What's in a McNugget and other fun food facts

[WayAbvPar]

Makes you wonder how non-farm raise pork and beef would be.

I have had wild boat sausage before. It was ok but it was a bit gamey a la venison. Was definitely a bit leaner than you usual pork though.

Do you use an industrial strength blender or something to break down all the parts?

 

[Ratman_tf]

Every one they bag has to be inspected though as a good proportion are too radioactive to eat as a result of the Chernobyl disaster.

 

Never eat anything that glows or cooks itself.

Story

[ghost]

Cracked.com weighs in on the food industry. 

Ammonia. You know, the harsh chemical they use in fertilizers and oven cleaners? It kills E.coli really well. So, they invented a process where they pass the hamburger through a pipe where it is doused in ammonia gas. And you probably never heard about it, other than those times that batches of meat stink of ammonia so bad that the buyer returns it.

 

[Azazel]

I've been doing the Cracked rounds again after the link above (you know, when you click on one link, read it, and open two or three more, and then it takes days to get through them all).

I found the first part of this one pertinent to the discussion we've been having in this thread. I think it was this thread. It could have been the other food one..

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-stupidest-habits-you-develop-growing-up-poor/

[ghost]

You know, Az, I was thinking that this was a great point when I read it, but that is me living in the 80s and 90s.  Right now that shit is in ALL food, even the stuff the richies supposedly get. 

[Jimbo]

Dude! Mel Brooks was a combat engineer?  I miss reading MAD and Cracked Magazines :)

[ghost]

McDonald's gets rid of immobilization stalls for pregnant pigs.  Now I'm not some sort of PETA weirdo, but these practices produce very poor quality meat and it's frankly a little appalling.  I have been thinking very seriously about going Vegetarian for a while now, but by ceasing to eat meat I won't be helping these guys out a bit because I don't eat at McDonald's. 

[Engels]

Ya, seriously, try to find meat sources that at the very least claim humane raising. Never mind the morality element, the meat is just plain better tasting.

[ghost]

It's estimated that Monsanto now has "control over as much as 90 percent of (seed genetics). This level of control is almost unbelievable," said Neil Harl, agricultural economist at Iowa State University who has studied the seed industry for decades. "The upshot of that is that it's tightening Monsanto's control, and makes it possible for them to increase their prices long term."

Is there anyone in their right mind than thinks ONE company should control over 90% of America's grown food supply? Why have we given up on breaking apart companies that have grown so large that they are a threat to our standard of life?

While the answers should lie in Washington, don't hold your breath. They have infiltrated the U.S. government and hold key positions in most of the regulatory agencies that should be controlling them. An example is when Monsanto got approval for use of its artificial bovine growth hormone in milk, the person in charge of preparing the report at Monsanto was Margaret Miller. Later, the person in charge of receiving the report and evaluating it was… Margaret Miller, by then Deputy Director of Human Safety and Consultative Services in the office overseeing the process. From Clarence Thomas (yep, that Clarence Thomas) to Michael Taylor, the list of Monsanto people in DC goes on and on and on...

Ah, good old Monsanto.  These guys are going to be the death of us all. 

http://www.facebook.com/politicalsoundoff/posts/239447442805405

[Cyrrex]

Incidentally, I was forced to take the family to McDonald's last night.  Was birthday for the 7 year-old, and that's where he wanted to go 

We had recently see a commercial on TV from McD's - which we assumed was some kind of global firefighting initiative for the whole pink slime thing - extolling the virtues of the McNugget.  How it was cut directly from the breast of a chicken, and unalterted, etc., etc.  I don't knnow if the implication was that they changed their method, or if they were just reinforcing that this was how they always prepared them.  In any event, it was meant to give the impression that this was, in fact, and actual cut of chicken breast that was battered and fried.

I ate one.  It tasted the same as always (which is to say disgusting).  My son took one of those wooden coffee stirring sticks and was able to PERFECTLY cut a McNugget in half.  I mean, each side of the cut was so flat that not a molecule was out of place.  The effect you would expect from cutting cheese with a cheese knife.  Such a thing would not be possible on an actual piece of chicken breast - even if you could cut through it with a blunt piece of wood, there would be grains and fibers and stuff.  Seriously, fuck this place. 

[Furiously]

So... who's had the bacon shake from Jack in the Box?

[01101010]

So... who's had the bacon shake from Jack in the Box?

First... I miss Jack. First time I had it was in Cali and then I ate there a ton when I lived in Louisiana. Haven't been back since. That said, I will never be able to have any type of bacon shake after I had the Apple Pancakes & Bacon shake from here. I was a tad leery about pieces of bacon in my shake, but it worked - at least with the fat ass straws they gave you.

[Lantyssa]

That is the most awesome restaurant name I have ever heard.

[Fabricated]

I was browsing my RSS feed a few minutes ago and laughed my ass off when I saw this:



Thanks, google ads.

[Johny Cee]

Umm.

That was an episode of Better Off Ted, right down to using electric shocks because the first batch of meat tasted like "despair".

[Sir T]

And people thought the results of stem cell reserch would cureing Alzhiemers etc 

[Merusk]

That requires experimentation with human cells, which is pretty much banned everywhere because OMG Clones!  If we clone people, how will we resolve the question of them having souls?!

[Cyrrex]

Still...did I read that right that they were cloning the meat from HUMAN stem cells?  Because I gotta tell you, that's kinda gross.

[Tebonas]

I presume thats adult cow stem cells. Nowhere in the article there are humans mentioned.

[01101010]

Still...did I read that right that they were cloning the meat from HUMAN stem cells?  Because I gotta tell you, that's kinda gross.

[Der Helm]

Annnd at page 8, this thread finally made me hungry...

[Mrbloodworth]

Pink Slime For School Lunch: Government Buying 7 Million Pounds Of Ammonia-Treated Meat For Meals

Pink slime -- that ammonia-treated meat in a bright Pepto-bismol shade -- may have been rejected by fast food joints like McDonald's, Taco Bell and Burger King, but is being brought in by the tons for the nation's school lunch program.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is purchasing 7 million pounds of the "slime" for school lunches, The Daily reports. Officially termed "Lean Beef Trimmings," the product is a ground-up combination of beef scraps, cow connective tissues and other beef trimmings that are treated with ammonium hydroxide to kill pathogens like salmonella and E. coli. It's then blended into traditional meat products like ground beef and hamburger patties.

[Nebu]

... and you guys think I'm nuts for eating everything from whole, non-processed ingredients.  I'll happily take a bag of dried beans, a bag of rice, and a handful of fresh veggies over this crap. 

Humanity has lost its mind.

[ghost]

I find it interesting that the two doctors on the site tend to be very careful about the kinds of food that they eat.

[Nebu]

I find it interesting that the two doctors on the site tend to be very careful about the kinds of food that they eat.

Don't go lumping me into the 'doctor' category.  I don't practice.  Working with people gives me a rash. 

The general excuse for eating crap is convenience.  As much television as people watch, they could watch one less sitcom and have plenty of time to make a decent meal that doesn't cost any extra, particularly if you buy in bulk.

[ghost]

Yes, but like it or not you are a doctor.  You did the education and training.  Just because you act as a scientist does not mean that suddenly everything you knew leaked out of your ear onto the floor.   

[Nebu]

Yes, but like it or not you are a doctor.  You did the education and training.  Just because you act as a scientist does not mean that suddenly everything you knew leaked out of your ear onto the floor.   

I'm a PhD that went to medical school... not the other way around, damnit!  Don't go tainting my reputation.

[ghost]

Once you've had your finger in someone's butt your either a doctor or a porn star..........

[Lantyssa]

Why not both?

Doctor Rocks Jour Bocksors.

[bhodi]

Once you've had your finger in someone's butt your either a doctor or a porn star..........

And now we know what you do when your patients are under sedation.

You sick, sick man.

[01101010]

Once you've had your finger in someone's butt your either a doctor or a porn star..........

Wait a god damn minute... if that were true, well I can assure you, I am no doctor which means... 

[ghost]

Once you've had your finger in someone's butt your either a doctor or a porn star..........

And now we know what you do when your patients are under sedation.

You sick, sick man.

Digital rectal examinations are pretty much all medical students are good for.   

[MuffinMan]

Pink slime to rectal exams. Pretty much still on topic.

[ghost]

It's all one big long tube.   

[Furiously]

It's all one big long tube.   

I guess that explains why the internet is so full of crap too...