Many people happily eat raw ground beef. I don't know anyone having an Impossible or Beyond tartare.

I gag a little at the thought of that, but objectively i guess all i can say is: to each their own.

You're absolutely right. "Normal" is just a relative concept.

Japanese cuisine has a substantial part of it built around eating raw produce. Such that many sushi are deemed ok for expecting mothers to eat.

Meanwhile balut is a delicacy in South East Asia.

Scottish people eat haggis, and Iceland eats hakarl (which traditionally used urine)

Asians eat durian while the French love blue cheese. I think all tastes can be acquired.

> Iceland eats hakarl (which traditionally used urine)

I don't think hakarl was ever processed with urine - it just smells like it because of the high urea content. Do you have a source that it was processed with urine?

It’s super popular in France, Spain, and other European countries. While even some meat eaters dislike it, most people love it.

I think "Impossible Tartar" or "Beyond Tartar" was referred to here, not actual beef tartar.

That does sound disgusting, indeed.

IMO ground beef can look bad but it doesn’t have a distinct smell.

When you go vegan for a few years, you can absolutely smell raw ground beef. It's not a good smell.

Are you sure it is the beef and not something about the packaging?

Not the parent, but you can absolutely smell raw meat. It also lingers on dishes, and it seems at some level to also be a cultural thing whether you can detect the smell. Arabs also have a word for the smell - "zankha"