaten. Most scallop species tend to swim around, propelling themselves through the water by opening and closing their shell, and so their adductor muscles are well-developed..
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All meat can easily be contaminated with bad bacteria, cooking (high heat) kills the nasty bacteria. Beef and lamb are very dense so the bacteria is mostly on the surface so you only need to kill the bacteria near the surface and still enjoy your steak rare. ... Healthy animals make for safe raw meat..
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