Animal---Spinal Cord---is not just in hamburger ! ! ! Millions of people eat spinal cords from different live stook every day, and think nothing of it. Ever notice the small white soft thing in the bone at the top center of a T-Bone or Porterhouse Steak--- it's Spinal Cord ! I eat the cord every time, tasted very good. How about chops from Sheep, Goats, Hogs, etc., the little white thing in the center of the bone---it's Spinal Cord ! Back bones---it's Spinal Cord in the hole in the middle ! Chicken necks, Ox tails, pig tails, etc.---it's Spinal Cord in the middle. Many people eat brains from Hogs, Cattle, Squirrels, etc. They taste good with eggs. Potted meat, Spam, Vientey Sausages in the little cans, Treat, Anything that says processed meat by products added can have anything in it ? ? ? They say the problem is in the spinal cord, and brain. I wonder if it is in the nerves that run from the spinal cord and into the whole body, or does it really stop their. Would you eat any part of the meat from a cow that you know has Mad Cow. I mean if the meat people know so much, why do they destroy the whole cow. Just take out the brain and cord and let them eat the rest of the cow or will they ? They won't eat it will they ?
Are you saying "No more roasting hot dogs on a open fire down by the creek"? When I was doing my deer processing business with all the scare of CWD it was thought that the future way to process a deer was to debone the whole animal and stay away from a animal that had been shot through the backbone. So it sounds like we may have to do the same thing with beef, pork, chicken, squirrels, etc, etc, No more weinners, spam, sausage, potted meat, etc.etc.
I quess I will have to give up the song: :waa: Don't-cha give me no baloney, Just give me a Mamwich please. One is made of scrap meat, and the other has hamburger in it.
From what I've read about some of the equipment used for the kill, it can blast some of the brain matter into the nasal cavaties which in turn sucks the matter into the lung. The fact that whole animals are put in huge vats and they crack the bones to get the bone marrow out and steam the whole lot so they get every last bit of meat, all that then goes into what???? Yum Yum. To think you are safe if you just eat roasts is silly. But you can't go into a panic over something you have no control over either. Do what you think is best for you and your family. Maybe in the future we should all be more informed about where our food comes from and how it gets to our table, and that is why I raise my own as best as I can. Carol K
