Have you eaten pink slime ?

[jupiter57]

When I was on my other farm, I ground my own meats usually.
Ground Beef & Pork Sausage.
I started with good, lean cuts of beef & pork and simply added Bacon as a fat "Binder", typically 15% in Beef & 20% for sausage.
Now that was some Good Eats!

 

[sactoking]

When it pushes boutique, expensive or organic crap. It was subtle, but it was there. It's all marketing.

This, to a certain point. While some public awareness is valid, much of it pushes an agenda. To whit: people who proffer free-range chicken. Yes, the average living conditions of chicken the US are not great, but "free-range" is an unregulated term that could mean virtually anything. Many groups espousing free-range chicken sell free-range chicken and raise it in conditions not dissimilar from "traditional" chicken but charge considerably more. At best, it's a conflict of interest. At worst, it's outright lying, unethical, and pretty much immoral.

 

[xSauronx]

When I was on my other farm, I ground my own meats usually.
Ground Beef & Pork Sausage.
I started with good, lean cuts of beef & pork and simply added Bacon as a fat "Binder", typically 15% in Beef & 20% for sausage.
Now that was some Good Eats!

oooohhh

that sounds delicious. i might need to make a trip to the nearby meat farm...

 

[Fayd]

That would negatively impact profitability, and educate customers at the same time. We can't have that now, can we?
It's so much more profitable to legally change the definition of words so that you can sell trash to customers without having to use the word "trash." (Check out the fun stuff that can be called a "natural flavor." Yes, anal gland secretions from a beaver do qualify. I guess "Beaver Ass Blast Extreme" sports drink just wouldn't do too well.)]

castoreum is hardly trash, seeing as it's the most expensive part of the beaver.

 

[shortylickens]

Is this is slick way of asking if I have a girlfriend?

 

[brainhulk]

OP I hate you with a passion. I seriously havn't been able to eat a burger @ fastfood since reading this damn thread. I'm gonna go to umami burger or the gastropub this weekend to get my fix

ignorance is really bliss. fack fack fack fack

 

[Atomic Playboy]

OP I hate you with a passion. I seriously havn't been able to eat a burger @ fastfood since reading this damn thread. I'm gonna go to umami burger or the gastropub this weekend to get my fix

ignorance is really bliss. fack fack fack fack

This is seriously the first time you've heard that fast food burgers aren't generally from the purest of food sources? I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to find out that McDonald's throws feces in with their burger mix just for the lulz. Not gonna stop me from eating it, mind you (even though I really don't eat much fast food nowadays). It's pretty much always been terrible for you. That's what makes it awesome.

 

[Deeko]

Whatever. I eat plenty of cheap ground beef - even the REALLY cheap stuff that comes in a tube. I'm still alive. I'm not concerned. I like chicken nuggets too.

 

[BladeVenom]

You think that is bad, vegetables are grown in dirt, with bugs and shit.

 

[spidey07]

You think that is bad, vegetables are grown in dirt, with bugs and shit.

Very good point. Anybody that supports organic crap needs to understand this.

Coming up next - "grown in certified organic soil!" Folks have no idea how much bug shit is on plants. OMG! Bug shit! OMG! You're actually putting raw egg shells into your garden! (which I just did by the way).

Yes I am, cycle of life. Live it, learn it, love it.

 

[DrPizza]

I don't buy beef that's ground elsewhere than the premises where I'm purchasing it. My local grocery store grinds their own beef (and frequently points this out every time there's a ground beef recall for salmonella.) I've never felt uncomfortable having medium rare hamburgers. Ditto from the local butcher; but I generally just get steaks from him.

 

[bradley]

As long as there is total transparency, I have no problem with anyone choosing to eat ultra-processed meats and cheap fillers labeled as genuine foods. Though, if you find beaver glands and pink slime nutritious, then meat glue is straight up your alley, literally.

Meat Glue a "dirty little secret"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydzIlKJmwV4