rccall@dartvax.UUCP (R. Christian Call) (05/15/84)
I'm posting this for a friend of mine. No flames, please. Hope you find it enjoyable/informative. I hate to break this to you; however, it was broken rather forcefully to my family. Adults are NOT immune from parasites and don't let anyone try to convince you that things such as trichinosis have been eradicated in this country. While the British, (I believe), do check their meat to make sure that there are no worms in the meat and cook any infested meat before selling it, the USA chooses not to do so. My mother "should have" died according to her doctors, but she lucked out. There are similar, (and much worse), diseases that one can get from beef and other types of meat. SO... if you like to eat raw meat, (and I must confess that I still like raw bacon), you MUST get it from a deli which is known to either check their meats or buy them from someone who does.
eagan@phoenix.UUCP (05/15/84)
Does this include chicken?
pc@hplabsb.UUCP (05/16/84)
Last year we purchased very fresh salmon from a very reputable fish & poultry store. When I opened the package at home, some tiny pink worms came crawling out of the fish. When I returned the fish, the store manager said it was unusual to have parasites in salmon but that in cod and snapper it was quite common certain times of year. Another friend claims that this is what makes the sushi chef a special person: s/he can tell by looking at the whole, live fish whether it has parasites. Nevertheless, it makes one take pause to think about what MIGHT go undetected. Cooking the fish (no translucent flesh remains) is supposed to kill the parasites. Next time, I'll forward information about what goes on in the veggies you buy.... Patricia Collins hplabs
archiel@hercules.UUCP (Archie Lachner) (05/16/84)
You bet it includes chicken. Fowl of all kinds should always be cooked "well done" for the same reasons pork should. I know that conditions for raising pigs and chicken have changed in the last 50 years, but I still don't want to take any chances with trichinosis, etc.
crm@rti.UUCP (05/17/84)
[parasites for the eating of the net... Is this really what these lines are for? ] Trichinosis is a parasitic disease that can be gotten from pork, bear meat, a and human meat, but not from beef or fish. It is a dangerous disease. It is not a reason not to eat tartare or o-sashimi. Love raw bacon? yech.
scotth@hercules.UUCP (Scott Herzinger) (05/18/84)
Memory doesn't serve me well enough to fill in the details, but
uncooked chicken has a "feature" that doesn't appear in raw beef, pork,
etc.. There is something in the uncooked flesh that tends to cause
severe gastrointestinal upset. Whatever it is, it's destroyed by the
heat while cooking.
I've had a couple of bad episodes with insufficiently cooked chicken to
the extent that not only do I overcook my chicken, I find it hard to
trust others to cook it enough.
On the fish side of this topic, most salmon carry flukes that are
usually harmless to humans, but are toxic to dogs. DO NOT feed your
dog raw salmon, and if you fish, be careful that your dog doesn't get a
hold of a fish. Salmon flukes are very toxic to canines. The local
Emergency Veterinary Clinic sees a lot of cases in the summer of salmon
fluke poisoning. It's not pretty; the dog convulses in uncontrollable
seizures... And the survival rate is not good. Chances are grim
unless the pet is treated quickly.
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