Guest guest Posted October 13, 2003 Report Share Posted October 13, 2003 Hey Mike, do you know if regular store-bought kidneys are equally nutritious? I've started including various organ meats in my diet regularly. Brains are particularly delicious. Cheers, - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 > Hey Mike, do you know if regular store-bought kidneys are equally > nutritious? I've started including various organ meats in my diet > regularly. Brains are particularly delicious. > > Cheers, > > - hi paul, i definitely wouldn't buy any meat from stores. just find a local butcher and know the source. i wouldn't touch any ruminant meats that aren't totally pasture-fed. grain-fed cows, etc are unhealthy and i wouldn't eat meat from unhealthy animals. deer is especially excellent nutritionally because it's a wild animal eating a natural diet, and it's in ready supply and cheap. you're getting nutrients from all the grass, young trees, etc that deers feed on; it's probably more nutritious than a lot of grass-fed farmed cows. you can also mail-order grass-fed organs from reputable sources, like a lot of people on the do. i've only eaten a little bit of cooked cow brain so far, and it was extremely delicious, but i'm going to try some raw the next time my local butcher does a grass- fed cow. i'll get it fresh and i guess it'll be a little work to get it out of the skull somehow. organ foods are worth their weight in gold... mike parker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 The brain and spinal column are also the most likely to hold BSE for an infected animal... Make sure it's a very young grass-fed cow. Cheers, > -----Original Message----- > From: Anton [mailto:bwp@...] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 5:28 PM > > Subject: [ ] Re: selenium/kidneys!!! > > > > > Hey Mike, do you know if regular store-bought kidneys are equally > > nutritious? I've started including various organ meats in my diet > > regularly. Brains are particularly delicious. > > > > Cheers, > > > > - > > hi paul, > i definitely wouldn't buy any meat from stores. just find a local > butcher and know the source. i wouldn't touch any ruminant meats > that aren't totally pasture-fed. grain-fed cows, etc are unhealthy > and i wouldn't eat meat from unhealthy animals. deer is especially > excellent nutritionally because it's a wild animal eating a natural > diet, and it's in ready supply and cheap. you're getting nutrients > from all the grass, young trees, etc that deers feed on; it's > probably more nutritious than a lot of grass-fed farmed cows. you > can also mail-order grass-fed organs from reputable sources, like a > lot of people on the do. i've only eaten a little > bit of cooked cow brain so far, and it was extremely delicious, but > i'm going to try some raw the next time my local butcher does a grass- > fed cow. i'll get it fresh and i guess it'll be a little work to > get it out of the skull somehow. > > organ foods are worth their weight in gold... > > mike parker > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 --- In , " Gifford " <gifford@u...> wrote: > The brain and spinal column are also the most likely to hold BSE for an > infected animal... Make sure it's a very young grass-fed cow. > > Cheers, > hi james, thanks for mentioning this. this is a topic i've recently been looking into, so i can decide whether to eat deer brains. i'm not into taking risks, so i like to tread very carefully with these things. my understanding is that cows in the us don't have BSE, so i'm not too worried about that, but i've heard that deer, squirrels, and lamb sometimes do have " chronic wasting disease " , and that it's linked to game farming (compromises to natural environment) and/or various industrial toxins. if you have any pointers to good info about this, please share! mike parker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 With regard to BSE is wild animals in North America you may remember that the single BSE cow discovered in Alberta a few months ago was not uncovered quicker because the sample was sitting around in the lab and not being tested for MONTHS after the animal was slaughtered. Why the delay, you might ask? The delay occurred because the lab had thousands of samples to test for wild animals from out west that are commonly known to be infected with BSE-type pathogens. My recollection is that elk is high on the list of infected animals in both the US and Canada. This information is from memory. But if it matters to you I would try to check out with the Canadian (and US) health agencies - I have no idea which one, you might want to try a Google search - about which species are a risk. Hope this helps. > > The brain and spinal column are also the most likely to hold BSE > for an > > infected animal... Make sure it's a very young grass-fed cow. > > > > Cheers, > > > > > hi james, > thanks for mentioning this. this is a topic i've recently been > looking into, so i can decide whether to eat deer brains. i'm not > into taking risks, so i like to tread very carefully with these > things. my understanding is that cows in the us don't have BSE, so > i'm not too worried about that, but i've heard that deer, squirrels, > and lamb sometimes do have " chronic wasting disease " , and that it's > linked to game farming (compromises to natural environment) and/or > various industrial toxins. if you have any pointers to good info > about this, please share! > mike parker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 Hi Mike, I haven't looked into this very closely, so don't take any of this as gospel. My understanding is that bovines anywhere can contract BSE by consuming infected tissues from another animal, but the disease can also spontaneously appear in some animals as well (relatively rare). Young animals (under 3yrs?) are evidently not able to either contract or develop the disease. The same disease can appear in Elk, so I'd imagine that deer are likewise up for grabs. In general, I'd avoid eating brains, but then again, I do still eat beef. I should also add, after the single case here in Canada (in a cow from the US...), a number of American farmers took up the phrase " shoot, shovel & shut up, " as did one of our lovely local politicians, so I wouldn't rely too much on restrictions in place. Cheers, > -----Original Message----- > From: Anton [mailto:bwp@...] > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 6:50 PM > > Subject: [ ] Re: selenium/kidneys!!! > > > > > The brain and spinal column are also the most likely to hold BSE > for an > > infected animal... Make sure it's a very young grass-fed cow. > > > > Cheers, > > > > > hi james, > thanks for mentioning this. this is a topic i've recently been > looking into, so i can decide whether to eat deer brains. i'm not > into taking risks, so i like to tread very carefully with these > things. my understanding is that cows in the us don't have BSE, so > i'm not too worried about that, but i've heard that deer, squirrels, > and lamb sometimes do have " chronic wasting disease " , and that it's > linked to game farming (compromises to natural environment) and/or > various industrial toxins. if you have any pointers to good info > about this, please share! > mike parker > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 >Brains are particularly delicious. Hmmm, I seem to recall differently. Perhaps you could share the recipe that makes brains so delicious. You see, I happen to have eaten brains before, although that was more than 30 years ago, when I still lived in Europe. The only way to make them eadible at all, was to cover them with a rich, typically high-fat sauce, the way the French used to do it, at least at that time. I recall that as a delicacy, brains were highly overrated. Same with snails, frog legs and/or alligator meat. They all taste pretty damn bad, unless you cover them with lots of butter, garlic and herbs, which would kind of take them out of the realm of CR, wouldn't you agree? I also seem to recall a story in a paper or magazine about 3 or 4 hunters that all ended up with Creutzfeld-s (brain-wasting) disease after sharing and eating from a deer that they hunted and shot. Pretty scary. So, good luck to you with eating brains. I think I'll stick to eating chicken for the foreseeable future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2003 Report Share Posted October 14, 2003 My mom cooked the brains so I can't tell you exactly what she did but it was nothing fancy. She did add some salt, that much I know but little in the way of spices or condiments. Adding butter, herbs and spices wouldn't take you out of the realm of CR...but then again I'm probably alone in thinking this (alone with Mike who might expand on this). I only eat store-bought because I have no other choice, I'm not certain which alternative is better. - > > >Brains are particularly delicious. > > Hmmm, I seem to recall differently. Perhaps you could share the > recipe that makes brains so delicious. You see, I happen to have > eaten brains before, although that was more than 30 years ago, when I > still lived in Europe. The only way to make them eadible at all, was > to cover them with a rich, typically high-fat sauce, the way the > French used to do it, at least at that time. I recall that as a > delicacy, brains were highly overrated. Same with snails, frog legs > and/or alligator meat. They all taste pretty damn bad, unless you > cover them with lots of butter, garlic and herbs, which would kind of > take them out of the realm of CR, wouldn't you agree? > > I also seem to recall a story in a paper or magazine about 3 or 4 > hunters that all ended up with Creutzfeld-s (brain-wasting) > disease after sharing and eating from a deer that they hunted and > shot. Pretty scary. So, good luck to you with eating brains. I think > I'll stick to eating chicken for the foreseeable future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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