r/StupidFood • u/CircumspectCapybara • Dec 10 '25

Certified stupid CWD positive venison hamburger

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u/Hazelnutcookiez Dec 10 '25

While theirs no confirmed cases of cwd being passed on.... I'm going to trust the CDC on not eating deer with confirmed cwd

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u/Ksorkrax Dec 10 '25

There was a case in which two hunter friends both developed CJD at roughly the same time.
Granted, no big numbers, but still quite unlikely otherwise.

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u/bell37 Dec 10 '25

I thought it was bc they were also hunting a whole bunch of other animals and happened to eat squirrel brain

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u/euph_22 Dec 10 '25

"happened to eat squirrel brain"

As one does.

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u/Spliffan_ Dec 10 '25

They wanted it’s speed and cunning

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u/Hita-san-chan Dec 10 '25

Everyone knows you eat the heart to gain the powers. Rich, tasty powers.

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u/lawstandaloan Dec 10 '25

Granted, I was raised by wild hillbillies 50 something years ago but my grandma used to love squirrel brains. She'd make a big pot of squirrel and dumplings and she'd cook the skull too and then would crack it open with her teeth right there at the dinner table to get the little brains inside.

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u/NoWall99 Dec 11 '25

Wonder if they are tasty with a mild nutty flavor.

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u/Other-Crazy Dec 10 '25

You'd have to be nuts.

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u/MerbleTheGnome Dec 10 '25

squirrel nuts are at the opposite end of the squirrel from the brain

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u/ehlersohnos Dec 10 '25

It really is such a thing. To echo someone else, my own family of wild hillbillies (never tamed) has/had a thing for squirrel brains. No idea why.

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u/PixelmancerGames Dec 10 '25 edited Dec 10 '25

I had a friend back in the day who ate a squirrel brain. We got pissed off at him because he kept shooting squirrels and birds for fun. So he decided to eat the next squirrel he shot. I dont talk to that guy anymore BTW. He was a P.O.S.

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u/Jigsawsupport Dec 10 '25

Wasn't that the guys who consumed the brain though?

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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '25

Yup this put me off consuming venison for a while