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if you want a steak as rare as possible but want to get rid of risks of salmonella and other nasties, get a pan really hot then sear the outsides and take it off once they're cooked. the heavy regulation of beef quality in the US combined with the fact that most dangerous bacteria can only grow on the exterior of meat means as long as any part of the steak that touches the air is cooked the inside can be as raw as possible, even straight up cold, and your risk of illness is low. just make sure the pan is very hot otherwise the outside bacteria won't be killed.

so I tried out a fake blood/blood substitute recipie I found from VICE and it’s surprisingly good??

64 oz of canned tomato juice

Mostly the pulp from high pulp orange juice

12 crushed iron tablets (they recommend 25 mg tablets so 300 mg for the entire pitcher)

18 crushed amino base tablets (like l-lysine)

Red food coloring

A little bit of blue food coloring

And a little bit of salt

Mix everything but the blue food coloring in a larger container you can pour from and let it sit in the fridge for an hour. Then add the blue food coloring until it’s your preferred color and leave it sit for another hour.

Also yes it’s a lot of iron, so they really recommend that you don’t drink more than 6-8 ounces in a day (please be careful/safe about your iron levels) but aside from that, it’s got a good color and that irony/coppery bite and aftertaste to it.