Mad Cow Disease from Squirrels?

[jmark]

This article is on Fox today:

https://www.foxnews.com/health/man-dies-from-extremely-rare-disease-after-eating-squirrel-brains

Dang.  I just cooked and ate a squirrel in Greene County last weekend.  (Boy shot it and I don't like to waste things.)  

Another thing to worry about...

 

 

[G-Man]

1st rule dont eat brains..well known fact . even canibals who ate human brains came down with wierd dieseses.. just dont do it not worth it..ever

[The_Real_TCIII]

I don’t eat organs. liver, heart, kidneys, that all stays in the woods. Buzzards gotta eat too, same as the worms


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[rachunter]

I try to never touch the brain or break the spine of any animal.

[Cabin Fever]

That's it! No more squirrel brains for me!   How hungry do you have to be to eat squirrel brains? Jesus, I'm about ready to gag just thinking about it!

Edited October 16, 2018 by Cabin Fever

[Pygmy]

I love liver and heart....Fresh venison liver fried in bacon fat with onions is one of my very favorite meals, and I am very fond of the heart cooked several different ways, including parboiled and pickled..

However, I draw the line at  brains and glands....I ain't eating no brains, testicles, or sweetbreads ( thymus glands)….

Eating squirrel brains is very popular in some of the more southern states..A Navy buddy from West Virginia  told me that he intentionally took lung shots rather than head shots on squirrels because he liked to eat the brains..

Thoroughly cooked, they are probably safe, but the link between mad cow disease and squirrel brains has been known for quite a few years now..

[Pygmy]

By the way, I have never eaten kidneys, but I have heard that they are very good as long as you boil the piss out of them..

[Hunter007]

Just wondering if  you cook them well done if that will keep you safe .

I'm guessing not cooking or washing  it enough is a big part of catching something bad from any  organ  meat 

[wolc123]

12 minutes ago, Pygmy said:

I love liver and heart....Fresh venison liver fried in bacon fat with onions is one of my very favorite meals, and I am very fond of the heart cooked several different ways, including parboiled and pickled..

However, I draw the line at  brains and glands....I ain't eating no brains, testicles, or sweetbreads ( thymus glands)….

Eating squirrel brains is very popular in some of the more southern states..A Navy buddy from West Virginia  told me that he intentionally took lung shots rather than head shots on squirrels because he liked to eat the brains..

Thoroughly cooked, they are probably safe, but the link between mad cow disease and squirrel brains has been known for quite a few years now..

Button buck liver, fried medium rare in an iron pan with olive oil and some onions, is very good.  I no longer keep the livers from older deer because I find it kind of tough compared to beef liver, which I can get for free whenever I want it.  My wife pickles the season's deer hearts every Valentine's day.   That pickled heart is always very good.     

[Nomad]

You know why they call it  PMS ?

Because Mad Cow Disease was already taken .

[Lawdwaz]

I used to make a killer liver & onions meal once each fall.  Fried potatoes, bacon, then liver & onions all from the same cast iron skillet.  Some fine fine eating but it'd put me in a world of hurt these days with a monkeyed up stomach and all......

Like cigars, a thing of the past for me.

[Pygmy]

4 minutes ago, Lawdwaz said:

I used to make a killer liver & onions meal once each fall.  Fried potatoes, bacon, then liver & onions all from the same cast iron skillet.  Some fine fine eating but it'd put me in a world of hurt these days with a monkeyed up stomach and all......

Like cigars, a thing of the past for me.

Holy crap, Larry....That has me salivating....Cigars sound great too  !!   It might be WORTH dying for  !!

[Nomad]

Sorry to hear, Larry . I’m on meds for gerd, at first they said , No coffee ,alcohol, hot spices ,citrus. Ok I pretty much live on the first three....

Ive eased back into booze and spices .

[ATbuckhunter]

Ill eat liver and heart, but thats as far as it goes. I don't even want to handle brains, due to the desieses. 

[jmark]

When I was a kid in the south, pretty much every greasy spoon had pork brains and scrambled eggs on the menu.  I had it once, in the wee hours of the morning, on a bet out with friends.  It wasn't very good, as I recall (and I don't recall much from those days)....

 

 

[sits in trees]

I stopped eating squirrels when I found out they were high in cholesterol