I think there were 5 or 6.

A correctly prepared tartare is safe and delicious. It is one of the best ways to taste the meat, as there is no cooking process to change the flavor. If you get a chance, considering its price, try it!

Weird to hear tartare described as "adventurous" food lol.

It's pretty standard in Europe. Like my dad made it a couple of times at home for us.

It’s sashimi, except a different meat. If one can eat sashimi one can assume some similar risks from beef (or bison). Stricter controls handling on the meats make it as safe as can be done.

I’ve had tartare and it was very good, but it was a one-time thing for me. As an American I have a hard time with the concept, frankly because our food safety system and how we raise animals for food isn’t all that great.

Most of the bacterial growth on a steak will be on the outside. As long as the outside is seared, the odds of food borne illness is very low as long as the meat is fairly fresh or has been aged properly.

My personal issue with tartar is that the meat is minced. Every surface is now a potential surface for bacteria to grow. The meat must be extremely fresh and the surfaces and knives used to prepare tartar must be very clean or contamination is a real risk.

People have their reasons for not wanting to eat it but my rule is, the better the restaurant the more I'm willing to eat things that require more care in their offering. This restaurant is one of the best in my city and I'm very happy I have the opportunity to eat here.

Just a bit leaner, yes.

Just raw.

A restaurant named Sargent in Atlanta.

I still agree with chicken, but beef I've been convinced.

When I was about 17 I was working at a small venue / in house catering company. At the time one of my jobs was to start the fire for the smoker and prep the meat. We got a 'baron' of beef. I'm honestly still not sure what cut that was but, it was huge had two grains and a thick fat cap. I had to trim some of the fat and season it.

The owners wife was very pregnant with a boy (some cultural thing where she wanted to make her boy manly IDK) she came up to me and asked me to trim off a piece of raw beef. I tried to talk her out of it but she was the boss I was a kid. she ate it and went about her day. I figured I should to.

it was beefy. it really helped me appreciate the flavor of the beef.. did again several times.

I used to get random cravings for raw meat, probably some iron deficiency or something. I'd buy a steak once a week, season it with some salt pepper and garlic, maybe a few dashes of liquid smoke, and go to town on my NY Strip or Filet (while hidden away from the normal folk, locked in my room to cover the shame).

Never got sick or anything, but it satisfied something deep in me from those days. Every now and then I still get the craving, but God damn are beef prices atrocious these days, no raw buppy for me