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Thread: Feral pork for table fare?
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14-11-2018, 12:07 #21
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14-11-2018, 16:15 #22
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Re: Feral pork for table fare?
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14-11-2018, 22:57 #23
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15-11-2018, 11:00 #24
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Re: Feral pork for table fare?
Only in theory. I'll get my first taste of pig hunting next weekend.
Inspect the liver and other organs for anything out of the ordinary. If in doubt, don't eat the meat.
Freezing and low temp smoking WILL not kill parasites You are looking at a internal temp of round about 60°C.
With wild omnivores, it better not to take chances.
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15-11-2018, 23:07 #25
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Re: Feral pork for table fare?
Over here in Aus very few hunters seem to eat the feral pigs they shoot. In the Far North of Queensland where I live, even fewer people eat the pigs they hunt. It is difficult to accept coming from our SA culture of eating what you hunt & I still find it strange after almost 11 years.
The diseases that the feral pigs carry over here are widely publicised and are often mentioned in the media - leptospirosis, porcine brucellosis, tuberculosis & sparganosis are the big concerns.
I think that the media coverage, historical & cultural factors and the fact that like most of us, many have very little time to educate themselves further on the subject and so rather don't take a chance all contribute to this attitude.
The Kiwis over here who hunt are far more likely to eat the feal pigs they shoot than the locals.
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16-11-2018, 10:15 #26
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Re: Feral pork for table fare?
A friend runs a business making sausages, hams etc and he cooks all his pork to internal temperature in steam bath of 63C which is apparently the minimum safe temp for pork. Sausages are then cooled and smoked (Think that's order of processing). Not sure after resting what temp meat will be internally but guessing another 5C rise so possibly 68C maybe 70C?
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