Built over a fetid Georgia swamp, Andersonville held 30, 000 miserable souls struggling to survive on meager rations of raw cornmeal and uncooked bacon.

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Contamination also can occur in the kitchen, when juices from raw meat and poultry come into contact with uncooked foods, such as salads.

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Asteroids and meteorites, along with comets, are regarded as left-overs from the raw ingredients of the early solar system, uncooked by any planet-forming processes.

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This method removes the ramps' raw onion flavor and tenderizes the bulb, which is tough to bite into when uncooked.

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