A Question About Your Meat

[Jacobus]

It's good to think about where your meat comes from.  Here is my take on it:

http://letters-to-tolstoy.blogspot.com/2009/10/question-about-your-meat.html

[doobie]

I usually pet my pork and beef before it goes off for slaughter...  I know where mine comes from

[Pat McCotter]

 was going to say that another avenue is to shop for kosher meat but kosher law only pertains to the slaughter and butchering of cows, not feed and raising of them.

[Raineyrocks]

It's good to think about where your meat comes from.  Here is my take on it:

http://letters-to-tolstoy.blogspot.com/2009/10/question-about-your-meat.html

With a subject title like this, I thought maybe it might be a question that Rick would have to answer. 

[KBCraig]

Yeah, I thought maybe the question belonged in this category.

[Raineyrocks]

Yeah, I thought maybe the question belonged in this category.

Me too! 

Dalebert and I need to "ramp" things up in the TMI section.  I'm just not sure what to start out with anymore that won't get me in trouble with Rick.     Perhaps, a fellatio thread?  Nah, Rick would never swallow that one! 

[Lloyd Danforth]

I read about one victim of E Coli, a Dance Instructor, now in a wheelchair.  When they tested the batch of upscale frozen hamburgs that made her sick they were covered with E Coli.
When they went through the factory's records they found the burgers in that batch had been made from meat and fat from at least 3 different slaughterhouses, one, scraps from South America. Uruguay, I think. The article went on to explain that they get a better price if they don't insist upon testing the meat on delivery.

[cathleeninnh]

They say that the butcher at the grocery store will grind for you any cut that you buy. Much safer, but, I admit, that I have only done this once or twice in order to get ground lamb.

Yesterday, I saw a meat grinder (electric) for $99.99. Haven't decided if that would be worth it. Then again, how many millions of pounds of ground meat get eaten without any consequences?

We take our chances with eggs, probably more chance of illness with eggs if they aren't cooked hard.

[Pat McCotter]

Yesterday, I saw a meat grinder (electric) for $99.99. Haven't decided if that would be worth it. Then again, how many millions of pounds of ground meat get eaten without any consequences?

About 8,100,000,000 lbs of ground beef is produced in the US each year. Figuring the chicken and pork that get mixed for hot dogs and sausage...

I know, it was a rhetorical question!

[Pat McCotter]

I read about one victim of E Coli, a Dance Instructor, now in a wheelchair.  When they tested the batch of upscale frozen hamburgs that made her sick they were covered with E Coli.
When they went through the factory's records they found the burgers in that batch had been made from meat and fat from at least 3 different slaughterhouses, one, scraps from South America. Uruguay, I think. The article went on to explain that they get a better price if they don't insist upon testing the meat on delivery.

The article is in this thread:
http://nhunderground.com/forum/index.php?topic=19268.msg309702#msg309702

Here is a follow-up article from Nebraska:
Beef industry under fire after N.Y. Times article

[Pat K]

[jerry]

PatK, you have an impressive refrigerator.  Is that 3 kinds of bacon on the bottom shelf? 

[Lloyd Danforth]

The theme seems to be Nitrates.

[Pat K]

One should always have 3 or more kinds of Bacon.

[Pat McCotter]

The theme seems to be Nitrates.

Study Says Nitrite/Nitrate-Rich Foods May Help in Heart Attack Survival

HOUSTON–(NOV. 12, 2007)–Nitrite/nitrate found in vegetables, cured meats and drinking water may help you survive a heart attack and recover quicker, according to a pre-clinical study led by a cardiovascular physiologist at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.  Findings appear in the Nov. 12 early online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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