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!

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.

That sounds like a risk I am not willing to take

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 It's hard to figure out how many of the dissenting opinions are based on fact, and how many are outdated.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.

kbbq larvae

The audiobook is on Hoopla: https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/12128143

daily consumption of raw sashimi for many years

Ah, so not just from raw pork

Ah so sometimes they turn themselves into pets.

🎶 Oh, Sashimi
They don't believe me
But you won't let those tapeworms eat me 🎶

(Geez, I can't believe that even the 20th anniversary edition of that album was 3 year ago)

Beth Mole, a writer at Ars Technica, has a fun example with Rat Lungworm: Burning in woman’s legs turned out to be slug parasites migrating to her brain.

It started with a bizarre burning sensation in her feet. Over the next two days, the searing pain crept up her legs. Any light touch made it worse, and over-the-counter pain medicine offered no relief.

and so on until it's diagnosed, then some lifecycle/vector explanation:

For instance, if a slug or snail traverses a leaf of lettuce, leaving a slime trail in its wake, the leaf can be contaminated with the larvae.

Yup, you're especially at risk from liver worms from things like watercress and other usual parasites when animals defecate over crops, or from farmers using egg-infested water. Always wash and disinfect.

Same board three times: fresh veg on a clean board, raw veg after, then raw meat.

I'm trying to do more vegetarian, but hey I made a single chicken boob stretch through a week meal prep so i think I'm doing ok

I like the danger