Watch your black bear meat supply

[havasu]

Family gets sick after eating black bear meat kebabs with parasitic worms.

The meat had been frozen for 45 days before it was thawed, and the family grilled it with some vegetables and served it as kebabs.
https://abc7.com/post/eat-bear-meat-black-bear-kebabs-make-family/14886370/
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[LadyLocust]

Bear is a critter all its own. And as the article stated has to be cooked to 165* - many folks try to cook it like beef (med.) - nope. Also, the fat still goes rancid in the freezer so has to be processed differently than other game.
This is one of those times ignorance isn't bliss.

 

[d_marsh]

I am confident that Leroy, my tape worm, will fight off any parasitic worm that tries to take residence.

 

[Magus]

The meat had been frozen for 45 days before it was thawed, and the family grilled it with some vegetables and served it as kebabs.
https://abc7.com/post/eat-bear-meat-black-bear-kebabs-make-family/14886370/
via ABC7LA App

Another reason not to eat other carnivores such as felines or canines. Some fish get these too. One way to check the meat is to soak it in cola for an hour, it brings any critters out. another is to just boil it to death!

 

[Canon29]

People have known about the risks of blackbear meat for a while... You can get it tested- but it's generally one of those meats you cook fully. I've had rare blackbear meat- and it's good... but it was a risk.

The real benefit of taking a black bear is the fat. IF you were actually trying to survive on wild game fat is paramount nutritionally if you want to avoid succumbing to protein poisoning.

Also- for anyone wondering about trichinosis there are different types of trichinae parasites. The type you find in bear (and cougar) meat don't die when you freeze them. The type you (rarely) find in wild hogs does die when you freeze it. So keep that in mind.

More commonly people who get ill from wild game do so when they process the animal- you can get brucellosis, toxoplasmosis aswell as salmonella and e.coli from processing game and coming into contact with it via open wound or something... but that's pretty rare- actually Rare enough I don't personally wear gloves when cutting up animals and my hands are rarely pristine.

Seriously- if you are cooking any meat it's really not difficult to get a $15 digital thermometer. So no excuses there... you'll ruin fewer steaks by overcooking them aswell.

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[Magus]

Boil for twenty minutes and then sear.

 

[dademoss]

Haven't seen a bear of any sort around here, in 60+ years.

Of course, there is always tomorrow

45-70, the only GOVT you need

 

[lonewolf]

we cook all our meat until it is well done, literally falling off the bone.
I wish we could get bear meat, no bears over here.

 

[Supervisor42]

I'm gonna pass on the bear meat .
Give me chicken instead...
One mile from me they have 10-pound bags of leg-quarters for $3.90 .
That's 39¢ per pound!!!
Is it 1995 again?