In Defense of Eating Brains
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In Defense of Eating Brains
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Re: In Defense of Eating Brains
#2I've had scrambled eggs and calf brains before, as a small child. But the brains were canned, and even my great-aunt who cooked them spoke somewhat disparagingly of their flavor as compared with fresh; I remember them as salty and metallic.
I'd like to try fresh at some point, but I doubt even most of the specialty butchers around here would be too likely to carry them.
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#4My takeaways from quickly skimming the article:
- not that many prion diseases among brain eating people surprisingly (but are statistics accurate? what if they develop later?)
- perhaps because our ancestors did it, human DNA has a gene that "protects" from prion diseases somehow. didn't know that could be a thing!
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#5My takeaways from quickly skimming the article: - not that many prion diseases among brain eating people surprisingly (but are statistics accurate? what if they develop later?) - perhaps because our ancestors did it, human DNA has a gene that "protects" from prion diseases somehow. didn't know that could be a thing!
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#6I thought this was satire when I clicked on it. The more I read it got progressively worse as I realized how long it took to even mention prion disease. This article doesn't really seem reviewed which seems to be a trend I'm noticing in Atlas Obscura articles. Is anyone else thinking this?
Edit: The person who wrote this article has no background at all in Food Safety, nor should they really be talking about this subject so lightly. Honestly, this article is dangerous to even really promote in the way its written. They lightly jester at that idea that a 1% fatality rate is an extremely rare occurrence and suggests that brains should be consumed in higher amounts. At first I thought this was satire but this advice is just genuinely harmful.
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#7Disappointing this tells us scientists "established" the harm of dietary cholesterol in the 50s without mentioning that it was a mistake. The U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee had to admit this around 10 years ago.
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#8I remember as a child seeing them in french supermarkets all the time. Not sure from which animals. I dont see them anymore.
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#9I thought this was satire when I clicked on it. The more I read it got progressively worse as I realized how long it took to even mention prion disease. This article doesn't really seem reviewed which seems to be a trend I'm noticing in Atlas Obscura articles. Is anyone else thinking this? Edit: The person who wrote this article has no background at all in Food Safety, nor should they really be talking about this sub…
Can you elaborate on what you mean by not seeming reviewed?
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#10Prions are scary- these bad shapes cause your shapes to be bad. There is no cure or even a way to detect them, except at autopsy.
Otherwise I'd totally be into brains. Good source of omega3s.