Do You Have to Cook Pork Until It’s Well Done to Avoid Trichinosis?

CulinaryLore ^ | 9/6/22 | EricT

[DallasBiff]

In this article, I’m going to debunk two myths. The first myth regards the need to cook pork until it’s well done to avoid trichinosis (trichonelosis). The second myth is a myth within the myth, regarding the degree of cooking needed to render pork generally safe to eat. The questions are: Do we still need to worry about trichinosis in pork? And, if so, how much do we need to cook pork to kill this dangerous parasite?

[Daveinyork]

Exactly. The Bible says the pig is unclean.

[txnativegop]

LOL

I cannot get past the smell.

[digger48]

That’s the way I always make mine

I just wing it

A little pineapple juice or apple cider after draining off the natural liquid in your kraft first

[2big2fail]

I cook pork loin and pork tenderloin and pork chops to 140F. Moist and delicious.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“ eating undercooked grizzly bear ”

I always take mine to 160 degrees .

[eastforker]

Cooking pork well done only pertains to fresh pork. If it has been frozen, it will kill the little worms. But I agree with another poster, it doesn’t have to be cooked to basic shoe leather to be safe.

[MayflowerMadam]

When I lived in Alaska a bush family all got botulism from eating a (IIRC) dead beaver they found behind the stove.

[FroggyTheGremlim]

*Mom made it with brown sugar, apples, and sweet onion.*

Above Simmered in ginger ale with caraway seeds.

[MayflowerMadam]

“Chicken needs to be cooked because it’s nasty shiite.”

When I’m cooking chicken, I handle it like poison. Because it is poison when it’s raw.

[MayflowerMadam]

“There’s no reason to keep listening to old wives tales and cooking the crap out of it.”

My husband won’t eat pork after he saw an episode of “House”, where a worm migrated to some lady’s eye. House said it was from eating pork years ago.

[cyclotic]

Yea, cause we all take medical advice from a fictional tv show.

[MayflowerMadam]

LOL. True. I can’t talk him out of it.

[cyclotic]

Facts should never get in the way of a strongly held opinion.

One of my favorite quotes.

[PJ-Comix]

I don't want to brag (although I am) but I got just over 40 lbs of Target Market Pantry for only about 71 cents/lb. First they cut the $1.99 price down to 99 cents/lb as they usually do this time of year. Then they had a Target Circle deal where they knocked $10 off $40 purchase. With my Red card 5% discount the total price came to just over $29 for the 4 hams that were each just over 10 lbs. Oh, and I soaked the ham in water for about 4 hours to reduce the salt since Market Pantry ham can be on the salty side.

We ate one of them last night at a Christmas party and I consumed another one over a week ago so I still have ham left for New Years Eve and another for my personal consumption again.

[PJ-Comix]

Commercially raised pork has essentially zero risk of Trichinosis. Cases seen today are from wild game.

I've wondered about the risks of eating wild hogs. I've seen lots of videos of wild hogs being hunted and/or captured so I wondered about that.

[Bonemaker]

👍

[sit-rep]

I cook it till it’s not pink in the center or to the minimum on the thermometer range. otherwise its dry af...

[dljordan]

“You dont have to worry about cooking pork if you eat beef.”

That wasn’t the question.

[Rocco DiPippo]

Agree. Tender and juicy like that - and perfectly safe. Pork roast? Oh man is that tasty!

[cyclotic]

Especially smoked.