The reason that I am aware of is that there is no way that you can be sure that the meat is cooked uniformly and evenly unless you are taking multiple temps. The reason Trichinosis is uncommon in the US is because pig feed must be sterilized. But home cooking is unreliable. There must be a uniform internal temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit. And US feed is evolving into vampire feed. The scrapie CJD cycle could very easily become a Trichinosis cycle in my opinion. If you have a few Trichinosis parasite you probably won't know it. But if you have a lot of them you will have heart arrhythmia. Mary may have a different take on it but with all the fear of the spread of zoo-notic disease, Pork is just one less thing I want to put in my body. I am a vegetarian so that goes for all meat. Harper In a message dated 11/10/2005 5:14:33 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, kenancy2...@yahoo.com writes:
"the parasites in pig can NOT be removed - even with high heat." Well, of course they cannot be removed by heat, but you meant "killed". However, how do you know this? Where did you hear it? -Ken Bagwell
