Originally Posted by
enviroian
Can I ask a stupid question? Won't one get extremely sick from eating raw chicken? Eating it raw goes against everything I've been told my whole life.
Eating under-cooked chicken is only dangerous if that chicken is infected with or colonized by Salmonella (or other bacteria. Salmonella is the most common and most notorious one). Salmonella is nearly endemic among chickens in the US. In many other parts of the world, salmonella in poultry is much less of a problem. Chicken that is not contaminated with Salmonella is perfectly safe to eat raw.