>>I haven't tried it, but Gary has had it several times and loves it. Once when we were in Lyon, he ordered it and the waiter, knowing that we were Americans (from my lousy accent, not Gary's ... he *sounds* French), said "you understand that that is raw meat", just to be sure. I'm guessing other non-French patrons who didn't know that, changed their minds (like Tracy would <g>).
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>Change that to American patrons....
Change that to *some* American patrons. <g>
Even the French in Indochine sometimes got nervous about a Lao delicacy called "lap luat" which was their take on water-buffalo tartare. (lap means "chopped" and luat is "blood")
I consumed a lot of it - and I'm sure the large quantities of rice whiskey washing it down killed at least some of the intestinal parasites that resulted - but the real danger seemed to be the red-peppers that were used to disguise the smell of meat that might otherwise be past the expiration date. (no refrigeration near the Plaine de Jarres <g> )
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