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Weirdly chicken is dangerous to eat undercooked or raw, but there aren't as many cultural taboos against it.
by smcl 4y ago
Weirdly chicken is dangerous to eat undercooked or raw, but there aren't as many cultural taboos against it.
- koheripbal 4y agoBecause it's not as dangerous as eating raw pork. Relatively speaking, raw pork is much more dangerous.
- steve_adams_86 4y agoThe data doesn’t back this up though. More people get sick from chicken.
- kentrado 4y agoWe are not talking about quantity, we are talking about severity. Plus, you can't use modern data for this because modern stock raising methods mitigate a lot of the dangers from pork. The parasites from undercooked pork can be very dangerous.
- steve_adams_86 4y agoWhy wouldn’t we use modern data? We’re not living in the past. Are you talking about trichinosis? I can see that being more problematic than salmonella in historical contexts, but again, it’s highly treatable today and rarely fatal if it isn’t treated. Am I missing some other kind of infection? Edit: Now I see it, you were referring to the past in the parent comment. I’ve confused this thread for another - sorry about that!
- peteradio 4y agoWere chickens present in the cultures 2000 years ago when the taboos developed? Honest question.
- tintedfireglass 4y agoYes, they were. Chickens are one of the oldest domesticated species by humans.