Up to 29% horse DNA found in beefburgers in UK and Ireland supermarket chains

[wfgodot]

Careful, Mr. Ed. You'll be in the feed bag next.
[video=youtube;gGZwmelwnBU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGZwmelwnBU[/video]

 

[wfgodot]

A tale of sheep guts, Dundalk butchers, the Beef Tribunal, Saddam Hussein, teetotalers, the Taoiseach, and so on:

Revealed: Dirty Larry, the multi-millionaire behind firm sneaking horsemeat into your supermarket (Daily Mail)

 

[redheadedgal]

reading this thread, sarah knew in an instant what to serve as an appetizer at her bridle shower...

 

[21merc7]

Whinny you going to realize a horse is just a tall cow? :giggle:

This reminds me of the all the McDonald's rumors we heard as children, ie. McDonald's uses worms for its burger meat, etc...

Personally, I don't want to eat horse, but it is probably very lean, a lot like deer. I have eaten deer, which is not at all fatty like beef. Our local grocery stores now sell ground bison for making your own burgers, it comes in at a whopping $9.99 per pound!

Wonder how the unsuspecting consumers feel? Solyent Green! (Just had to say that.)

 

[Ausgirl]

reading this thread, sarah knew in an instant what to serve as an appetizer at her bridle shower...

Meanwhile, her fiance Robert was out sowing his oats, leaving her unaware of just how far she'd have to rein him in.

 

[wishuwerehere]

It’s been rumored that her fiancée was seen at the track, nuzzling a jockey.

 

[Ausgirl]

It's true. I heard it from the horse's mouth.

 

[CarmelEyesD]

They didn't want to pony up the extra money for pure beef..

 

[Ausgirl]

My cousin in the UK was going to have a pie for lunch. I simply had to halter.

Since I've heard they can give you a bad case of the trots.

 

[wfgodot]

Tesco Everyday Value Beefburger Humor

Scientist: ‘Sir, we’ve discovered horse meat in your burgers.’
Tesco boss: ‘Why the long face?’

and more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...kes-What-burnt-Tesco-burger-Black-Beauty.html

 

[wfgodot]

Burger King drops supplier linked to horsemeat (AP)

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The presence of horsemeat in beef is a sensitive issue in Britain and Ireland, which do not have a tradition of eating horses. The British tabloid The Sun reported the Burger King story under the headline "Shergar King," a reference to a famous racehorse.
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lengthy tail....er, tale, excuse me, at link above

 

[SapphireSteel]

I'd be vegetarian if I lived in the UK.

Between the horses and the mad cows, it really isn't safe to be otherwise.

This is the sort of thing you read about happening in far flung places, not bloody Tesco!

 

[SapphireSteel]

My cousin in the UK was going to have a pie for lunch. I simply had to halter.

Since I've heard they can give you a bad case of the trots.

Haha our American friends won't get that.

Trots = diarrhea.:what:

 

[wfgodot]

"The trots" as synonym for "the runs" has also been an American usage for as long as I can remember. Appears to date from at least 1808 though I can't find its specific published origin in this context. Quite likely English though.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=trot

The Southern Gen. Robert E. Lee was said to have had the trots during the second day at Gettysburg, which some claim cost the secessionists the advantage.

 

[SapphireSteel]

"The trots" as synonym for "the runs" has also been an American usage for as long as I can remember. Appears to date from at least 1808 though I can't find its specific published origin in this context. Quite likely English though.

http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=trot

The Southern Gen. Robert E. Lee was said to have had the trots during the second day at Gettysburg, which some claim cost the secessionists the advantage.

You learn something new every day!

I wonder if they had dunny budgies at Gettysburg too?

 

[wfgodot]

Yes, they circled the carrion on the field of battle, chirruping "Who's a good boy, then?" in their loathsome insect trill.

Wait, I think I'm off topic somehow.

 

[Jules71]

Whinny you going to realize a horse is just a tall cow? :giggle:

This reminds me of the all the McDonald's rumors we heard as children, ie. McDonald's uses worms for its burger meat, etc...

Personally, I don't want to eat horse, but it is probably very lean, a lot like deer. I have eaten deer, which is not at all fatty like beef. Our local grocery stores now sell ground bison for making your own burgers, it comes in at a whopping $9.99 per pound!

Wonder how the unsuspecting consumers feel? Solyent Green! (Just had to say that.)

I always thought it was Wendy's who had worm-burgers! At least that was what we called them. Lol.

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[wfgodot]

When I was in college aeons ago, a place across from my apartment served seven tacos for one dollar every Friday - impossible to do UNLESS! Whatever was in them seemed to resemble, perhaps, some sort of cellulose paste derived maybe from wood. It certainly wasn't beef, or meat as we know it. Just - unidentified fiber mixed with beans. And yes, they were good! No splinters in them, for example. Douse the things with hot sauce and have at it. And they certainly weren't "stringy," which is how I've heard horse meat described.

 

[21merc7]

Since I cannot add anymore to the jokes, I guess it is time to let everyone know that a local "meat plant" does all the meat.

Does not mean anyone ate horse meat, just means all meat runs through that plant, and their methods of cleaning things will never be enough. Been there, in a small town, and dog food and cat food were simply the leftovers (even from the glue factory) that went through the burger machine.

God knows what U.S. factories would test if they were not forewarned. It is meat, it is clean, that is the thought process. DNA means nothing if it is up to standards.

Many friends thought working in Alaska would be fun. Boy did they find out. Freezing cold in the fish processing plant. They did say something similar.

All the fish get chopped or sliced then frozen, ALL of the fish - not one kind at a time then sterilization - then the non-U.S. acceptable parts go on the same machines and belts for cat food. (Fish heads and tails, which feed many Asian countries in their own environment.)

Glue, dog food, human food, is all the same in a factory. Don't want to tell you what happens to chickens in the factory before the grocery store. :sick:

You may be eating all kinds of DNA (don't discount where your murdered veggies have bben), but, you have eaten your entire life.

Grocery store horror stories? Restaurants? (Don't eat out, ever.) Any food source that you do not grow?

 

[Ausgirl]

Hey, even the ones we've grown...

Years ago, I somehow ended up with a lot of cats. As one does. Anyway, they had free roam of the yard, where I had a brilliant veggie patch. Which just as suddenly got -more- brilliant. Like, 300% yield brilliant. I hadn't done anything different.. but hey, wasn't arguing.

Anyways, turns out ALL of the kitties used my veggie patch as a giant poopy funpark. No wonder litter tray duty suddenly wasn't so onerous (or odorous)...

Cat poop is THE most unhygenic stuff. And I was out there merrily mucking about in it, digging up carrots and onions.. yum yum. Thinking the odd waft of stench was blood'n'bone residue.

Live and learn.

We're having spag bol for dinner tonight - I shall pretend I never read this thread and just really enjoy it.