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Despite oft-heard and dire warnings from your mother about why you shouldn't eat raw cookie dough, admit it—you eat it anyway, and you've probably never gotten salmonella poisoning. In Slate, LV Anderson explains why. By her own estimation she's probably consumed 360 raw eggs over the course of her life, thanks to a love of baking and the inevitable batter-licking that follows.