Old man's opinion.

My great grandparents, my grand parents, my father made homemade eggnog every christmas from approximately 1890 to 1960. In the small town where I lived, everyone bought eggs from local farmers, straight out of the nest. They were washed clean of poop by dipping them in a bucket of water.
Hundreds of people in that town made home made eggnog every year with totally unsanitized eggs. In the earlier days, even the milk was Unpasteurized. Nobody ever got sick.

When my father became too old, I was just plain too lazy. It was a lot of work. I never made it, I bought it. And still do.

My grandfather, every day of his life, for breakfast, had two eggs. They were prepared by breaking them into a sauce pan and warming them just enough to knock off the chill from the refrigerator - back to room temperature. He then poured them into a glass, stirred them up with a fork, and drank them. Ball park estimate, he consumed approximately 40,000 eggs that way and was never sick.

I never heard of salmonella until sometime in maybe the '70s when some news reporter heard about it and decided to make a name for himself by scaring the public half to death.

I don't know the exact statistic, I am sure some one will look it up for us but I know for sure, you are in a great deal more danger driving to work than eating a raw egg. I expect you are in more danger from lightening than raw eggs.

Don't be reckless but don't be afraid to live.
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Personal experience.

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