Lynea posted:
vn_parsonjackrussell posted:
I think that pork cooked medium rare is the best way to eat pork
I concur.
Saying it's dangerous is an ill-informed opinion.
As long as the meat is cooked to the proper temperature, then it's safe.
Eating it pink under a specified temp is flat unsafe. My dad was a large animal vet and pigs can not be prevented from picking up trichinosis and other meat borne parasites that are easily transferred to humans if not killed in the cooking process.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dpd/parasites/trichinosis/factsht_trichinosis.htm
Division of Parasitic Diseases
Parasitic Disease Information
If you are unfamiliar with this serious health threat you might want to look at the above CDC link. There are entire regions of the world and societies that will not touch pork because of the threat of these parasites is so profound by impropperly prepared pork.
-----signature-----
The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well,
on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away
and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to b
