Meat should never be eaten raw - or even close to raw. Fire was invented for a very good reason - and it wasn't just so we could smoke a fine cigar after dinner. I'm not saying that you have to eliminate all trace of red in your meat. A little pink is okay. You just don't want to look like a sloppy vampire if a bit of au jus happens to dribble down your chin. And the effects later of an undercooked hunk of meat can be truly explosive.
You have heard it a million times before: Don't forget to wash your hands...before and after you handle meat, and like your mama told you, "USE SOAP."
