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Icarus
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They can give you botulism, which is a nasty little bug. So don't eat anything that looks like this, or you could end up with sores that look like this. Ugh.

As you can see, this family has a case that is still in its early stages. If left untreated, they could end up like these guys.

Here is a particularly advanced case.
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Well if you cook the brat, it should kill the botulism, making it safe to eat...
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Icarus
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*THWAP*

Don't spoil the Funny with facts, man!
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quidscribis
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Boiled sprats are even better. [Smile]
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Scott R
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But boiled spats? Disgusting. There's not enough ketchup in all the world to make boiled spats appetizing.
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Megan
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Boiled sprats? With extra sprat?
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Or broiled spats... [Wink]
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This is possibly the best thread ever.
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quidscribis
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Good Cod, OSC, another fish-based thread, goes down in history as the best dobie thread ever. [Big Grin]
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Primal Curve
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You people don't know Bratwurst. All your exposure to German sausages is confined to whatever watered-down, derivative pap the Altria Corp (owner of Kraft) ships to your local grocery store.
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ClaudiaTherese
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quote:
Originally posted by Launchywiggin:
Well if you cook the brat, it should kill the botulism, making it safe to eat...
No! No! No!

Cooking might kill the bacteria responsible for botulism, but normal cooking temperatures do not inactivate the botulin toxin produced by those bacteria.

That is to say, cooking home-canned green beans would not make them safe if they'd been improperly canned. Similarly for sausage.
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Icarus
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quote:
Originally posted by quidscribis:
Good Cod, OSC, another fish-based thread, goes down in history as the best dobie thread ever. [Big Grin]
Wrong! "I don't believe in Kama" is provably the greatest dobie ever! [Razz]
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katharina
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Icky's right. That was an amazing dobie.
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Launchywiggin
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Wait a second,

Are we not talking about eating children?


...And I was just writing up my next modest proposal.
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TheGrimace
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Peter: Lois, you've got a sick mind!
Lois: Peter, I'm talking about making love.
Peter: Oh, I thought you wanted us to murder the children and harvest their organs for beer money.
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I didn't think you could get botulism from brats ...
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quote:
Originally posted by CaySedai:
I didn't think you could get botulism from brats ...
Why not? *curious
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Botulism was first explored as an infectious disease right around the the beginning of the 19th century, just subsequent to several poisionings (in Great Britain, I think) by locally-made sausages. If I recall correctly, it was originally called the "sausage disease."
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Icarus
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Botulism was formerly known as "Kerner's Disease." It was named after the man who signed the death certificate of people who ate contaminated sausage and died in an outbreak in Germany.
You know, there's a link you could follow in the first post. [Roll Eyes] [Razz] [Wink]
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"sausage disease"?

I heard that penecillin and good hygene would clear that up right away.
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Tante Shvester
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[Hat] Good one, Icky. I stand in awe.
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Elizabeth
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That was just...Icky.

Dang it, why did I keep clicking? Why? I knew it would get nastier with each click, yet click I did.
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