Raymond Shannon@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agoYe think Jews and Muslims were onto something when they prohibited the consumption of pork?message-squaremessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareYe think Jews and Muslims were onto something when they prohibited the consumption of pork?Raymond Shannon@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoOkay. 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.
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoTricinosis 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.
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.