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* ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'': {{Subverted|Trope}} with most of Britain's sapient dragons, who begin the series loving the rations of whole raw livestock that the Aerial Corps gives them. As soon as Temeraire samples Chinese cuisine, he comes to prefer cooked and spiced foods, then introduces the dishes to the British dragons to general approval in later books.

* ''VideoGame/StardewValley''':

* {{Subverted}} in ''Literature/TheInheritanceCycle:'' Eragon asks if [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Urgals]] cook their food. The Urgal he's talking to is mildly insulting, noting that they're not animals.

For otherwise civilized {{Beast M|an}}en, it's often a sign of MyInstinctsAreShowing. Often overlaps with JabbaTableManners to further emphasize the character's animalistic nature. Compare RealMenEatMeat, when eating meat (particularly '''red''' meat) is treated as an integral element of masculinity; it often overlaps with this trope when the criteria for "real" meat include "must be raw/uncooked." Compare and contrast EatenAlive.

* This is often true for people who like sushi, which is often made with raw fish (called "sashimi", which can also be served by itself, without the sushi rice).
* While meat done rare remains very much red in the center but is cooked on the outside, meat served extra-rare (or "bleu") is essentially thrown on the heat just long enough to kill ''most'' bacteria, and pretty much still raw. Few restaurants continue to list extra-rare as an option for doneness because of the risk of food-borne illness.

* While meat done rare remains very much red in the center but is cooked on the outside, meat served extra-rare (or "bleu") is essentially thrown on the heat just long enough to kill any bacteria, and pretty much still raw. Few restaurants continue to list extra-rare as an option for doneness because of the risk of food-borne illness.

* ''Webcomic/Freefall'': When cooking supper, Sam asks Florence how rare she wants her steak. It barely touches the grill before she says it's fine. Justified, as she's an uplifted wolf.

* ''Webcomic/Freefall'':When cooking supper, Sam asks Florence how rare she wants her steak. It barely touches the grill before she says it's fine. Justified, as she's an uplifted wolf.

* When cooking supper in ''Webcomic/Freefall'' , Sam asks Florence how rare she wants her steak. It barely touches the grill before she says it's fine. Justified, as she's an uplifted wolf.

* When cooking supper in ''Webcomic/Freefall'', Sam asks Florence how rare she wants her steak. It barely touches the grill before she says it's fine. Justified, as she's an uplifted wolf.

* When cooking supper in Webcomic/Freefall, Sam asks Florence how rare she wants her steak. It barely touches the grill before she says it's fine. Justified, as she's an uplifted wolf.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E2VengeanceOnVaros Vengeance on Varos]]" and "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS23E2Mindwarp Mindwarp]]", the {{sadist}}ic [[TheReptilians reptilian]] alien Sil's favourite snack is marsh minnows: a kind of newt mostly eaten alive.

* ''VideoGame/StardewValley'''s local "wild man", Linus, is the one who gives you the recipes for Sashimi and Maki Roll, and in his four-heart scene he teaches you to make a specialty fishing bait from raw monster parts that he describes as "high-quality stuff... I eat it myself!"

* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': The Zora FishPeople eat raw fish. They note that the cooking pot at the inn and the non-fish ingredients at the general store are present mainly for Hylian tourists.

* TruthInTelevision in the form of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_foodism raw foodism]]; however, regardless of the advertised benefits, eating uncooked food almost always carries a high risk of infection with foodborne/waterborne diseases and parasites that are otherwise killed off by a proper cooking process.