Horse meat Apocalypse, whats the big deal?

[Hugo Drax]

Now even IKEA is involved in this Horse meat scandal. So it seems Europeans are unable to tell the difference between Horse Meat and regular Beef. It looks like they have been eating Horse Meat for quite some time.

Now that they have eaten it why make a big deal about it, just keep on eating Horse Meat, its not like you knew the difference to begin with.

 

[Blackjack200]

Yeah, I don't get it either. I mean, don't get me wrong, I think food products should be properly labelled. But I don't understand the uproar.

 

[KeithTalent]

Yeah, I don't get it either. I mean, don't get me wrong, I think food products should be properly labelled. But I don't understand the uproar.

This.

KT

 

[lxskllr]

I dunno about the Ikea case, but some of the horse meat wasn't suitable for consumption due to drugs it was given. I don't care about eating horses, but I have a problem with the products I buy not being as-advertised.

 

[randomrogue]

I get the impression that the beef industry is lobbying the media. The coverage is over the top and not front page, let alone page 40, worthy. They need to settle down.

 

[Uppsala9496]

Yea, I don't see the big deal either aside from not properly labeling things.
I used to buy horsemeat when I lived in sweden to make sandwiches.

 

[KeithTalent]

I dunno about the Ikea case, but some of the horse meat wasn't suitable for consumption due to drugs it was given. I don't care about eating horses, but I have a problem with the products I buy not being as-advertised.

Meh, I'd want to be on drugs too if I was about to be made into a meatball.

KT

 

[Ns1]

The uproar is because you bought beef and received horse.

i would not be happy if i bought cocaine and received crack.

 

[Hugo Drax]

The uproar is because you bought beef and received horse.

i would not be happy if i bought cocaine and received crack.

But you would know you received crack instead of coke. It seems Europeans cannot distinguish between the taste of Beef and the taste of Horse Meat.

 

[phucheneh]

Ikea sells meat?

Does it come with an allen wrench?

edit: do you know you could tell the difference? Are you a horsemeat connoisseur?

Also, aren't all these cases about blends of meat? I bet you couldn't tell if I replaced 15% of your ground beef with turkey...

Alsotoo, I don't think Horse Meat is a proper noun. But the implications of using it as one make me giggle, for some reason. I think my porn name would be Horse Meat.

 

[Blackjack200]

Ikea sells meat?

Does it come with an allen wrench?

Are you fsking serious? Go to Ikea right now and try their Swedish Meatballs. Right now.

edit: do you know you could tell the difference? Are you a horsemeat connoisseur?

Also, aren't all these cases about blends of meat? I bet you couldn't tell if I replaced 15% of your ground beef with turkey...

Alsotoo, I don't think Horse Meat is a proper noun. But the implications of using it as one make me giggle, for some reason. I think my porn name would be Horse Meat.

Shush you, off to Ikea you go.

 

[sunzt]

Don't tell them what's in their hot dogs or spam.

 

[sunzt]

Are you fsking serious? Go to Ikea right now and try their Swedish Meatballs. Right now.

Sounds like a porn name too..

 

[techs]

Meh, I'd want to be on drugs too if I was about to be made into a meatball.

KT

:biggrin:

Yea, I don't see the big deal either aside from not properly labeling things.
I used to buy horsemeat when I lived in sweden to make sandwiches.

As mentioned horses are given drugs that are considered harmful to people.

And for it not being a big deal, well, if the girl you were dating lifted up her skirt to show you her girl penis I guess that would be no big deal for you either:biggrin:

 

[randomrogue]

Only relevant if she was hung like a horse.

 

[phucheneh]

Sounds like a porn name too..

Heh.

'I'm here to fix your cable, ma'am. The name's Meatballs....Swedish Meatballs.'

And I honestly didn't know anything about meatballs (with regard to Ikea). Do they sell them? Or just serve them in the store? There's no Ikea in my state, so unsurprisingly I've never been in one of their stores.

 

[rockyct]

Ikea sells meat?

Does it come with an allen wrench?

edit: do you know you could tell the difference? Are you a horsemeat connoisseur?

Also, aren't all these cases about blends of meat? I bet you couldn't tell if I replaced 15% of your ground beef with turkey...

Alsotoo, I don't think Horse Meat is a proper noun. But the implications of using it as one make me giggle, for some reason. I think my porn name would be Horse Meat.

How have you ever gone to Ikea without being tempted by one of the food courts? My family is mostly Swedish though, so we're always there for pepperkaker and lingonberry jam. Oh, and Pepper Kaker is by far the better Swedish porn name.

 

[Baked]

Beef manufacturers are using lobbyists to ban horse meat because if it becomes a norm in people's diet, beef manufacturers will lose a lot of money. Bottom line, like always, is just about the money. It has nothing to do with people's health or well being. Makes me sick. I refuse to eat beef now.

 

[reallyscrued]

Beef manufacturers are using lobbyists to ban horse meat because if it becomes a norm in people's diet, beef manufacturers will lose a lot of money. Bottom line, like always, is just about the money. It has nothing to do with people's health or well being. Makes me sick. I refuse to eat beef now.

Can someone explain what the job description of a lobbyist is anyway?

 

[Legios]

Mad Horse disease on the horizon.

 

[xanis]

Can someone explain what the job description of a lobbyist is anyway?

Someone who gets paid to go to our congressmen and convince them to put the interests of corporations and other groups before those of the people.

 

[Blackjack200]

Heh.

'I'm here to fix your cable, ma'am. The name's Meatballs....Swedish Meatballs.'

Obligatory:

Lord. You can imagine where it goes from here.
He fixes the cable?
Don't be fatuous, Jeffrey.

And I honestly didn't know anything about meatballs (with regard to Ikea). Do they sell them? Or just serve them in the store? There's no Ikea in my state, so unsurprisingly I've never been in one of their stores.

Ikea stores have cafeteria style food courts where they serve (among other things) swedish style meatballs. They are quite popular. At the Ikea in Elizabeth, NJ you can sit in the food court and eat your swedish meatballs while you watch the planes take off and land at Newark Airport. I got to do that once when I was young, and as a kid who loved airplanes (and meatballs) I was pretty much in heaven.

Fuck, now I'm hungry for horse tainted meatballs.

 

[phucheneh]

Can someone explain what the job description of a lobbyist is anyway?

Literally, to lobby (second entry, verb) for the companies they represent.

More bluntly: legislative brokers. They match a company who wants something with a politician who wants something, and they make a lawbaby.

Of course, they may simply petition for the interests of those they represent in a less nefarious way. But even the legal stuff is often pretty disgusting.

 

[Blackjack200]

Can someone explain what the job description of a lobbyist is anyway?

Officially they are usually consultants. So if I'm the National Cattleman's Beef Association, I pay someone to provide "advice" on public policy, which the expectation that they will actually influence policy as well.

 

[SunnyD]

Are you fsking serious? Go to Ikea right now and try their Swedish Meatballs. Right now.

They're magically delicious.