I tried raw chicken early on in the diet but found it so unappetising that I gave up on it forthwith. I suspect that this was primarily because virtually all chickens in the UK, like pigs, are fed on an all-grain diet - I've checked recently, though, and there may be at least 1 farm which sells not only grassfed offal cheap, but also sells genuine grassfed chicken and grssfed pork. I don't believe in the scare-stories re chicken, IMO, the only fresh raw meats I'm still put off by are maggots.
Bear Grylls recommends biting the heads off from the maggots as they are the nasty tasting part. I could probably stomach them now. When I was a raw vegan, my sister was growing papayas in her back yard. We took a few in and cut them up. I started to put a piece in my mouth when I noticed something moving. I reacted by throwing it across the room. They were full of larvae of a type of fruit fly but they were the same color as the papaya so weren't very noticeable. Now, I'd probably pick them out of the papaya and eat them, then discard the papaya!
As for raw chicken flesh, I don't think it's the smell, taste, or texture but I just can't get it down without gagging. I think it's psychological. In fact, I'm almost positive. If I were to be given a dish such those presented by Satya, and didn't know it contained raw chicken, I could probably eat it with no problem.
Similar things have happened before. My Chinese friend and former co-worker, who spoke limited English, fed me some good tasting soup. When I asked her what the gelatinous, fatty balls were, she responded with, "frog love." Upon further questioning, all I could get out of her was that it had something to do with frog reproduction. I'm thinking eggs, embryos, ovaries, testicles...something along those lines. I felt sick after that. That was then and this is now. I'd try it now. Of course, it may have been a total mistranslation or transliteration for something having nothing to do with the reproduction of frogs at all. But, my understanding and the psychology was still there regardless of what it was I'd just eaten.
Craig
