I'm so excited to have found this forum!
I've been eating RAF on and off for a couple years now, and had no idea it was normal or other people did too... I've just enjoyed the taste. It always disappoints me when I'm eating with someone, and they have bought a beautiful steak, and then proceed to cook it to death.
It's nice to know that I'm not some freak... which is how I've always been treated when people found out. It's 'gross'... how can you say something is gross without trying it? If you won't taste my raw liver, shut up about it.
I've recently moved to an older neighborhood, and have been delighted to be able to walk to nutritious food and enjoy a unique mix of people and architecture- not like in the suburbs.
I work freelance as an exotic dancer, which means my schedule is my own, and I am freed from the societal constraints of eating breakfast, lunch at noon, a big dinner... sleeping eight hours in a row, etc. I typically find myself sleeping for about 5 or 6 hours after work, getting up and walking to my local organic butcher, and picking out an awesome meat for breakfast. They select such fantastic animals, all the meat is gorgeous. It would be a travesty to cook it when it is so delicious in its raw form. I usually end up sleeping a few more hours in the afternoon and then eating something before work.
The other thing I love about my butcher is the variety- so many people I have lived with eat only beef, pork, chicken... (and lots eat only chicken, because beef is apparently evil red meat). They regularly carry bison, rabbit, elk, deer, lamb, mutton, turkey, duck, and even moose when it's in season.
I have been told many many times that eating raw meat will kill you. It's full of evil bacteria, parasites, etc. I can happily say I have only had food poisoning once in my life- from eating cooked food at a restaurant.
Looking forward to meeting fellow 'freaks'.
