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After reading this and a factory worker who quit in disgust after seeing what they are putting in ground beef:
Pink slime,” a cheap meat filler, is in 70 percent of the ground beef sold at supermarkets and up to 25 percent of each American hamburger patty, by some estimates.
“It kind of looks like play dough,” said Kit Foshee, who was a corporate quality assurance manager at Beef Products Inc., the company that makes pink slime. “It’s pink and frozen, it’s not what the typical person would consider meat.”
As seen in the movie Food Inc., the low-grade trimmings come from the most contaminated parts of the cow and were once only used in dog food and cooking oil. But because of BPI’s treatment of the trimmings — simmering them in low heat, separating fat and tissue using a centrifuge and spraying them with ammonia gas to kill germs — the United States Department of Agriculture says it’s safe to eat.
Just take any boneless steak at the supermarket and go and ask to have it ground for you.
Takes an additional 10 minutes out of a busy American's life but it's well worth it IMHO.
I buy my meat direct. And this year I get meat that ate MY GRASS at my place
After reading this and a factory worker who quit in disgust after seeing what they are putting in ground beef:
Pink slime,” a cheap meat filler, is in 70 percent of the ground beef sold at supermarkets and up to 25 percent of each American hamburger patty, by some estimates.
“It kind of looks like play dough,” said Kit Foshee, who was a corporate quality assurance manager at Beef Products Inc., the company that makes pink slime. “It’s pink and frozen, it’s not what the typical person would consider meat.”
As seen in the movie Food Inc., the low-grade trimmings come from the most contaminated parts of the cow and were once only used in dog food and cooking oil. But because of BPI’s treatment of the trimmings — simmering them in low heat, separating fat and tissue using a centrifuge and spraying them with ammonia gas to kill germs — the United States Department of Agriculture says it’s safe to eat.
The GMO food and food additives (e.g. aspartame), agrochemicals, synthetic hormones, and veterinary medication is also part of the rise in cancer rates in the U.S.
Just take any boneless steak at the supermarket and go and ask to have it ground for you.
Takes an additional 10 minutes out of a busy American's life but it's well worth it IMHO.
I buy my meat direct. And this year I get meat that ate MY GRASS at my place
cant do this at Kroger. No butchers. And at Sams Club they refuse. A friend told me their chopped meat is from a mix of Mexico and other places.
Good for you, but alot of people dont have their own farm. I am going to start paying triple at Earthfare now. That pink slime is disgusting, wouldnt even feed it to my dog.
Recently, the pink slime scrap meat used by Mcdonalds to make various forms of ‘food’ was exposed, and its use subsequently came to a halt. A lazy public statement was issued, calling the pink slime “selective lean beef trimmings treated with ammonia that is a safe product” Any efforts to make it safe or nutritionally viable are in vain however, as the base ingredients, the process used, and the end result are all high risk while providing no actual food value.
Interesting these companies no longer care how they are perceived by the public, There are articles about Monsanto and Diplomats connected to it as well.
cant do this at Kroger. No butchers. And at Sams Club they refuse. A friend told me their chopped meat is from a mix of Mexico and other places.
Good for you, but alot of people dont have their own farm. I am going to start paying triple at Earthfare now. That pink slime is disgusting, wouldnt even feed it to my dog.
it's worth the extra drive if you can find a market that has a butcher at work. When I did that I asked the butcher to put the meat in 1lb packages so I could freeze and then only thaw what I needed (1lb suits my family for a meal).
One of my first jobs as a teen was in the butcher dept of Winn Dixie.
We're talking decades ago and many of the older women would bring a steak to the window to get it ground. If they wanted lean then I had to let the butcher do it because I was not allowed to handle the knives. If they wanted just that meat or a bit more fat added then I could grind it.
Those little old ladies were smart, even back then.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture told "The Daily" online newspaper that it's buying 7 million more pounds of the "slime" for school lunch programs across the country.
cant do this at Kroger. No butchers. And at Sams Club they refuse. A friend told me their chopped meat is from a mix of Mexico and other places.
You can buy a meat grinder for $25 from Amazon.
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