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Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

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.

Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :

Well if you cook the brat, it should kill the botulism, making it safe to eat...

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

*THWAP*

Don't spoil the Funny with facts, man!

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Boiled sprats are even better. [Smile]

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

But boiled spats? Disgusting. There's not enough ketchup in all the world to make boiled spats appetizing.

Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :

Boiled sprats? With extra sprat?

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Or broiled spats... [Wink]

Posted by Libbie (Member # 9529) on :

This is possibly the best thread ever.

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

Good Cod, OSC, another fish-based thread, goes down in history as the best dobie thread ever. [Big Grin]

Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :

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.

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

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.

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

quote:
Originally posted by quidscribis:
Good Cod, OSC, another fish-based thread, goes down in history as the best dobie thread ever.

Wrong! "I don't believe in Kama" is provably the greatest dobie ever! [Razz]

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Icky's right. That was an amazing dobie.

Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :

Wait a second,

Are we not talking about eating children?

...And I was just writing up my next modest proposal.

Posted by TheGrimace (Member # 9178) on :

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.

Posted by CaySedai (Member # 6459) on :

I didn't think you could get botulism from brats ...

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

quote:
Originally posted by CaySedai:
I didn't think you could get botulism from brats ...

Why not? *curious

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

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."

Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :

quote:
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]

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

"sausage disease"?

I heard that penecillin and good hygene would clear that up right away.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

[Hat]

Good one, Icky. I stand in awe.

Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

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.