Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: from occupied ga
"The snails also carry a parasitic rat lungworm that can cause illness in humans, including a form of meningitis"

So don't eat'em raw (or rare). Same as for pork. Heating should kill both the lungworm and the meningitis bug it carries.

71 posted on 04/15/2013 8:30:37 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies ]


To: Wonder Warthog
So don't eat'em raw (or rare).

How about just don't eat them at all. I can't understand the fascination shown by the people on this thread with eating something that carries parasites. Why bother? Aren't they getting enough to eat? And BTW the incidence of trichonosis in today's pork in the USA is virtually nil. Do they also have "protected" sex with AIDS carriers? Do they routinely drive motorcycles 50 MPH over the speed limit in the rain?

Why do somthing that has a high know risk associated with it. Parasite eggs are particularly difficult to kill. From the comments on this thread some of my fellow freepers are seriously deficient in their mental ability to parse risk and reward.

74 posted on 04/15/2013 9:07:26 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 71 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson