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Originally Posted by Max_Tab
Can you get this if the goat or pig brain is cooked? I have eaten both while serving, and have always been curious about how stupid this was. FWIW they were both cooked.
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As Terry said, it can not be destroyed. I saw a documentary several years ago on PBS and they showed how they attempted to destroy it by burning, massive microwave exposure, and all kinds of radiation exposure. It is not a living thing, it is a form of protein that when it attaches to other necessary proteins in the Brain, it binds them up so that when they attach to others, the resulting mass is lesser than before, hence the "wasting".
This show said that where cattle had been fed "Protein Meal" that was a byproduct of the slaughterhouse industry, this was one of the effects. Not only domestic cattle, but sheep, goats and all manner of fowl!!
Scary stuff!!
Later
Martin