pink slime at McDonalds
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/02/01/mcdonalds-announces-end-to-pink-slime-in-burgers/
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toploader55
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Shlime
I have not touched any Fast Food or Soda in 22 years. The last time I had "Crap" was in 1990. I went to a BK and had a Whopper, Fries and a Coke. The next day I had pains in my stomach for 3 days. Sometimes even the Processed Salad Mixes they buy give me terrible "gas". I just got in from BJs buying Organic Chicken Stock to make some soups. (Pacific Brand which is really darn good and I think the best thing next to home made) and I watched this woman pull up to the checkout with a cart load of Soda, Processed Foods, Gatorade etc.
It's practically unavoidable these days to be 100% free of preservatives, but you really have to check the labels and ingredients.Organics are expensive and most cannot afford them all the time. But I try to cook for myself most of the time as the more you read the labels, the more scared I get about what I'm eating.
I have not touched any Fast Food or Soda in 22 years. The last time I had "Crap" was in 1990. I went to a BK and had a Whopper, Fries and a Coke. The next day I had pains in my stomach for 3 days. Sometimes even the Processed Salad Mixes they buy give me terrible "gas". I just got in from BJs buying Organic Chicken Stock to make some soups. (Pacific Brand which is really darn good and I think the best thing next to home made) and I watched this woman pull up to the checkout with a cart load of Soda, Processed Foods, Gatorade etc.
It's practically unavoidable these days to be 100% free of preservatives, but you really have to check the labels and ingredients.Organics are expensive and most cannot afford them all the time. But I try to cook for myself most of the time as the more you read the labels, the more scared I get about what I'm eating.
Here here!
I agree completely. Okay I do succumb to McDonalds fries occasionally (but they are doing something odd as they are way saltier than they used to be).
I don't buy organics all the time - I can't afford it - but I do believe in cooking from scratch using simple ingredients (e.g. "whole wheat flour == ground wheat" and such).
Most restaurant food makes me kind of sick. It's amazing what can be done to salads to make them a)fattening and b) stomach pain making!
I agree completely. Okay I do succumb to McDonalds fries occasionally (but they are doing something odd as they are way saltier than they used to be).
I don't buy organics all the time - I can't afford it - but I do believe in cooking from scratch using simple ingredients (e.g. "whole wheat flour == ground wheat" and such).
Most restaurant food makes me kind of sick. It's amazing what can be done to salads to make them a)fattening and b) stomach pain making!
Pink Slime, Not in my kitchen.
People wonder why everyone is so damn sick and full of allergies these days. Hello it's the shit that's in our food! At home I try to cook always from scratch and use as much all natural product as I can. I am very proud to say that the restaurant I am sous chef at has a nearly all scratch kitchen. The crap that is put in low quality food to cut costs would astonish most people.
People wonder why everyone is so damn sick and full of allergies these days. Hello it's the shit that's in our food! At home I try to cook always from scratch and use as much all natural product as I can. I am very proud to say that the restaurant I am sous chef at has a nearly all scratch kitchen. The crap that is put in low quality food to cut costs would astonish most people.
sudsmaster
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I always suspected the meat in fast food burgers wasn't exactly what came from the cow. But the recent ad campaign touting the return of the "McRib" brought out some interesting info:
There is no rib meat in the McRib.
What is there is partially digested scraps such as stomach linings, heart, etc., all ground up and macerated with (you guessed it) that pink slime and then reconstituted back into a gelatinous mass that sort of resembles rib meat. Yuck.
I like the convenience of frozen entrees, but now if I read that the meat in the entree is "mechanically separated" or anything other than original cuts of whatever, I pass on it. That means passing on the chicken tenders (which are ground overly processed chicken bits pressed into cute little shapes), etc. That breading can hide the fact that it's not real meat.
I confess to having a bit of a weakness for KFC chicken. Legs and thighs, often $1 a piece if you buy a bucket worth. At least it's real chicken. Don't buy it very often, though. Original recipe.
There is no rib meat in the McRib.
What is there is partially digested scraps such as stomach linings, heart, etc., all ground up and macerated with (you guessed it) that pink slime and then reconstituted back into a gelatinous mass that sort of resembles rib meat. Yuck.
I like the convenience of frozen entrees, but now if I read that the meat in the entree is "mechanically separated" or anything other than original cuts of whatever, I pass on it. That means passing on the chicken tenders (which are ground overly processed chicken bits pressed into cute little shapes), etc. That breading can hide the fact that it's not real meat.
I confess to having a bit of a weakness for KFC chicken. Legs and thighs, often $1 a piece if you buy a bucket worth. At least it's real chicken. Don't buy it very often, though. Original recipe.
Guess I don't have to worry--don't eat at "mickey D's" and don't want to.
whirlcool
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We used to occasionally get a hamburger from a fast food place Burger King was my favorite, but over the past few years we have been hitting Subway/Quizno's instead. A few weeks ago we did stop at McDonalds since I had a taste for Chicken Nuggets. While I was eating them, Karen was chiding me about "Do you know what's in those things?" "Do you know if it's even real?" "They are probably made from Chicken Meal, just like there is in dog food, and you know what THAT stuff is."
What did Karen have? A prepackaged salad.
I did notice that the french fries had kind of a soapy taste to them. They weren't as good as I remembered.
What did Karen have? A prepackaged salad.
I did notice that the french fries had kind of a soapy taste to them. They weren't as good as I remembered.
Well, I had a McDonalds Hamburger recently and it never occured to me how spoiled I am eating "Real" Hambugers from the Mom & Pop places.
The hamburger patties tasted like gravel, they almost didn't have any taste.
When I'm used to eating burgers at places like Five Guys, South Street Burger Company and other restaurants which serve them, (Like a few local bars for example) going to McDonalds to eat a burger is like... well.. it's food you eat to stop hunger, not food you eat to enjoy the taste of.
Companies like McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King, etc, are really great at feeding massive amounts of people for dirt cheap. However, what people don't know is that the Asians, especially the Chinese, have mastered this art... and it's one hell of a lot healthier too!
Now I have a yearning for some Chicken Chow Mein...
The hamburger patties tasted like gravel, they almost didn't have any taste.
When I'm used to eating burgers at places like Five Guys, South Street Burger Company and other restaurants which serve them, (Like a few local bars for example) going to McDonalds to eat a burger is like... well.. it's food you eat to stop hunger, not food you eat to enjoy the taste of.
Companies like McDonalds, Wendy's, Burger King, etc, are really great at feeding massive amounts of people for dirt cheap. However, what people don't know is that the Asians, especially the Chinese, have mastered this art... and it's one hell of a lot healthier too!
Now I have a yearning for some Chicken Chow Mein...
twinniefan
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Maccas
I am the same as you guys, if Macca's relied on me to stay in business they would have gone broke many years ago, I only go there maybe twice a year.The only fast food I like is Subway,I mostly have a 6 inch with ham and salad, however I must confess to the occasional italian meatball style with salad.
Regards.
Steve.
I am the same as you guys, if Macca's relied on me to stay in business they would have gone broke many years ago, I only go there maybe twice a year.The only fast food I like is Subway,I mostly have a 6 inch with ham and salad, however I must confess to the occasional italian meatball style with salad.
Regards.
Steve.
whirlcool
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Karen wanted to chime in on this:
Oh, this is so disgusting! Pink slime? And that's all we know about. What about the stuff that we haven't discovered yet? This is another reason why we cook at home.
Allen here...
I agree. It IS very disgusting. Has anyone seen a TV news coverage of this? They actually SHOW the slime!
Oh, this is so disgusting! Pink slime? And that's all we know about. What about the stuff that we haven't discovered yet? This is another reason why we cook at home.
Allen here...
I agree. It IS very disgusting. Has anyone seen a TV news coverage of this? They actually SHOW the slime!
And--from a person I knew that worked at a meat packing-slaughterhouse---you may be eating the steer-cattle magnets-oval shaped magnets given to the cattle to swallow to prevent nails and such from getting into their intestines-when my freind threw the gut piles into the "gut grinder" he would hear the magnets being shredded-so--in the "pink Slime" a little,iron,cobalt,nickel,added to the mix.
Rich in iron and other vital minerals! Bleah............
polkanut
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We have a bar here in Wausau that buys all of its meats from a local meat market, and it is also the same market we patronize. Zillman's Meats has been in business since approx. 1960, and they are also members of our church. The bar (The Chatterbox) is a neighborhood bar that does cooked-to-order $2 burgers on Tuesday's using fresh ground chuck from Zillman's. Zillman's slaughters and processes all of the meat that they sell, and it is all locally raised as well.
The Chatterbox also does other daily specials, but is most famous for the Tuesday burger special.
With all the crap added to grocery store meats, this was a deciding factor in our switching to venison instead beef in our diet.
The Chatterbox also does other daily specials, but is most famous for the Tuesday burger special.
With all the crap added to grocery store meats, this was a deciding factor in our switching to venison instead beef in our diet.
arbilab
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With at least a million dollars' worth of food chemists on staff McDouche still can't make what little actual beef is there taste like anything but salt. When I ate there I had to add mustard and ketchup until it oozed out to make it taste like anything at all.
UK dog food eh? And low grade at that. Let me guess. All the additives are not there to make it taste like beef, they're there to make it NOT taste like Windex.
We have a regional chain here called Whataburger. Local beef, NOT frozen. Or Kroger's fresh ground in my kitchen. That's where I burger.
Don't let it get around but I will sneak into Taco Bell occasionally.
UK dog food eh? And low grade at that. Let me guess. All the additives are not there to make it taste like beef, they're there to make it NOT taste like Windex.
We have a regional chain here called Whataburger. Local beef, NOT frozen. Or Kroger's fresh ground in my kitchen. That's where I burger.
Don't let it get around but I will sneak into Taco Bell occasionally.
I would like to try Whataburger and Sonic In And Out sometime the next time I'm down in the states. We don't have these up here. We have two Five Guys places here in Calgary and they're always usually packed full of people. I think that's probably the closest approximation?
So what's Next???? McTRIPE??????
Well, after reading about "what's really in a fast food hamburger" & other gory details, I think I better stick to my wife's & her family demands--and that's Kosher Meat!
(Even though I hate to give up my shell-fish--and no way anyone could do anything to "slime up" that, in any undesirable way...!)
Doesn't help that I've seen tripe & other "non-edible parts" of animals, frozen & packaged pass through my check-out line...
No more "treif-icking" for me, then... (Though somehow I dared myself to try a newly-added-to our deli menu-pulled pork sandwich for lunch...)
-- Dave
Well, after reading about "what's really in a fast food hamburger" & other gory details, I think I better stick to my wife's & her family demands--and that's Kosher Meat!
(Even though I hate to give up my shell-fish--and no way anyone could do anything to "slime up" that, in any undesirable way...!)
Doesn't help that I've seen tripe & other "non-edible parts" of animals, frozen & packaged pass through my check-out line...
No more "treif-icking" for me, then... (Though somehow I dared myself to try a newly-added-to our deli menu-pulled pork sandwich for lunch...)
-- Dave
arbilab
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Look at the Whataburger location map. I think you'll find southeast and southcentral only. Started in Corpus Christi TX, now headquartered in San Antonio. Sonic started in Oklahoma City. They were pretty good but I think something changed in the mid 90s.
sudsmaster
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Well, if you want McTripe today, get the McRib.
I don't eat fast food burgers any more, except for In 'n Out Burgers. That stuff at least tastes like "real" ground beef, not some chemically processed partially digested and re-constituted jelled crap like in the Big Mac.
At home I make a big salad (red bell pepper, celery, carrots, sliced radish, romaine lettuce etc) every few days, toss it with virgin olive oil, put in sealed container, and refrigerate. Then I use it with meals and lunches. When it runs out, I make more. That way I avoid fast food/restaurant salad cooties. I add some balsamic vinaigrette before serving.
Lately I've also been making simple deli ham/american cheese/whole wheat bread/lettuce sandwiches to take to work. No microwave battles (and company microwaves are often crawling with bacteria growing on splattered food inside). That plus a Yoplait and a Hansen's smoothie takes me through two breaks and a 30 minute lunch. Haven't gotten the stomach flu/norwalk yet this winter, knock on wood.
I don't eat fast food burgers any more, except for In 'n Out Burgers. That stuff at least tastes like "real" ground beef, not some chemically processed partially digested and re-constituted jelled crap like in the Big Mac.
At home I make a big salad (red bell pepper, celery, carrots, sliced radish, romaine lettuce etc) every few days, toss it with virgin olive oil, put in sealed container, and refrigerate. Then I use it with meals and lunches. When it runs out, I make more. That way I avoid fast food/restaurant salad cooties. I add some balsamic vinaigrette before serving.
Lately I've also been making simple deli ham/american cheese/whole wheat bread/lettuce sandwiches to take to work. No microwave battles (and company microwaves are often crawling with bacteria growing on splattered food inside). That plus a Yoplait and a Hansen's smoothie takes me through two breaks and a 30 minute lunch. Haven't gotten the stomach flu/norwalk yet this winter, knock on wood.
One of the key tricks to eating healthy is to look for places which sell "Kosher" or "Halal" food. This food tends to be examined and held to higher standards than most other foods we usually eat.
I generally find that in a lot of restaurants where they mention this exclusively, the food tends to be of a higher quality.
Recently, McDonalds pissed off a LOT of Sikh and Hindus here because it was found that they were using Beef Tallow in their fries. Fortunately, they stopped the practice, but that also probably explains why they tasted so good.
I generally find that in a lot of restaurants where they mention this exclusively, the food tends to be of a higher quality.
Recently, McDonalds pissed off a LOT of Sikh and Hindus here because it was found that they were using Beef Tallow in their fries. Fortunately, they stopped the practice, but that also probably explains why they tasted so good.
Best thing for ground meat---GRIND IT YOURSELF!!!You know you cleaned the grinder,you know what is in the ground meat you made-and you grind only what you need at the time.Ground meat is a delicate food-won't keep so good-so grind only what you need when you need it.Break out those grinders for the mixer-or buy a dedicated grinder for the job.Cabellas sporting goods is where I bought areal nice one from.Use sirlion steaks and they are so good when ground!Makes burgers better than what you buy or have at a restuarant.and with your own grinder-free to grind whatever meat you want-and the grinder makes EXCELLENT cranberry relish!Food processors and blenders just don't make it there.
polkanut
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If you have time, and freezer space, doing up a large batch of ground beef all at once and freezing it can save money & time later on. Growing up my parents would buy either a 1/2 or whole beef depending on how much chest freezer space we had at the time. The meat would be in bulk, and we would wrap and package it ourselves. The roasts and steaks would be wrapped in freezer paper and labeled with the weight, contents, and date. Ground beef was packaged in 2lb portions. My grandma would save and wash her 2qt. waxed paper milk cartons, the meat was put in the cartons, weighed, and the corners were slit to make flaps that were folded over and taped shut, labeled & dated. Growing up, we had beef so much that when we were at someone else's house and they had some other type of meat, I thought I was in heaven.
The best burgers I've ever had are from the White Manna diner in Hackensack NJ. After watching them make them for years, I finally began making them at home. Wow!
Here's a video of the White Manna grill in action:
Here's a video of the White Manna grill in action:
mark_wpduet
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YUK
I can't remember the last time I ate at mcdonalds. The only thing I've eaten that is considered "out" is a sub shop up the street called Firehouse Subs Or Jimmy Jons subs occasionally.
However, I do eat Lean Cuisine a lot. I'm sure it's not the greatest but it has to be better than fast food.
I eat LOTS of frozen fruit & fresh veggies. I try to get organic but can't always and I was everything I get in my Samson ultrasonic veggie washer. I usually consume most of my fruit & veggies in the form of a green smoothie with flax & chia seed.
I try to avoid MSG. That's one thing that upsets my stomach but it's in SO many things.
I can't remember the last time I ate at mcdonalds. The only thing I've eaten that is considered "out" is a sub shop up the street called Firehouse Subs Or Jimmy Jons subs occasionally.
However, I do eat Lean Cuisine a lot. I'm sure it's not the greatest but it has to be better than fast food.
I eat LOTS of frozen fruit & fresh veggies. I try to get organic but can't always and I was everything I get in my Samson ultrasonic veggie washer. I usually consume most of my fruit & veggies in the form of a green smoothie with flax & chia seed.
I try to avoid MSG. That's one thing that upsets my stomach but it's in SO many things.
The "Bad Meat" Thread...
OK, OK...--I seem to have gotten over "tripe", "neck bones", "intestines" and my sightings of other gruesome meats...
As for fast food, I can't remember when I have ever ordered anything at McDonald's or Burger King (& just habitually kept myself away from it in recent times)...
The thing about fast food restaraunts is they're either going to be criticized for their food being not so good for you, or if they ever push healthy food, then they're under fire for "not being what you go to a greasy hamburger joint for"...!
-- Dave
OK, OK...--I seem to have gotten over "tripe", "neck bones", "intestines" and my sightings of other gruesome meats...
As for fast food, I can't remember when I have ever ordered anything at McDonald's or Burger King (& just habitually kept myself away from it in recent times)...
The thing about fast food restaraunts is they're either going to be criticized for their food being not so good for you, or if they ever push healthy food, then they're under fire for "not being what you go to a greasy hamburger joint for"...!
-- Dave
Hamburger Inn
The is the mon and pop place I grew up with. Since so far away we make them hat home now. Great hamburgers and grilled onions. They have a hot sauce to top. My dad would go in and order a couple of sack fulls for our family.
http://hamburgerinnmangum.com/
The is the mon and pop place I grew up with. Since so far away we make them hat home now. Great hamburgers and grilled onions. They have a hot sauce to top. My dad would go in and order a couple of sack fulls for our family.
http://hamburgerinnmangum.com/
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