RFK Jr: Worms Ate My Brain

[AlexB23]

I have no difficulty finding pork. While I don't eat a ton of meat these days, my meat consumption is split roughly 50/50 between chicken and pork as beef has gotten too expensive to justify buying it with any regularity.

There's always an element of danger when it comes to any food - trichinella worms can be in any meat (they were just more common in pork because pigs are omnivorous), chicken frequently has salmonella, we keep having outbreaks of e.coli on lettuce, etc. As long as you prepare and cook your food properly (which does not mean overcooking it), the danger is minimal.

Yep, 165°F (74°C) internal temp is what I try to cook my meats for.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

Yep, 165°F (74°C) internal temp is what I try to cook my meats for.

Depending on the meat, that can be drastically overdone. 165 is right for chicken, but beef, pork, and fish are done at ~145 (I usually go a little lower for a quality steak though).

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/safe-temperature-chart

 

[BPPLEE]

Depending on the meat, that can be drastically overdone. 165 is right for chicken, but beef, pork, and fish are done at ~145 (I usually go a little lower for a quality steak though).

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/safe-temperature-chart

I usually cut it and look at it. Pink for steak, done but juicy for chicken

 

[AlexB23]

Depending on the meat, that can be drastically overdone. 165 is right for chicken, but beef, pork, and fish are done at ~145 (I usually go a little lower for a quality steak though).

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/safe-temperature-chart

Yeah, fish I go for until the meat has the right color.

 

[hislegacy]

Filed under: Glad he’s okay, but it’s still kinda funny.

R.F.K. Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain

The presidential candidate has faced previously undisclosed health issues, including a parasite that he said ate part of his brain.

www.nytimes.com

Several doctors noticed a dark spot on the younger Mr. Kennedy’s brain scans and concluded that he had a tumor, he said in a 2012 deposition reviewed by The New York Times. Mr. Kennedy was immediately scheduled for a procedure at Duke University Medical Center by the same surgeon who had operated on his uncle, he said.​

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While packing for the trip, he said, he received a call from a doctor at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital who had a different opinion: Mr. Kennedy, he believed, had a dead parasite in his head.​

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The doctor believed that the abnormality seen on his scans “was caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died,” Mr. Kennedy said in the deposition.​

Could that possibly be why he has remained in the political party he is in?

 

[iluvatar5150]

Could that possibly be why he has remained in the political party he is in?

lol, touche

 

[Pommer]

Yep, 165°F (74°C) internal temp is what I try to cook my meats for.

I cannot bring myself to over cook a ribeye to 165°F.

 

[BPPLEE]

I cannot bring myself to over cook a ribeye to 165°F.

When it’s pink, it’s great

 

[hislegacy]

I cannot bring myself to over cook a ribeye to 165°F.

ditto - that is murder

 

[AlexB23]

I cannot bring myself to over cook a ribeye to 165°F.

Yeah, there are tables that can tell us what the safe temperatures are.

 

[Pommer]

When it’s pink, it’s great

140°F tops.

My brother and I had tuna steaks last evening, I cooked his five minutes/side, mine was on the grill for three minutes total, warm but mostly raw with a large side salad, good eatin’.

 

[Pommer]

Yeah, there are tables that can tell us what the safe temperatures are.

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Try Wikipedia for “steak tartar”.

 

[AlexB23]

Try Wikipedia for “steak tartar”.

Sounds gross and medieval to me, but hey, whatever floats one's boat. Man, this thread has gone off the rails. Haha...

Steak tartare - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Pommer]

Sounds gross and medieval to me, but hey, whatever floats one's boat. Man, this thread has gone off the rails. Haha...

Steak tartare - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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The egg is probably more “dangerous” than the raw beef.

 

[AlexB23]

The egg is probably more “dangerous” than the raw beef.

Agreed 100%. Raw egg is not good (though I have consumed small amounts raw cookie dough and cake batter before). Still, not the wisest for me to do.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Sounds gross and medieval to me, but hey, whatever floats one's boat. Man, this thread has gone off the rails. Haha...

It's a thread about a man who's "ideas" were so out to lunch people ask questions like "does he have brain worms" and well, the Universe decided to make it true in his actual brain.

 

[AlexB23]

It's a thread about a man who's "ideas" were so out to lunch people ask questions like "does he have brain worms" and well, the Universe decided to make it true in his actual brain.

Agreed. The candidate was off the rails himself, and it seems that he got ill with a real worm. Even though I do not like RFK, hopefully he can get better, and he can stay out of the political sphere, as I do not wish harm upon my enemies.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Agreed. The candidate was off the rails himself, and it seems that he got ill with a real worm. Even though I do not like RFK, hopefully he can get better, and he can stay out of the political sphere, as I do not wish harm upon my enemies.

It seems that that worm has been dead for more than a decade. (The story was based on a deposition from 2012.)

 

[AlexB23]

It seems that that worm has been dead for more than a decade. (The story was based on a deposition from 2012.)

Yeah, I saw that also. Imagine the decomposition of the worm. A decade is a long time for something to be dead. As neurons are electrical, the electrical resistance, or conductivity of the worm debris must have impacted RFK's mind, as well as the fact that the worm ate part of his brain. That must have been a difficult time for him, but I am not a neuroscientist.

 

[returntosender]

It's terrible the jokes coming out of this report. How could anyone find anything funny in it?