Hot Pockets pulled from shelves.

[Anubis]

They're not even that cheap. Two McDoubles is less than a box of two Hot Pockets and has more food and 7% less mad cow disease.

when i was in school you could get one of those giant hotpockets that was the size of a large burrito for like $1

they were next to the microwavable hamburgers in the store

 

[Golgatha]

Kiss your butthole goodbye.

[Jim Gaffigan]Toilet pocket....[/Jim Gaffigan]

 

[ProchargeMe]

She's safe it's only the "steak" ones.

She's still not safe, at least that's what I'm going to tell her

 

[Mai72]

No mo hot pockets?

How am I gonna fill ma American gut?

 

[ch33zw1z]

No mo hot pockets?

How am I gonna fill ma American gut?

dollar menu, because 'Murica.

 

[darkewaffle]

And nothing of value was lost!

 

[WelshBloke]

I like the Chicken Garlic & cheese whatever lean pocket, Hot Pockets are also infinitely better if you microwave them for half the recommended time then toss them in a deep fryer wrapped in bacon.

Why does it help to wrap the deep fryer in bacon and isn't that a waste?

 

[SunnyD]

I came for the Jim Gaffigan.

I left for the Shit Rockets.

I am pleased.

 

[Hugo Drax]

Bottom line. Millions of Americans were unknowingly consuming dog food.

Well on the bright side, if the Zombie Apocalypse ever comes to fruition, joe six pack will already have a palate for dog food.

 

[OutHouse]

What's the problem, do clowns taste funny?

be gone with you.

 

[Ichinisan]

Let's see. What disease affects cattle that isn't easily killed by heating the food?

Mad Cow Disease?

Especially since any other time, they say, "possibly contaminated with E Coli, or possibly contaminated with <something else>. This time, they're kind of hush hush about what the disease is.

For the laymen: bovine spongiform encephalopathy

 

[Doppel]

Most of those things are scorched so hot in the microwave nothing can possibly live through any of it.

 

[Rakehellion]

Are Carolina Hotpockets safe to eat?

 

[CZroe]

Let's see. What disease affects cattle that isn't easily killed by heating the food?

Mad Cow Disease?

Especially since any other time, they say, "possibly contaminated with E Coli, or possibly contaminated with <something else>. This time, they're kind of hush hush about what the disease is.

That's because there is no specific disease. Just like they aren't allowed to feed beef to cows for fear of spreading Mad Cow (a prion disease), they aren't allowed to process sick or "downer" cows. Obviously, this is because they may not know why the animal is behaving that way or if it is contagious. It could be a spontaneous re-emergence of Mad Cow or some other malformed protein for all they know, so it's a "better safe than sorry" rule. Obviously, some of that meat ended up in the supply that shouldn't have.

 

[rednas]

luckily I have the pizza ones.

 

[sandorski]

<Jim Gaffigan> Deeeeeath pockets!</Jim Gaffigan>

:biggrin:

 

[xaeniac]

co worker just ate a philly lean pocket..... not sure if those were affected... no ill effects yet....

 

[davmat787]

This is what happens when the shareholders are the only concern.

This is what happens when women aren't expected to cook anymore.

 

[davmat787]

That's because there is no specific disease. Just like they aren't allowed to feed beef to cows for fear of spreading Mad Cow (a prion disease), they aren't allowed to process sick or "downer" cows. Obviously, this is because they may not know why the animal is behaving that way or if it is contagious. It could be a spontaneous re-emergence of Mad Cow or some other malformed protein for all they know, so it's a "better safe than sorry" rule. Obviously, some of that meat ended up in the supply that shouldn't have.

IIRC, it was determined the guilty prions found their way into alive cows by feeding them parts of dead cows, especially the brain.

Anyone know if that is still allowed for cows that are not bred for human consumption? I wonder if some meat that came from non-human-consumable cattle ended up in a batch of death pockets to save $0.005 a pocket.

Along the same lines, the Kuru epidemic in Papau New Guinea was traced to prions and tribes tradition of cannibalism. Like Mad Cow, humans would shake uncontrollably and exhibit other like symptoms. There is a very very good documentary on the Australian doctor who dedicated his life living with these tribes to battle the disease. Even 50 years later having it under control, he still expects it to resurface due to the incredible incubation period and the nature of prion related disease.

In humans, the incubation period is much longer than mad cow, it can be 50 years or more!

 

[OverVolt]

Its a class I recall, so

This is a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.

Yipes.