On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:02:54 -0500, Gregory Morrow wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:49:57 -0700, Mark Thorson wrote:
>>
>>> RegForte wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> RegForte wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> There's never been a single case of trichinosis involving
>>>>>> commercialy produced country ham.
>>>>>
>>>>> I find that very difficult to believe. Can you cite
>>>>> a reliable source for that?
>>>>
>>>> It doesn't work that way. They document cases that do
>>>> exist, not ones that don't
>>>>
>>>> If you're really interested, do a search on MMWR. It
>>>> goes back years.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
>>>
>>> In other words, your evidence for that statement
>>> is exactly equivalent to the evidence for your statement
>>> that drying would render even infected country ham safe,
>>> is that right? In other words, no evidence at all.
>>>
>>> When the extremely high incidence of trichina infection
>>> in pork at the turn of the century is considered, your
>>> assertion that nobody has ever gotten trichinosis from
>>> a country ham seems implausible, if not ludicrous.
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jungle
>>
>> um, that was the turn of the *last* century, more than 100 years ago.
>> do you worry about cholera in your drinking water, too?
>>
>
> Only *poor* people have to worry about cholera in their drinking water
> supply, blake...aren't you *glad* that we live in rich white America...???

frankly, yes. but i don't suppose that it's due to some kind of merit on
my part as you seem to do.

blake