Before you go and give up beef...

[CobaltAngel]

I just found out you canonly get Mad Cow diese from GROUND BEEF. Yaaayyyy! Also, multible dad sources (my dad and my friend's dad) have told me that you're more likely to get struck by lightening than to get MCD. XD

[Siren of Lyrics]

I just found out you canonly get Mad Cow diese from GROUND BEEF. Yaaayyyy! Also, multible dad sources (my dad and my friend's dad) have told me that you're more likely to get struck by lightening than to get MCD. XD

Yep, and our dads know what they're talking about.

[cbwing0]

I read this in the Washington Post as well, so the dads have a reliable source for their information.

[Locke]

whoo hoo!!!

[Locke]

whoo hoo!!!

EDIT: ive heard on CNN that u can also get it by eatin the brain AND spinal cord of the COW

[Shinja]

steaks for everyone!

[The Silence]

EDIT: ive heard on CNN that u can also get it by eatin the brain AND spinal cord of the COW

The reason ground beef is unsafe is because brain or spinal tissues have potential for being mixed in, so really it is only the brain and spinal cord tissues that carry mad cow, the ground beef is just a vehicle.

[EireWolf]

Mmmmm... burgers...

Personally, I'm not going to avoid ground beef, because the odds are so miniscule that I'll get the disease even IF I eat beef from a "mad" cow... And they're being really careful right now... nobody wants to get sued...

[EireWolf]

*smacks chops*

*looks around innocently*

What?

[Destroyer2000]

Originally posted by kenshin1278:
EDIT: ive heard on CNN that u can also get it by eatin the brain AND spinal cord of the COW

Er....why would you eat the spinal cord?

[JediSonic]

Lol at vegan joke.

Yeah I wonder where CNN got that info from? A friend of theirs ate a brain and spinal cord and decided to send it in as a news story?

[Technomancer]

It has to do with the use of mechanical separation as opposed to what humans can do. The machines can get some more meat off of the cow, but lack precision, and so scrape of other bits that aren't meat (like tissue from the central nervous system, where the prion resides). You can also avoid the issue entirely by buying certified organic meat, where the sort of feed that caused BSE in the first place has always been prohibited.

The mad cow issue has caused far more trouble here in Canada than it has in the US. We're considerably more dependant on exports than the Americans are. A single case occured in Alberta last May, and we're still unable to export anything. What's particularly galling is the hypocrisy of the US government, which continues to keep the border closed to Canadian beef exports, demanding at the same time that other countries open their borders to American beef. The cow that was found in the United States was born before the 1997 feed ban was implemented (which banned animal parts in cattle feed).

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/madcow/index.html

[Haibane Shadsie]

In some ethnic cuisines, beef brains are considered good eating. I know that brains figure in some Mexican dishes (that I do not eat... I love Mexican food, but I'm a squeamish gringo). There are other ethnic foods that have brain dishes, too. I would avoid those (if I weren't already avoiding them).

The major danger is in eating really processed beef... where they grind up whatever parts of cattle to make the product. I don't like hot dogs much, anyway.

Ground beef... getting ground beef from your local supermarket should be okay. Though supermarkets sell already packaged ground beef, most of the ground beef in your meat case is just trimmings off the steaks and stuff they throw in the grinder. How to be really sure is to do what my mom used to do (because she liked lean beef)... have your butchers grind up some chuck for you. Buy some chuck and tell them to grind it for you.

I still eat fast food hamburgers and stuff... I figure that the risk is minimal... and after all, it takes 4-6 years for the disease to show up, so, chances are, we all possibly have eaten tainted meat by now.

[ShiroiHikari]

Ewww, beef....gross. The only good beef is steak. *sticks tongue out at ground beef*

[Fsiphskilm]

I like Chicken and that's it

[CobaltAngel]

I like tomatoes best! Oh... wait... XD

[Michael]

I'll still be eating fish for the next six months.....

<I still eat fast food hamburgers and stuff... I figure that the risk is minimal... and after all, it takes 4-6 years for the disease to show up, so, chances are, we all possibly have eaten tainted meat by now.>

Yeah, that's true.

[RobertMuldooJP]

I'm not a picky person when it comes to food, I'll eat whatever is available *there are limits though* I'm not gonna stop eating beef cause of a little scare. No way, after all, news sources like CNN invoke fear in people. It's like their job to scare people from investing/travel/buy items/even go outside.

[Danyasaur]

I like tomatoes best! Oh... wait... XD

. . . . . . BBQ sauce!!!!!!! X D!!!!!!!!