The Cannibal Sandwich.
The Cannibal sandwich is a sandwich of very fresh raw ground or minced beef and your favorite fixin’s. An amazing sandwich not intended for the inherently weak or easily squeamish. This sandwich tests not only your meat quality, but the strength of your gut bacterium. Now don’t let the word cannibal (a person who eats the flesh of other humans) scare you away so quickly. The way cannibal is used in the title of this sandwich; is to make the consumer aware of the fact that the beef between their bread is completely raw, and that there are risks to devouring this delicious masterpiece. This sandwich is a popular delicacy in Wisconsin generally served at weddings and football parties. Over the past forty years or so, only a few times has there been any kind of out breaks of meat born illness of sorts. They are localized to just a single shop that didn’t handle the meat properly, and got some unfortunate people sick. Restaurants used to serve smaller cannibal sandwiches, more like sliders, on the regular. With employee values and pride ever decreasing, many companies have chosen that the risk of hurting a patron out weighs the value of the sandwich sale. Insurance companies frown on raw beef even with consumer warning labels. With the CDC warning of all the bad things that could happen to a person who consumes raw beef, there has been a movement away from eating raw and under cooked foods. I don’t disagree with the government when it comes to a person being cautious with their health. If you ever choose to live on the edge or just want to enjoy a more Paleolithic diet, you must know your butcher, and where your meet comes from. I would go as far as to say you really should invest in your very own meat grinder that is easily disassembled and cleaned. Go to your favorite butcher and ask about the fresher meat selections and pick a cut of meat that you like the look of. Take that cut home and while it is still cold rinse is very thoroughly with cool water so you don’t heat the meat’s temperature to much. Pat it dry and begin to grind; I believe this would and will reduce most all of the risk you take while enjoying this delicacy. If this is going to be just a one time thing, maybe first find a well known butcher in your area and find out when meat deliveries are and how fresh and lean can he get your meat. If you explain what your plans are to the butcher; there is a better chance that he will use caution with your beef, and your chances of getting sick from a food bourn illness will go down. Still with the freshly ground beef make sure it is eaten as quickly as possible with out ruining your experience. So don’t drive an hour to the butcher, try to keep it to a five minute radius as to preserve the meats exposure to risk. There are many recipes online on how to make the actual sandwich but not many go into detail on how to handle the meat up to the consumption. I hope the above helps a little with prepping.
Now my sandwich was kept simple and boy was it tasty.
-6oz fresh ground beef
-2 pieces sour dough bread
-Sliced smoked cheese
-Spicy mustard to taste
-Black pepper to taste
-Salt to taste
My first bite was a bit of a shock to my mouth. Why? Because of a life time of being told that if I ate raw meat I would die a horrible and painful death. As my teeth sank into the aromatic sour dough bread, I could feel its fluffiness resist only ever so slightly. My teeth cut through the bread and began their decent into the raw meat and smoked cheese; this is where my scenes started screaming “this shit is to soft, spit it out now!” I continued my bite until a good chunk of raw meat, cheese and bread rested on my tongue. I started to chew and if you look just right at my facial expressions in the video, you will see what looks like a sign of relief, joy, pleasure, or just a plain happy look. That was because once I started the mastication process my body was relieved that I wasn’t going to puke. By the time I swallowed the first bite I was ready for more. I finished the sandwich of camera and really enjoyed every bite.
Some people like raw onions on theirs, and I will be trying it that way soon. I will most likely mince the onion and mix into the meat so that it is evenly distributed.
The first time I ate the infamous Cannibal Sandwich, I felt great the next few day; I was energetic and felt motivated to do more than was usual for me. That feeling gave way to a lasting motivation even after the meat and its benefits cleared my system. My bowel movements where something that stirred up some “What have I done thoughts” I am regular to about twice a day depending on how much I eat and drink from sun up to sun down and about the three movements after the meat started leaving my body there was noticeable difference in color, texture and mostly smell. The color was much more pale than usual and the texture not as “clumped rabbit” looking; the stench was most comparable to three day old road kill found on a Pasco county road in the middle of August. I know this is a bit much for most, but if you are new to this you should know a little of what to expect on top of what the CDC tells you. Now if you can already clear a house there may be no difference for you, I eat a lot of greens and food doesn’t stay with me long. I think that helps with the stank of it all.
A few months after making the video, I had another smaller Cannibal Sandwich and then after that I enjoyed a taco with raw beef and the normal toppings for that dish. Since then I have expanded my raw diet to enjoying raw fish. (I hated all fish until a friend convinced me that I was truly missing out on a great thing.) Raw fish isn’t as hard on the system as beef and the bathroom trips aren’t so toxic smelling.
I say try it once at least, but make sure you know who you are getting your meat from.
Enjoy
Michael Trump 