Food preparation wasn’t as well understood then as it is today and pork carried with it a risk that poultry, beef and others didn’t hence the rules against eating it.
Tricinosis was commonly found in pork before modern food prep. It’s likely why it was a forbidden meat in many middle eastern cultures. Look at the list of animals that spread the disease — it’s not like ancient Jews would be eating walrus.
Onions live in filth. Potatoes live in filth. All fruits and vegetables live in filth, often fertilized with manure.
So what the fuck does filth have anything to do with anything?
Food preparation wasn’t as well understood then as it is today and pork carried with it a risk that poultry, beef and others didn’t hence the rules against eating it.
Apparently they still don’t understand food preparation, otherwise these fast food joints wouldn’t have had to pull onions off their foods.
Why you think I mentioned onions first? The cycle continues…
Onions and potatoes don’t give you trichinosis.
Okay. Undercooked meat may yield bad parasitic worms. So what, what makes pork any different than any other meat in that regard?
Always cook meat thoroughly and that shouldn’t be a problem. Pork ain’t any different.
Tricinosis was commonly found in pork before modern food prep. It’s likely why it was a forbidden meat in many middle eastern cultures. Look at the list of animals that spread the disease — it’s not like ancient Jews would be eating walrus.
https://www.cdc.gov/trichinellosis/about/index.html
A lot of these ancient traditions came about because someone got sick from eating or doing something.