Hi Robert: I have something to add. I have almost the same problem with my wife. She normally can't stand the sight even of my soft boiled eggs (almost raw white indeed) and my rare beef. When I'm eating those things, I may have to sit alone at the table, unless she is in very good humour. The kids don't mind it at all, though. So, I would like to launch this question at the ladies in the group: can it be said that women, or rather wives, are really more sensitive to raw foods, especially raw animal foods and especially if they are from the sign of Capricorn? <gr> JC