My mom and grandmother do not cook with squash or monggo with chicken.They say it causes leprosy. Is this true?
2007-09-30 22:45:52 · 11 answers · asked by catherine_quintua 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Leprosy is a bactieral problem. Not associated with chicken or foods. Unless the food is contaminated. So the answer is no those ingredients do not cause leprosy.
It may be just an old wives tale that got twisted in the passing of the information from generation to generation.
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2007-10-04 15:29:30 · answer #1 · answered by Moondog2277 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure they said leprosy? That's the strangest thing I've heard in a long time. Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. How do they think combining squash and chicken could create that bacteria? I shudder to think what else they're telling you!
2007-09-30 23:03:20 · answer #2 · answered by Clare 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately leprosy is still widespread across countries such as India but it's not caused by cooking squash with chicken.
2007-09-30 23:25:50 · answer #3 · answered by guinnell 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
YES it does... i know people that have done this, and they are in horribly bad shape now.. Have you seen what leprosy does to people? It's just horrid... i'd suggest you don't serve or cook squash with chicken, unless you want this awful disease!!
hehehehe... no it doesn't cause leprosy, but it may cause some other body deforming disease.
2007-10-01 02:34:47 · answer #4 · answered by Sharon 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
ive made dishes with sliced squash and chicken cooked together... and mango and chicken together (Mango chutney on chicken)
I dont have leprosy.... I dont even think it exists any more....
2007-09-30 22:57:03 · answer #5 · answered by e.kess 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
my god, i ask my brother to cook squash with chicken and he said cause it can cause leprosy.. hahahahaha to much internet
2017-04-12 00:15:06 · answer #6 · answered by Arman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. mycobacterium can't evolve in mixing chicken with squash.
2017-02-22 04:36:35 · answer #7 · answered by Harold 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ketong Disease
2016-12-15 03:46:46 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO what an odd old wives tale.
2007-09-30 23:07:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Your Mom and Grandma are weird !
2007-09-30 22:55:18 · answer #10 · answered by sazeech 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋