Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for November 15, 2021

Avoid the food, except maybe dessert.

Find some place else to eat.

Yes the trichinosis special can be somewhat fatal!

Was that a trichinosis question?

They are cooking up congresses latest work before it is even debated?

Plenty. They just never use them.

“Local all exists in case of an emergency”

Weird. I Wikipediaed Trichinella about an hour before seeing this strip.

Or maybe this is an instance of Baader-Meinhof?

It’s still on the hoof and it has an oink to it yet.

Between 2008 – 2012 there were only 90 cases of trichinosis in the US, and only 10 of those were from commercially raised and processed pork. Be very careful to always choose, handle, and cook meats properly but this is a great proof of why regulation of industry pays off big time. You’re far more likely to get trichinosis from game meat. And yes, there probably were in diagnosed cases but most of those were more probably related to game meats than meats from regulated industries. Watchdogs and whistle blowers are a good idea.

But skip both pork (and especially the poultry) tartare anyway.

Pork…the One you love. Brought to you by the National Pork Association…

Boy! That Roz’s cooking sure does SUCK!

Lay it down…face down on the counter…

Yeah, find another restaurant…

The cooked version is called pork car tire.

Does this look pink to you?

Are you with the USDA!