Flesh Eating Maggots and Sous Vide

[dcarch]

Not sure where to post this:

With flesh-eating maggots effecting cattle in the news, should the practice of sous vide cooking be discussed?

 

dcarch

[gfweb]

Interesting thought!

AI says fly maggots die at 111F, so cooking red meat beyond rare should do it.

Freezing ought to do it too. IIRC the only beastie not killed by freezing is polar bear (but not pig) trichinella.

[Duvel]

Your stomach’s pH will do the rest. The flesh eating ability is handy when the infest open wounds. If it goes down your digestive tract you should be save. Not a appetizing thought, bit pretty much safe nonetheless …