Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 i went through this a bit ago. but we raised our pigs on pasture and organic house slops, and they turned out just fine, with no worms and quite tasty. so if you can find some good pork, go for it! At 03:36 AM 2/9/2004, you wrote: >I was at butcher today and asked him if he would get good quality free range >pork in. > >He said he wouldn't because a) its expensive and they feed them the same >things just the organic grains instead of sprayed grains. > > > >He then went on to tell me that the jewish do not eat it and it is not for >any religion reasons ect ect. But that pork meat they believe is extremely >unhealthy as the animal is riddled with all kinds of worms through out its >body. Even though the English loved pork it was always cured ( smoked, bacon >ect ect ) and also then re cooked/fried to get rid of any warm lavae ect. > > > >I thought this to be very interesting as I have been eating a lot of pork >lately ( even had some raw ) so I wonder if I now have worms eh. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 He is right that Jews (as well as many Messianic Jews and many Christains) do not eat pork. The primary reason is religous, in fact, as in the book of Leviticus God calls pigs unclean and unfit to be eaten. Many people follow God's food laws not because they feel they *have to*, but because they truely believe that God's word is infallible and that the food laws were not given to arbitrarily control a group of people, but rather to promote the best health possible. Maybe this is what your butcher was talking about. It is true that pork is frequently contaminated with parasites and toxins. The digestive system of a pig is much more acidic that that of say a cow. Because their stomach acids become diluted due to the volume of food they will eat, many toxins, etc can pass into their flesh. Trichonsis is the parasite most commonly associated with pork. The symptoms are very non-specific and many people have it without out even knowing it. The symptoms are things such as headaches, muscle aches and pain, itchy skin, swelling in extremities, and fever. I personally don't think it is wise to eat any pork at all, especially raw pork. There are plenty of other healthy meats available that don't have the risks that pork does. Also...curing and smoking are not effective in killing parasites, although cooking to a proper temperature does. Hope that helps. > He then went on to tell me that the jewish do not eat it and it is not for > any religion reasons ect ect. But that pork meat they believe is extremely > unhealthy as the animal is riddled with all kinds of worms through out its > body. Even though the English loved pork it was always cured ( smoked, bacon > ect ect ) and also then re cooked/fried to get rid of any warm lavae ect. > > > > I thought this to be very interesting as I have been eating a lot of pork > lately ( even had some raw ) so I wonder if I now have worms eh. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Ah ok. Well the prok I did eat was " organic " But that does not nessesary mean good feed as we know ect. ( and butchers nowadays just have NO idea usually of exactl what their animals are fed ) They like dunno all I know tis organic. Eh _____ From: katja [mailto:katja@...] Sent: Tuesday, 10 February 2004 1:55 AM Subject: Re: Pork and the jewish i went through this a bit ago. but we raised our pigs on pasture and organic house slops, and they turned out just fine, with no worms and quite tasty. so if you can find some good pork, go for it! At 03:36 AM 2/9/2004, you wrote: >I was at butcher today and asked him if he would get good quality free range >pork in. > >He said he wouldn't because a) its expensive and they feed them the same >things just the organic grains instead of sprayed grains. > > > >He then went on to tell me that the jewish do not eat it and it is not for >any religion reasons ect ect. But that pork meat they believe is extremely >unhealthy as the animal is riddled with all kinds of worms through out its >body. Even though the English loved pork it was always cured ( smoked, bacon >ect ect ) and also then re cooked/fried to get rid of any warm lavae ect. > > > >I thought this to be very interesting as I have been eating a lot of pork >lately ( even had some raw ) so I wonder if I now have worms eh. > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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