I don't know how many times I have to tell you people this, but do not eat bears: "There are fewer than 10 cases of trichinosis a year in the United States, and in recent years, bear meat has accounted for almost all of the nonpork cases, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Black bear, specifically." Okay? Jeez, you guys.
In Soviet Russia, you don't eat bear, the bear eats you!
Um, well, actually pretty much everywhere else too.
So what you're saying is that I should NOT make my Ursine risotto this year?
(But seriously, can you even cook bear meat using anything other than the "How to Cook a Fucking Steak" method?)
"Two patients who became ill said they had eaten raw bear meat while stuffing it into sausage."
Wha?
Maybe it's like eating the raw dough while you're making chocolate chip cookies.
I've had black bear steaks, it tastes like pot roast. It was a Jersey bear too. I'm going to send The Awl a subscription to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report as a holiday gift, it seems like the gift that keeps on giving, like trichinosis!
I thought bears were poisonous or something?
Let's see, fewer than 10 cases, most from pig, 300 million Americans, three meals a day. By my calculations you'd be crazy NOT to eat bear–it's incredibly safe!
"Trichinosis" remains one of the childhood bugaboos that haunts my neurotic mind as an adult. It sounds horrible and I fear it, yet I have no idea what it is.
To this day my mom burns the shit out of pork because she has an abiding fear of trichinosis.
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So do I. Thanks, 9th grade Bio teacher with the parasite obsession.
Hantavirus and botulism are mine. If I used canned anything whilst cooking, I still have to inspect the can for any signs of puncture or rust because BOTULISM.
My fear of beaver-fever is why I'm gay.
HA!
Then Goldilocks ate the Baby Bear, and she proclaimed it was "just right!" And two hours later doubled over with intestinal cramps.
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Erm… "bear meat has accounted for almost all of the nonpork cases". I… find this statement… troubling… and confusing. So "nonpork" is the new code for fellatio or a hand job? Even if that is the case, I cannot believe that bear meat is not also used to pork every day in this country and around the world.
I certainly hope that bear steak is part of the official The Awl Pledge Drive Reward Gift Basket. But I'll settle for bear sausage.
Frightening! My sometimes boyfriend is a bear. I wonder if I should be worried?