r/mildyinteresting • • 9h ago

humankind hiccups 😅 Germans love their meat raw

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u/-l0Lz- 8h ago

Any other meat maybe. BIG HUGE MAYBE.

But pork hell no. I love pork I am Serb it's like our thing to roast a pig but man... Is it not one meat with biggest chance of having parasites if not uncooked... Along with some fish and all ya

I don't doubt they take care of that however... In my mind is no no no haha

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u/Thumb__Thumb 6h ago

Parasites don't appear out if thin air. They survive by the animal eating meat that is has the parasite. Wild hogs for example we never eat raw but a indoor kept pig with fresh and controlled feed thats freshly slaughtered is in no way less safe than dishes like beef tatar.

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u/musicmonk1 4h ago

Wrong, it's still more risky than eating raw beef.

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u/Landscape7767 2h ago

Mett is highly regulated and inspected. Sure, like with everything, there is some risk. But it's basically negligible, the same way there is risk involved with eating raw fish at a sushi restaurant.

If everybody involved in the process did their job, then it's safe to consume.

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u/AM27C256 7h ago edited 7h ago

Testing slaughtered pigs (and some others) for trichinella is mandatory in Prussia since 1866, in all of Germany since 1900, in all of the EU since 2005. In Serbia since 2006.

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u/-l0Lz- 6h ago

I know it Is but its not just that. Many other idk tapeworm lol. As i know number Is not small. I already feelt uncomfy when i ate sushi alone haha.

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u/Katisari 6h ago

Every pice of meat used for Mett is tested for parasites an disease. The regulations are so strict that we can’t even store the meat for Mett with other meats or uncovered. If it gets uncovered or is cut on a dirty table the hole batch has to be retested or used for something else. If everything goes good and the Mett goes into sale some still has to be send of for testing.
Mett production is more regulated than sushi.
Sincerely a German butcher

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u/KommissarJH 6h ago

And we even have a word for the whole process: Fleischbeschau.

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u/Repulsive_Guy_1234 4h ago

Yeah, and the word even has a double meaning these days :)

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u/user-the-name 3h ago

Similarly, Hackepeter or Mett, a German dish made of raw minced pork meat, is more popular and consumed more frequently in eastern Germany compared with western Germany. This dietary preference was linked to a higher T. gondii seroprevalence in the human adult population in eastern Germany

https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.34.2500069

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u/Select-Look9266 44m ago

Die Studie belegt nicht, dass Mettkonsum das Toxoplasmose-Risiko tatsĂ€chlich erhöht. Die darin zitierte Studie von Wilking et al. (2016) vermutet lediglich, dass der hĂ€ufigere Verzehr von rohem Hackfleisch die höhere Infektionsrate in Ostdeutschland erklĂ€ren könnte. Der tatsĂ€chliche Mettkonsum der Teilnehmer wurde aber gar nicht erfasst. Dass rohes Schweinefleisch Toxoplasmen ĂŒbertragen kann, ist bekannt. Wie hoch das konkrete Infektionsrisiko durch Mett ist, lĂ€sst sich aus diesen Studien jedoch nicht ableiten. Hier wird eine plausible Hypothese als wissenschaftlicher Nachweis dargestellt.

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u/RijnBrugge 5h ago

Nobody in Germany gets anything from Mett other than a bacterial intoxication if they left it out too long, like with all meat. It’s regulated to hell and back.

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u/user-the-name 3h ago

Similarly, Hackepeter or Mett, a German dish made of raw minced pork meat, is more popular and consumed more frequently in eastern Germany compared with western Germany. This dietary preference was linked to a higher T. gondii seroprevalence in the human adult population in eastern Germany

https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.34.2500069

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u/Difficult-Process-81 3h ago

Well, and that country failed. Who knows what kind of food safety testing actually happens in a socialist country with state mandated sucess quotas.

This is an absolutely useless and inhonest contribution to this discussion.

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u/user-the-name 3h ago

Eastern German. Not East Germany. Eastern. This is current data.

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u/Select-Look9266 43m ago

Die Studie belegt nicht, dass Mettkonsum das Toxoplasmose-Risiko tatsĂ€chlich erhöht. Die darin zitierte Studie von Wilking et al. (2016) vermutet lediglich, dass der hĂ€ufigere Verzehr von rohem Hackfleisch die höhere Infektionsrate in Ostdeutschland erklĂ€ren könnte. Der tatsĂ€chliche Mettkonsum der Teilnehmer wurde aber gar nicht erfasst. Dass rohes Schweinefleisch Toxoplasmen ĂŒbertragen kann, ist bekannt. Wie hoch das konkrete Infektionsrisiko durch Mett ist, lĂ€sst sich aus diesen Studien jedoch nicht ableiten. Hier wird eine plausible Hypothese als wissenschaftlicher Nachweis dargestellt.

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u/Wild-Individual-1634 5h ago

90% srba przi svako meso toliko da je sigurno sve mrtvo, ukljucujuci ukus

Translation: don’t listen to an average Serb when it comes to how well done meat needs to be.

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u/PeterPanski85 6h ago

I mean you shouldn't buy it from sketchy places. These parasites are nearly extinct here

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u/user-the-name 3h ago

Toxoplasma gondii is massively prevalent in the German population. Absolutely nothing extinct about it. Germany is riddled with it.

Similarly, Hackepeter or Mett, a German dish made of raw minced pork meat, is more popular and consumed more frequently in eastern Germany compared with western Germany. This dietary preference was linked to a higher T. gondii seroprevalence in the human adult population in eastern Germany

https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.34.2500069

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u/Ok-Elk-3046 5h ago

They absolutely are not.

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u/PeterPanski85 5h ago

20 cases in the last couple of years. By ~500 million butchered pigs.

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u/Ok-Elk-3046 5h ago

Bullshit. Almost fifty percent of people in Germany are infected with toxoplasmosis gondii. That's just one parasite. Vegetarianism being a preventing factor btw, pointing heavily to undercooked meat.

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u/user-the-name 3h ago

No, it is absolutely transmitted by eating raw pork.

Similarly, Hackepeter or Mett, a German dish made of raw minced pork meat, is more popular and consumed more frequently in eastern Germany compared with western Germany. This dietary preference was linked to a higher T. gondii seroprevalence in the human adult population in eastern Germany

https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.34.2500069

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u/user-the-name 3h ago

But you agree that you do get parasitic infections from eating raw pork.

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u/Ok-Elk-3046 3h ago

How would not eating meat prevent a Human from being infected by a cat?

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u/Ok-Elk-3046 1h ago

Perhaps read the comment you originally responded to again. Slowly. Word for word. Let me now if you need help you need clarification on what any of the words mean.

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u/Parking_Position9692 6h ago

It looks sie Germans have answer for everything :) And they call us savages :))

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u/Gummiwummiflummi 5h ago

It's heavily regulated in Germany and safe to eat as long as you do it on the same day you purchase it.

Also, always get it from a Metzger. They know what they are doing.

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u/user-the-name 3h ago

Germany is extremely high in toxoplasma gondii infections, which is spread by eating raw pork.

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u/Gummiwummiflummi 3h ago

Which in 90% of cases is completely harmless and doesn't even cause any symptoms, while the remaining 10% feel like they're having a cold, nothing else. Your point being?

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u/user-the-name 3h ago

My point being that Germany has an extremely high percentage of a parasitic disease whose actual effects are not well understood, because of eating mett.

The effects definitely are not limited to just what you said, either. There is evidence of psychological effects from infection as well.

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u/tes_kitty 5h ago

You can also buy it pre-seasoned at the supermarket (Aldi has it here) in saussage form. That form will last a few days if kept refridgerated.

And no, it's not raw saussages, those are different and need to be fried or cooked before eating.

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u/Khancer_ 5h ago

you want to eat raw chicken?????

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u/-l0Lz- 4h ago

No, but perharps raw, possibly still alive bat? How about that.

https://giphy.com/gifs/jFKDrAkefvNkI

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u/Miserable_Lock_2267 4h ago

Mett is one of the most closely controlled meat products in Germany, if it's found not safe once, your shop is basically done for

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u/Beautiful-Emu-1596 4h ago

Guess what, Germany has extremely strong food regulation laws :o No way right?...... Are you fucking serious????

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u/ConsiderationNext144 1h ago

They rank 20th in global food quality and safety.

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u/The_TRASHCAN_366 4h ago

Poultry is much worse actually but yeah, if you want to go maximum save, always cook everything thoroughly. The question is, what calculated risks are you willing to take to enjoy life more. We all do this every day. Do you ride a bicycle, a motorbike, go skiing in winter, go hiking or climbing etc? And mind you, eating mett seems statistically more safe than hiking in the mountains for instance đŸ€·Â 

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u/kumanosuke 17m ago

It's strictly regulated and surveilled in Germany, it's not an issue