what's for dinner?

[Blindgreed1]

Rare pork used to carry the fear of trichinosis, and everyone was schooled to cook their pork to death.

Fun Fact: Unlike Salmonella (typical bacterial based food poisoning) Trichinosis is a parasitic based illness where some type of roundworm I can't remember gets in your gut and causes havoc until you can't be three yards from a toilet.

Modern vaccination of pigs bred for the food industry has seen trichinosis become a non-issue and many modern cuisine restaurants are cooking a lot of pork cuts medium rare to medium.

If you're into hunting your own meat, wild pork should always be cooked until medium to done though.

Yeah, it's an old wives tale but the black folks won't touch it unless it's well done. I had this at a BBQ a couple of years back. 2 couples refused to eat the meat because the ribs were pink next to the bone. I did my best to explain that the ribs were smoked and get that pinkish hue, but they weren't having it. They left and returned with a bucket of chicken (not even kidding).