Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 November 1895 — EATING MEAT RAW. [ARTICLE]

EATING MEAT RAW.

A Curious Habit Bald to Be Increasing in London. The well-known favor with which Englishmen regard underdone beef brings to notice a curious habit which Is said by the New York Advertiser to be on the increase In London, that of eating meat raw, or nearly so. The habit started from a belief that it was conducive to health. Of late years there has been a great run on the gravy or juice expressed from raw beef by the latter being squeezed into pulp; but, quite apart from this, many regular customers buy the finest cuts with a special view to eating the latter raw, each customer having an earnest belief that he benefits In health from the practice. In most cases it is more a matter of health than of actual taste. There are two remarkable points about raw meat eating, one of them being that a great many butchers themselves constantly cut prime bits off and chew them. The other point is that a great many people, who do not at home eat in a raw state the meat that they buy, Judge the quality when buying by chewing a bit of raw meat, just as they might taste of butter or cheese. A celebrated London barrister eats quantities of the best steak finely minced with salad, and In a great many other cases the meat is cut into very slim .shreds and made Into sandwiches, with seasoning added. Restaurant-keepers say that the chief call is for meat very much underdone, but there are great numbers of faddy people who eat meat absolutely raw.