Truth to the legends... there's a reason two separate religious codes banned consumption of pork.

He was such a gem

Made me wonder what the AI overview would say when you google "you can only get a tapeworm from eating pork", but it put the Sean Locke videos at the top and then and overview saying correctly that it's not true.

Delightful!

That sounds like a risk I am not willing to take

In Japan, I've also had like medium pork katsu. So pork katsu not fully cooked. I'm sure there are higher quality porks different places. Def not something I will try in US.

I think trichinosis (sp?) is rare these days, but dunno about all the other wriggly stuff

Sous vide is always an option

I've heard that as well. It's hard to figure out how many of the dissenting opinions are based on fact, and how many are outdated.

Nope.

Mett? Hackepeter?

Nope.

Crazy Germans.

Schweinemet (raw ground pork you spread on rolls) is relatively common in Germany. Kind of gross looking but I think it is quite unlikely to cause problems if you eat it quickly.

True, but it’s the most respectable source I came across when reverse image searching this meme. I guess we could have just stuck with the meme? It doesn’t give a lot of context.