SC - food warning on dry sausage!!!

[Micaylah]

Mistress Christianna said...
>While I am with you on the temperature thing, your fears of Trichinsosis
>are mostly unfounded these days.  The parasite that infests the long
>muscles and creates cysts (the Trich) are found almost exclusively in
>animals that are NOT grain fed.  It occurs in omniverous animals that eat
>slops, garbage, or free range, such as bears and the occaisional pig you
>get from Farmer John.  The last reported cases of trich. were from folks
>that were eating undercooked bear meat.  (Those same people would
>probably never hear of eating undercooked pork!) Anything you buy from
>the grocery store with an USDA label is going to have been grain fed, and
>not likely to offer up any nasty parasites.  It still exists, but it is
>wise to know the whys and wherefores.  Most Americans still prefer their
>pork well done, but this is largely a holdover from earlier in this
>century.   Personally, I like my pork roasts a little on the pink side.
>So, you probably still want to cook pork to death for feasts, rather than
>suffer the returned leftovers, but for yourself, try it medium rare!
>(Yum)

I too like my pork slightly pink and you're right about most people still
preferring it like a hockey puck. You posting gave me nightmare kodak
moments of my mothers pork chops when I was a kid....gaaaaaaaaaaak! And
you're right about the almost futility of trying to convince people that
"its okay" to eat pork this way.

Micaylah

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