Mad cow disease

[bandaidwoman]

Originally posted by Stickboy
I thought this prion only existed in the "guts", not the meat itself. (spinal cord, intestines, organs, etc.)

OR

Is it the whole cow?

*Grain fed cattle are bad anyway. As I've said before, my grandfather raised cattle, and I've spent alot of time in my life (during summers) out there helping. Ours were grass fed from the time they were weaned from the mother. Never did understand the grain fed thang. Sure it fattens em up, but it also affects the taste of the meat. Inferior feeding brings inferior meat.

Prion resides in the central nervous tissue. But since ground meat can have this "grounded" into and with the meat, the main thing to avoid is the ground meat. Steak is probably OK. With the exception of T- bone because of inclusion of paraspinal ganglia in cuts of meat containing vertebral tissue in the T-bone steaks.

Grass fed is definately the way to go. It tastes better!

 

[bandaidwoman]

Originally posted by Yeah Buddy!
i have heard that even if you do eat beef contaminated with the mad cow (what the helk is it by the way? is it a virus?), it takes around 10 years for the symptoms to develop and eventually debilitate the person. anyone hear of this? is it true?

If it is, thats messed up, if i get sick as hell i want to know tomorrow, not in ten years!

True, the first case of mad cow in humans appeared 10 years after the cows were found to have BSE (bovine spongiform encephalophathy) in England. In which case, it will probably be another ten years before we see an epidemic.

 

[Vieope]

Chicken, Cow ..

If the fish go crazy too, I will go insane.

 

[IronSlingah]

Originally posted by Vieope
Chicken, Cow ..

If the fish go crazy too, I will go insane.

The cows arent crazy their MAD. Think about it if u were in a cage eating the remains of your friends being injected with roids everyday wuddent you be pissed too?

 

[Stickboy]

Luckily Bison is on the upswing. Still pretty expensive for everday eating, but it is good good good

 

[squanto]

i love my steak. i like it bloody. i like to actually cut it off the live cow iwth a fork and knife, thats the best way.

 

[kuso]

Originally posted by bandaidwoman
I'm still going to eat a Mcdonald's big mac, nothing like it after a two hour mountain bike ride...and that it's the epitome of American imperialism. yum yum yum. (yes, you ultra lowfat BBs are cringing..but admit it...you love it!)

Thats because all McD`s beef comes from Australia where its perfectly safe.....at least all internation McD`s use it...I`m not 100% sure about in the US.

 

[Stickboy]

Yeah, nothing like a McHopper

 

[DrChiro]

if you give a mad cow prozac will it still be mad?

 

[kuso]

I must say, while I`m glad Japan is actually using some balls this time against the US, I find it strange how ehn they found several cows with BSE the did little and continued to sell beef....even falsely labelled beef....yet here they stop all imports from America.

 

[Eggs]

Well Kuso, you have to admit... International trade with Japan isnt necessarily "fair"

We need to clip their wings one of these days Unfortunately due to the ability for them to have MNEs with operations in the States that wont necessarily have an impact on them. On the flip side, we could figure out ways to devastate them

I wish the WTO would clamp down on them

I certainly dont have any inherent negative feelings about Japan, but they do get the better of us in International trade due to the US being spineless at times. Of course we're using them as a strategic buffer with China so its all good

 

[ZECH]

Originally posted by Vieope
Chicken, Cow ..

If the fish go crazy too, I will go insane.

You haven't heard of whirling disease??