I never knew this was a thing.

[Floridian FX]

@uwmcscott Have you partaken?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... s-raw-meat

[mickey]

Their brains are frozen up there, thus they are prone to do anything.

[golem]

I remember my parents making fun of me for liking raw beef as a kid. But I only remember seeing a Billy Crystal where Billy Crystal's character accidentally orders it while in France.

[fatjack]

Never heard of steak tartare on bread referred to as cannibal sandwiches. If a person is going to do this they should buy a steak or roast which would only have any e. coli on the surface wash and grind it yourself. Only but tatare in a restaurant that grinds their own and is fussy.

[glasshand]

Never knew steak tartare was a thing, or never heard of it being eaten as a sandwich in Wisconsin? The latter was certainly news to me!

[uwmcscott]

@uwmcscott Have you partaken?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... s-raw-meat

Indeed, I have been in the presence of it...and have tried it but not something I'm fond of. I've heard it referred to as "wildcat" and it is a holiday tradition here. As @fatjack says, proper wildcat should be freshly made from whole cuts of meat, it would be very unwise to make it from the ground beef you might find at the grocery store.

There is still an old-time butcher shop/deli here that makes it around christmas time, but I do think you need to order it ahead of time as it's not something you make a bunch of and leave in the deli counter. They also use local beef.

[BatUtilityBelt]

Nope for me. I don't want any Sashimi either. To each his own.

[Partscaster]

Never heard of steak tartare on bread referred to as cannibal sandwiches. If a person is going to do this they should buy a steak or roast which would only have any e. coli on the surface wash and grind it yourself. Only but tatare in a restaurant that grinds their own and is fussy.

Thats right. I'ld eat it and like it. Even raw beef chunks dipped in soy sauce, or horseradish, ..whatever. Just start with solid beef, seer or wash like Jack says. I like it. Used to eat it as a kid with my mom. I've always been skinny...maybe I can thank the worms.

[Mossman]

I prefer pork tar-tare, myself.

[uwmcscott]

This story is spreading like wildfire around here actually. A quote from the owner of the local grocery/butcher shop I mentioned earlier. It's actually a very cool little old-time grocery store with a bell that rings when you open the door, and a meat counter where a butcher cuts your meat how you ask and wraps it up in brown paper.

“I’ve been doing this for over 50 years. We’ve been doing this since day 1,” said TownLine Market owner Dave Jagler. “People walk in, they say ‘I want a pound of herring and a pound of Wildcat. It’s something they’ve done; something their grandchildren will do and something they did with their grandparents.” https://www.townlinemarket.com/

https://www.wsaw.com/2020/12/14/dhs-war ... andwiches/

[nomadh]

I could see liking it. I sure like my burger pretty rare. Probably to the unsafe level. I figure that's close enough for me. Then again was it 8 problems in 25 years? Hardly a pandemic.

[jtcnj]

raw or cooked, if you dont eat yer meat, you cant have any pudding.

[fatjack]

Down here it's sardines on saltines.

[toomanycats]

I've eaten steak tartar before. I lived in Belgium for a few years and there was a time when almost every day I had a filet Américain sandwich for lunch. For us real Americans that's a spread made with raw beef which is popular there. I also partook in my share of Belgium frites from street corner carts with a side of what they called Américain sauce, which contains raw hamburger.

[nomadh]

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[Tonray's Ghost]

It's probaly safer than anything coming out of Lake Michigan or Superior ...

[nomadh]

I've eaten steak tartar before. I lived in Belgium for a few years and there was a time when almost every day I had a filet Américain sandwich for lunch. For us real Americans that's a spread made with raw beef which is popular there. I also partook in my share of Belgium frites from street corner carts with a side of what they called Américain sauce, which contains raw hamburger.

And yet the us government would tell you its the deadliest thing there ever was and that its killed more people than "the germans"

[uwmcscott]

It's probaly safer than anything coming out of Lake Michigan or Superior ...

They are already out fishing on the ice around here so we'll find out shortly.

We do seem to have our share of quirky/gross-out/regional foods here in the midwest. I would imagine Thailand has some pretty crazy food that you could turn our stomachs with that are quite common there.

Some notable midwest delicacies
Pickled animal parts in jars ( at bars usually - big 2-3 gallon glass jars ) - Turkey Gizzards, pork hocks, pickled eggs, etc
Lutefisk
Shots with live bait ( many bars in the northern part of the state are also bait shops ). Examples - Rumplemintz with a leech, tequila with a live minnow, a sucker in Jagermeister, etc. The suckers/shiners are the worst because you can feel them swimming around on the way down.