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#12

I ate a lot of this when I lived in Germany after getting over my initial misgivings. It’s really very tasty.

(Mike D) #13

FYI the Japanese have a special freezer for this. It goes below -65f, your average freezer in your home will be lucky if it gets below 20f. When Sushi grade fish is caught, it goes immidiately into ice water on the ship. Once it hits port it is pulled off the ship and hacked up on the spot, no waiting. Goes directly into a specialized Freezer.

In the USA you cannot legally sell Sushi without owning one of these freezers. Even a small one runs upwards of $50,000. This is why you cannot find cheap Sushi.

This is also why you can not grab raw meat from the grocery store shelf and go home and eat it raw. Even steak houses have specialized freezing practices and handling procedures. They get their meat directly from slaughterhouses, not your local grocery store. There use to be some specialized meat stores around in the early 2000s, with higher meat requirements, we use to have one called “Piggly Wiggly”. You cannot find these anymore because they have been driven out of business by big box grocery chains.

Why? Bacteria sure, but there are also a couple dozen parasitic worms that would love to take up residence in your organs or even eat your brain. This is stupid, don’t do it. This does not apply to raw meats cured in various acids. I believe Mexicans have something like this called Saviche.

#14

I eat Ceviche, it cures in lime juice. It’s one of my favourite dishes but I’m careful where I order it. Love sushi too but the idea of raw meat doesn’t appeal to me at all.

(Mike D) #15

I love Sushi, will eat it all day if the restaurant has a high inspection grade. I even have a compromised immune system and feel the risk is worth it. But eating raw meat you get from your local grocery, I would honestly be surprised if you do not already have a parasitic worm in your liver.

I mean 50% of people who love cats already have Toxoplasma Gondii living in their brain, so it is not really one of societies top concerns.

#16

Yeah… pretty sure after 25 years of crazy cat ladying, I’ll be one of those people. That’s not to say that I’d openly welcome ingesting parasites via my meat though. Just saying xD

(Mike D) #17

There was a local girl about 10 years ago that went swimming in our local lake. She accidentally swallowed a single gulp of lake water. Three months later she fell into a coma. The hospital found a huge parasitic worm living in and eating her brain. I did not follow the story if she survived or not, but if she did she had permanent brain damage. She was a 14 year old girl with a fully functional immune system too.

#18

Sounds fabulous o_O

I used to watch that show ‘Monsters Inside Me’ I think it was called? Was a load of that stuff in there.

(Mike D) #19

I just find it scary that a young girl, with a raging teenage immune system, goes to the lake one time and swallows one gulp of lake water and ends up with a parasitic worm eating her brain. It just goes to show you how well these parasites have evolved to infect, like little assassins. It is true “Life will find a way” -Jeff Goldblum(Jurassic Park)

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(Mike D) #21

Trucha the Wise, wakes up one morning and decides to become the most hard core Keto’er in the land. RIP Trucha(All badges earned)

(Mike D) #22

Meanwhile at RobinTemplins house… MAXIMUM KETO ACHIEVED!!!

(Mike D) #23

PaulL debates the scientific and evolutionary advantage to eating left over animal carcasses in the wild. Brews exogenous ketones from a roadkilled Opossum in his lab, combines with bacon drip accelerant… Admin level guaranteed, cannot repudiate!

#24

And it comes very handy when one is pregnant as the baby is safe from this at least :slight_smile:

I definitely wouldn’t eat raw pork ever except of course cured stuff, it’s everywhere.
My aunt always had a whole smoked ham in her pantry when I was a kid… :smiley:
But raw fresh pork? Definitely not, I don’t want worms, thank you very much (I hopefully have none).
Many people taste meatballs while making them, nope.

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It seems that beef is safer for some reason but I still can’t be persuaded, I love my beef super well cooked anyway… 1 hour in a pressure cooker at least. I don’t know the art of steak making so I don’t do that. I am brave enough to try a medium steak at a steakhouse if I ever will have enough money to try a steak finally but I am not in a hurry.

Of course there are always risks, we can get diseases from cooked meat as well but the chance is WAY lower. And I hope proper places have okay inspection. I trust the nearby farms best, some unknown location that sells stuff to s supermarket is another level but let’s hope for the best…

And yep, parasites are super scary. I watched tons of videos from a very funny vet youtuber, he has dark humor because he needs it…

(Mike D) #25

Shinita- I do not trust you, because you have an innocent looking parasitic worm as your profile pic, sorry. I think you were sent here from the Worm Confederacy to gain our trust and infiltrate our intravenous bacon drips.

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#26

Interesting conversation going on here I never have nor will I ever eat any animal protein raw and try to avoid even rare al though I do like rare roast beef with the blood. dripping out.

I have a couple cats hope my brain is still intact

#27

she ain’t dead yet is she LOL

key being it is fine to eat raw meat. some items can be sketchy but it is a real deal eating in life. Like PaulL said alot of great receipes out there. Suishi is one of them :slight_smile:

just google how to handle the meats to your satisfaction.
what meat/seafood to buy for best optium use in raw etc.

it really is a taste and eating preference of a person but yes it is a real thing if ya wanna go down that path then more research is a great thing.

you don’t like it, done deal. no use destroying it for others kinda ya know…allow others to do their food thing in the world, more power to them!! in that we eat what works for us. raw included :wink:

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #28

Sushi aside, the recipes for raw pork or beef generally involve some sort of acid, so they are actually somewhat “pre-digested” in the same way as they would be if cooked. I don’t know if the marinade kills germs the way heating would, however.

#29

very true…hence the research into eating raw recipes is a good thing for someone wondering about it :slight_smile:

#30

Mett doesn’t require the use of any kind of acid; it’s just minced and seasoned, but it’s super strictly regulated. It comes practically straight off the pig and into your mouth ; )

(Mike D) #31

Prime Rib is amazing too, dipped in bullion. I would never make it myself though, only at a SteakHouse with a good sanitation rating.