Would you eat under-cooked food?

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Several times in my life, I've had food poisoning. Once when I was about two years old, my mom cooked fish sticks that she'd left in the fridge and then refrozen. Me and my brother got horrible food poisoning and were so sick for ages. Or, at least, that's what I hear. I don't remember the whole sordid mess. Anyway, the other time I was sick from food poisoning was just before Christmas about a decade ago. I was making homemade brownies (from the box, as if there were any other way to do it). And, I ate some of the uncooked fudge brownie mix. It was so delicious. A few days later, I got a really bad case of flu. Later I learned that sometimes you have salmonella poisoning and you just think it's the flu. I didn't go to the hospital, but I felt lousy. So, I'm pretty sure that was caused by eating raw eggs (which can cause the salmonella virus and so can uncooked raw chicken). The brownie mix tasted good. But, was not so good for me. Ever since then I've tried to be super careful when cooking. Pretty much, I over cook everything. My spouse won't let me cook beef for him, cause it ends up looking and tasting like a charcoal briquette. But, better to be safe than sick. And, I try to cook or throw out food if it's past it's expiration date. I don't like to be wasteful, but we can't really (monetarily) afford to get sick. Would you eat under cooked food? Do you over cook your food just to be safe?