Is it Safe to Eat a Pig that had a Tumor?

[Guest]

Just curious if it's safe to eat a pig that had a Tumor on its stomach if you cut the tumor out before cooking it?

The Tumor is about the size of a large Softball.

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It is the way, the way it is

[Bob Orts]

Now think about what you just asked.

[nanasohana]

Maybe you could cook the tumor too...like a mushroom[]

[Guest]

Orts...

I'm thinking the tumor might be something like a mad cow thing.

I dunno[^][?]

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[EightFingers]

Mad Cow is a prion-based disease which does not present tumors. Google "Creutzfeldt-Jakob" or "bovine spongiform encephalopathy".

[Kelena]

It's questions like these that is starting to make vegetarianism such an attractive choice for me. Not there yet, but this --along with more positive inducements mentioned elsewhere on this site-- has definetely helped push me further in that direction.

But I love grilling. If someone would just teach me how to grill in a vegetarian kind of way, I think I could let go.

Tumors teriyaki, anyone?

[Guest]

Ok... I've got my answer I needed in person...and the pigs being roasted as I type this.

Glen...

You can kabob vegetables just like you would kabob a bob with meat.[:o)]

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[Kahunascott]

I worked in a chain store while in HS.
I can't tell you how many times the slabs of beef came in with tumors in it. The butchers cut it out them cut the beef up and it went on the shelfs.
I bet they didn't take any home with them

"Many dreams come true and some have silver linings, I look for my dreams and a pocket full of gold" Led Zeppelin

[oink]

The tumor might go good on a kabob.

Pua`a
S. FL
Big Islander to be.

[olin137]

There should be no problem even eating the pig raw - since tumors are consequences of a series of genetic mutations. The chances of such damaged genes making their way into human relevant tissues is about the same odds as one to the number of molecules in the universe. Of course you will well cook the pig, which reduces the chances far more.

Having said that, I'd still rather not eat the pig just for the "ick" factor.

Another thought, it could also have been a beign tumor or cyst of some kind. Still ick.

Olin