SUBJECT:  Clean and Unclean Meats

QUESTION: Should we ever eat organs of the clean animals, such as liver, gizzards, tongue and such.

ANSWER:

Perhaps the answer is obtained from silence. Never recall reading anywhere in Scriptures about lawful eating the entrails or viscera. I know the Levites were allowed to take of the meat and certain portions (sides, shoulders) of the sacrifice. But again, no mention of the organs. Consider the Passover Lamb - Eat the flesh (meat). The rest to be burnt, not to remain.

The physical or scientific logic would seem to be saying that we avoid organ meats.  We should avoid organ meats.  In the organs are the poisons and such. I don't believe it is "kosher" to coin a phrase to do so. Why ingest poisons into our body?

Even the meat should be cooked such that no blood is eaten. This could indicate that the meat be well cooked [medium to well-done].  We are not to eat the blood.

Regarding fish, same principle, I believe. Raw fish contains many parasites. Fish should be smoked or cooked.

Before the flood mankind was vegetarian, herbivores. After the flood, man's food included flesh (meat) - clean of course. Perhaps with the introduction of meat, came diseases if not eaten correctly. 

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