I was at a distant relative's house and they kind of forced me into finishing my meal which had fried beef brain, I was merely 12 at the time so I didn't think much of it.
just comply with your parents/relatives bro! Just do what your elders tell you to do!
meh, if it's a cultural thing then there's nothing to worry about.
If the cow had been infected with prions then I could've had that passed onto me via the organ meat that I ate, you need to cook the infected meat above 500 degrees to actually make it safe for human consumption. In the US cows are closely monitored I can't say the same about the developing country I was in.
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Then you'll be a mad cow dude, i eat raw meat all the time
As an adult I wouldn't eat it knowing what I know but I had eaten it once or twice as a kid and that's the thing that terrifies me.
The brain has a higher chance of passing down the prion (misfolded protein) onto you, whether it's cooked or not hardly makes a difference considering that prions are hard to denature.
Didn't know people in LATAM eat octopus too. I thought we were almost the only ones that eat octopus.
Thank you for the reassurance.
I don't necessarily disagree with you as organ meats are typically eaten in many cultures but if the cow was infected then there's no sugarcoating it, I'm fucked. The brain is the worst organ to eat if the cow had contracted BSE. The best case scenario would be for the symptoms to manifest in the form of parkinsons six decades from now.
Yeah thankfully it wasn't raw, my main fear stems from the fact I had consumed it in a developing country. The cows aren't fed animal products in that country thankfully.
