At 02:48 19/08/97 -0500 Peter  wrote:
>LA RAF (Los Angeles Raw Animal Food Support Group) held its first meeting
>The main attraction of the potluck was a long time raw food eater (eight
>years on a diet consisting of 95% raw organs) who brought a wide selection
>of organs and bones.

bones? what do you do with them, or is it just for marrow?

>... He seems to be in great shape and is not
>concerned about not getting the organs of organic or instinctive quality as
>he has found these to often be of inferior quality with the animals at
>times full of worms.

I don't know if he is referring to intestinal worms, or organ worms.  If
intestinal, then the reason that there are no worms in regular meats is that
they are poisoned off, not that its better quality.  If they didn't poison
them you wouldn't be able to count them.  All animals have these worms to
some extent - I have heard it said that sheep die if they have no worms !

Another point about the difference between regular meats and the excellent
organic meats (there being different qualities of organic) is noticable to
me when I walk into the two shops.  One smells repulsive, the organic shop (
hardly know it a butcher shop!

>Regarding fish he says that fish should NOT be gutted
>just after being caught so any parasites in the fish are allowed to travel
>from the muscles to the guts.

I don;t know about fish very much, but I've heard that the parasites migrate
from the gut to the flesh.
What's this? They move the _other_way???
Where can I find out more info on this?

>We will be having the next potluck Sunday September 21, we welcome
>everybody and  hope there will be enough basis to have them once a month.

I would love to come, but so far away!  Good luck with the pot luck ;)

And thank you, Peter,  for giving the details of the RAF.  I have been
trying the organs lately, but am limited to what they can supply.

Regards,
Lynton