[LMB] Re: history of garbage (was OT: squ/ick in some...)

[Azalais Aranxta]

On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, anmar mirza wrote:

> I don't like eating processed meats because I know exactly how
> much greater exposure to pathogens it involves.  When I butcher
> my own I can control not only how the meat is handled, but what
> parts of the animal that goes into the final product.  I get a
> little squeamish about "mechanically seperated" meats because
> of the fact that some nervous system tissue is invariably
> included.

What do you mean by "nervous system tissue"?  Nerves run
throughout the entire body of an animal, and if you don't ever
want to eat them, you basically can't eat meat.  One of the
reasons kosher butchers sell the hindquarters of beef to
non-kosher butchers is the difficulty of dissecting the sciatic
nerve.

However, what you want to avoid in order to avoid BSE (which
can't be got rid of by cooking) is spinal cord and brain tissue.
I can definitely see where that would be a problem with ground
meat products of any sort, and oxtails are right out, but I'm not
sure why you would think spinal cord or brain tissue would be in
a solid cut of meat, such as a steak, roast or chop.

~malfoy

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