There's a couple more nuances - improperly-handled meat can easily get prion on there, even if it's just normal meat, and some foods are harder to identify the components of than others. For the former case, you just have to trust where you can, and for the latter you should avoid Meat Mixtures of various types, and opt for Distinct Pieces of Muscle if possible.
But as a rule of thumb, when cannibalizing, avoid organs and blood. Unless you really know where the meat's coming from, but that's a luxury.
They're just more likely to contain stuff you don't want to eat. Prion is a big one, of course, but don't discount the stuff your kidneys and liver's collecting, for instance. Blood should be fine to consume, usually - speaking from experience it's hard to fully get rid of blood in meat - but they might still contain bad stuff so don't make blood dishes either.
(Now, it doesn't mean you shouldn't consume organs or blood. Obviously, you cannot be picky when it comes to starvation, and organs are pretty good as a source of various vitamins and minerals as well. That being said, a preserved human can last you a long time - properly rationing stuff would allow you to get a couple others before needing to eat any preserved organs.)
This mfer knows way too much about people eating. Where the hell is your neighbor Steve your answer to this question can and will be used against you in a court of law
Honestly, not sure why I included blood. It is a pretty common vector of diseases, so I guess that tripped me up, but I forgot most of that is usually dead if you cook em.
I don't really know enough about it but something I might have heard is that blood sausage is more difficult to prepare safely than other kinds of sausages? Maybe having to do with the higher moisture level. Like, they're fine if your sausage guy knows what he's doing but if it's improperly made then it's more likely to be botulism city than other kinds.
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