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43 Comments
The China of europe
……i understand it now
In France, raw meat is mostly eaten in the form of ground beef (rarely horse) called "steak tartare" – with a raw egg yolk and various kinds of seasoning. It's fairly common in most restaurants, even fancy ones.
Besides toxoplasmosis, infection with a bovine form of tapeworm is also possible. That's some nasty stuff. That being said, a careful selection of breeders and meat, as well as high standard production do lower the risk of contamination nowadays, without being totally able to exclude any risk.
Regarding the impact of toxoplasmosis on human brain and behavior, today's consensus is far from being conclusive, to say the least. It's something to mention, but it lacks of solid evidence.
Not French (I'm a dual US/Argentinian citizen) and have toxoplasmosis (aka, I have the toxoplasma gondii parasite). THANK YOU for not perpetrating the myth that you get it from cats. So many people abandon their cats because cats can be carriers, but the only way a human could get it from a cat would be if you ate their feces. Infection ALWAYS comes from consuming either undercooked meat (especially game or animals that were raised on family-style farms) or unwashed or undercooked vegetables (especially ones that grow underground, like carrots, which is how I got it). I'm just grateful the parasite has given me the super caring side effect instead of the super aggressive one.
I don't know what part of France he talk about, but in Brittany most of the meat are very rarely eaten, if not at all. Like snails ? Frogs ? I only saw it 2 times maybe ? Maybe it's me who eat too much pork for my own good …
There goes my appetite. I will never eat baguettes and croissants ever again.
I knew the French were hiding something
I bet the people with the caring parasite invented the "give the food to the homeless-law"
I know why you do it, and you have the right to do it, and you can rightfully ignore this comment, and and I will keep watching you, but… I hate this phone format 😀
Chantal ok
It’s so funny how I’m French but I don’t ever eat cheese nor drink wine
Last time I was in France I saw many vegetarian and vegan dishes in restaurants. But then the cook seemed to have decided: 'Wait! We need to put in BEACON!'
I like cheese!
To be fair, it is the French.
Toxoplasma is also pretty common in Brazil. It also contributes to our… Ah… extra sexiness. So that change behavior part… is true.
That explains their personality
Except that :
– cheese and wine is not everywhere in France. Even after letting Overseas regions apart, wine is not (or nearly not) produced in 4 regions among the 13 metropolitan ones, and PDO cheese is not produced in 2
– Outside of Duck and veal, « unconventional » meats you mentioned represent together less than 1% of the total meat consumption in France
– 50% infected by the toxoplasma gondii is a world average. It’s like the herpes virus, nearly everyone has it sleeping in memory cells. And the « eventually » you’re talking about is very rare.
I bet this guy just eats chicken nuggets
I wish Paul would stop peddling this misinformation. It's not just France. Up to 50% of the WORLD's population is believed to be infected with the Toxoplasmosis parasite. And it is usually considered completely asymptomatic (AKA NO BEHAVIOR CHANGES).
Isn’t that parasite also found in cat poop?
I can smell the pandemic
Mildly cooked beef? Like a medium rare steak?!?
I mean, you don't have to like the language, but I wouldn't go as to call it a "brain parasite"
As a french without toxoplasma, don't worry we'll still be weird without it
Is a citizen of Paris a Parisite? 😁
Ducks, rabbbits and deer are regularly eaten in Czechia too
Can’t you get another variation of the same parasite from cats???
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CHROMAKOPIA MENTIONED
A friend went to france and ordered a pork sandwhich. It was served raw.
Chromakopia mentioned 🔥
Wait is that parasite and it's effect real?
I'm skipping every comment that starts with "I'm french" or "as a French"
What is wrong with duck?
The bacteria IS in 1/3 in the world and IS not dangourous
Much more caring and agreasive…
So it changes by time period. Late 1700s France was very aggressive, while 1940s France was "caring"?
CORNACOPIA GREEN I LIKE PICKLE RICK IM PRETTY SICK 🔥
That thing about how they don’t waste food was from the caring parasite. We need some of that.
Barbs, you gotta come to the deep South. Mullet roe (the egg sack of the mullet fish) is sold in fish markets. Quail and their eggs are sold in Publix. I think Publix also sells frozen ducks. 'Possum and 'Coon and maybe sometimes goat is also eaten in the South. Grocery stores sell alligator sausage. Restaurants sell gator meat too.
But do they have American cheese? Preferably New Yorker.
If you want to see what french are like without parasite you can go to quebec
Fun fact, it also gives you an affinity to cats, because it uses mice as a middleman to get to a cats gut, which is the only place it can reproduce
You got it right with Dijon ("its mustard") but just saying, "it's" with an apostrophe means "it is", not 'belonging to it, so "it's crepes" means it is crepes and "it's chestnuts" means it is chestnuts; i think you want to say "its crepes" and "its chestnuts". sorry to be grammar police but i love your channel and honestly want to thank you for teaching us all so much about the world! It's a great channel!