She finally succumbed.

I agree with chezelliott. Also since she brought up tasting raw meat, growing up, whenever we went over to my grandparents house, my grandfather(who was from Germany) always ate, what he referred to as Gehacktesfleisch, which translates to chopped meat, but was like Steak Tartar. It was just high quality ground beef with salt and pepper served on finely sliced Rye or pumpernickel. My uncle makes it for the Christmas holidays and it is a dish that I always look forward to. Long story short, none of us have gotten sick from eating it :)