Thread: 'Pink Slime' Manufacturer Suspends Operations 3-26-12

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Good! I mainly buy ground beef at Costco and it is fine but I wonder about
what I get at restaurants?

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:44:43 -0700, "Julie Bove"
<[email protected]> wrote:

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> "sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Good! I mainly buy ground beef at Costco and it is fine but I wonder about
> what I get at restaurants?
>
I think you're fine if you eat where they grind their own.

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In article <jkrk4e$vuu$[email protected]>, "Julie Bove" <[email protected]>
wrote:

> "sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > -16007401?tab=9482931&section=1206835&playlist=1363 742>
>
> Good! I mainly buy ground beef at Costco and it is fine but I wonder about
> what I get at restaurants?

as well you should, no telling all the things they are putting in their meals
that you are allergic to or just plain find yucky

"sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:44:43 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> "sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> > <http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/pink-slime-manufacturer-suspends-operations-16007401?tab=9482931&section=1206835&playlist=1363 742>
>>
>> Good! I mainly buy ground beef at Costco and it is fine but I wonder
>> about
>> what I get at restaurants?
>>
> I think you're fine if you eat where they grind their own.

I don't know of any place that grinds their own.

On Tuesday, March 27, 2012 5:46:17 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> "sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:44:43 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >> "sf" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> >>
> >> Good! I mainly buy ground beef at Costco and it is fine but I wonder
> >> about
> >> what I get at restaurants?
> >>
> > I think you're fine if you eat where they grind their own.
>
> I don't know of any place that grinds their own.

Rossi's Bar and Grill, "Home of the famous Rossiburger", buys their meat from a near-by butcher who grinds his own. Does that count?

Jerry
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On Mar 26, 11:51*pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> <http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/pink-slime-manufacturer-suspends-oper...>
>
It was fun getting to see the folks from the pink slime company acting
all indignant.

I wonder, though, what is going to become of all the beef scraps that
would have been turned into pink slime had not this story happened.
Maybe they'll sell the stuff dirt cheap to China, like they do the
wing tips that I so covet.

--Bryan

In article <[email protected]>,
Bryan <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mar 26, 11:51*pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> > <http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/pink-slime-manufacturer-suspends-oper...>
> >
> It was fun getting to see the folks from the pink slime company acting
> all indignant.
>
> I wonder, though, what is going to become of all the beef scraps that
> would have been turned into pink slime had not this story happened.
> Maybe they'll sell the stuff dirt cheap to China, like they do the
> wing tips that I so covet.
>
> --Bryan

pet food

On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:27:27 -0700 (PDT), Bryan
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On Mar 26, 11:51*pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
> > <http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/pink-slime-manufacturer-suspends-oper...>
> >
> It was fun getting to see the folks from the pink slime company acting
> all indignant.
>
> I wonder, though, what is going to become of all the beef scraps that
> would have been turned into pink slime had not this story happened.
> Maybe they'll sell the stuff dirt cheap to China, like they do the
> wing tips that I so covet.
>
Apparently there are two kinds of pink slime - the one with ammonia
and another one they call "citric". I've never liked that "finely
ground" ground meat anyway and now I know why.

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Good they are suspending operations. I never liked Citric pink slime.




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On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:27:27 -0700 (PDT), Bryan wrote:

> On Mar 26, 11:51*pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
>> <http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/pink-slime-manufacturer-suspends-oper...>
>>
> It was fun getting to see the folks from the pink slime company acting
> all indignant.
>
> I wonder, though, what is going to become of all the beef scraps that
> would have been turned into pink slime had not this story happened.
> Maybe they'll sell the stuff dirt cheap to China, like they do the
> wing tips that I so covet.

It was previouslty made into pet food. This company says. "Hey - we
have strings in the USDA and we can get it approved for HUMAN
conumption and hide it grund beefw ith no labelling changes". So they
based their whole company on turning pet food into human food.

I don't exactly feel sorry foe them. I want to see somebody do
independent, unbiased taste tests. Coupled with pathogen testing of
course. I have never had pink slime beef except for the McDonalds
Buck Double and BK Stacker. I know that McD's beef tastes terrible,
especially reheated. Tastes like liver.

-sw

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:1dcb8jpl49rpl$.[email protected]..
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:27:27 -0700 (PDT), Bryan wrote:
>
>> On Mar 26, 11:51 pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
>>> <http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/pink-slime-manufacturer-suspends-oper...>
>>>
>> It was fun getting to see the folks from the pink slime company acting
>> all indignant.
>>
>> I wonder, though, what is going to become of all the beef scraps that
>> would have been turned into pink slime had not this story happened.
>> Maybe they'll sell the stuff dirt cheap to China, like they do the
>> wing tips that I so covet.
>
> It was previouslty made into pet food. This company says. "Hey - we
> have strings in the USDA and we can get it approved for HUMAN
> conumption and hide it grund beefw ith no labelling changes". So they
> based their whole company on turning pet food into human food.
>
> I don't exactly feel sorry foe them. I want to see somebody do
> independent, unbiased taste tests. Coupled with pathogen testing of
> course. I have never had pink slime beef except for the McDonalds
> Buck Double and BK Stacker. I know that McD's beef tastes terrible,
> especially reheated. Tastes like liver.

I don't buy a lot of ground beef. When I did buy it, it was usually from
Costco but after buying some that was badly expired, I didn't buy it from
them for a while. I did buy a package or two at Target, some at Winco and
perhaps one other store. I noticed that the texture didn't seem right and I
didn't much like the end result. Even just to look at it, it didn't look
right. But at the time I didn't know why. Now I do. Ew.

Someone here mentioned that White Castle burgers taste like liver. Ever
since then when I have tried them, I have not liked them.

On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:50:37 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:

> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:1dcb8jpl49rpl$.[email protected]..
>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:27:27 -0700 (PDT), Bryan wrote:
>>
>>> On Mar 26, 11:51 pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
>>>> <http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/pink-slime-manufacturer-suspends-oper...>
>>>>
>>> It was fun getting to see the folks from the pink slime company acting
>>> all indignant.
>>>
>>> I wonder, though, what is going to become of all the beef scraps that
>>> would have been turned into pink slime had not this story happened.
>>> Maybe they'll sell the stuff dirt cheap to China, like they do the
>>> wing tips that I so covet.
>>
>> It was previouslty made into pet food. This company says. "Hey - we
>> have strings in the USDA and we can get it approved for HUMAN
>> conumption and hide it grund beefw ith no labelling changes". So they
>> based their whole company on turning pet food into human food.
>>
>> I don't exactly feel sorry foe them. I want to see somebody do
>> independent, unbiased taste tests. Coupled with pathogen testing of
>> course. I have never had pink slime beef except for the McDonalds
>> Buck Double and BK Stacker. I know that McD's beef tastes terrible,
>> especially reheated. Tastes like liver.
>
> I don't buy a lot of ground beef. When I did buy it, it was usually from
> Costco but after buying some that was badly expired, I didn't buy it from
> them for a while.

I find hard to believe that CostCo sold bad ground beef. They have
most stringent quality and control of any retailer in the United
States. From slaughter to retail, everything is monitored and
recorded every step of the way. All open beef (not in cryovac) is
sold within 3 days or thrown out. And even the cryovac beef probably
turns over in 5 days or less.

-sw

On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:15:35 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:50:37 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:1dcb8jpl49rpl$.[email protected]..
>>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:27:27 -0700 (PDT), Bryan wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mar 26, 11:51 pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
>>>>> <http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/pink-slime-manufacturer-suspends-oper...>
>>>>>
>>>> It was fun getting to see the folks from the pink slime company acting
>>>> all indignant.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder, though, what is going to become of all the beef scraps that
>>>> would have been turned into pink slime had not this story happened.
>>>> Maybe they'll sell the stuff dirt cheap to China, like they do the
>>>> wing tips that I so covet.
>>>
>>> It was previouslty made into pet food. This company says. "Hey - we
>>> have strings in the USDA and we can get it approved for HUMAN
>>> conumption and hide it grund beefw ith no labelling changes". So they
>>> based their whole company on turning pet food into human food.
>>>
>>> I don't exactly feel sorry foe them. I want to see somebody do
>>> independent, unbiased taste tests. Coupled with pathogen testing of
>>> course. I have never had pink slime beef except for the McDonalds
>>> Buck Double and BK Stacker. I know that McD's beef tastes terrible,
>>> especially reheated. Tastes like liver.
>>
>> I don't buy a lot of ground beef. When I did buy it, it was usually from
>> Costco but after buying some that was badly expired, I didn't buy it from
>> them for a while.
>
>I find hard to believe that CostCo sold bad ground beef. They have
>most stringent quality and control of any retailer in the United
>States. From slaughter to retail, everything is monitored and
>recorded every step of the way. All open beef (not in cryovac) is
>sold within 3 days or thrown out. And even the cryovac beef probably
>turns over in 5 days or less.
>
>-sw

4 days

On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:21:03 -0500, Bob wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:15:35 -0500, Sqwertz <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>I find hard to believe that CostCo sold bad ground beef. They have
>>most stringent quality and control of any retailer in the United
>>States. From slaughter to retail, everything is monitored and
>>recorded every step of the way. All open beef (not in cryovac) is
>>sold within 3 days or thrown out. And even the cryovac beef probably
>>turns over in 5 days or less.
>
> 4 days

Close enough :-)

-sw

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:50:37 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>
>> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:1dcb8jpl49rpl$.[email protected]..
>>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:27:27 -0700 (PDT), Bryan wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mar 26, 11:51 pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
>>>>> <http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/pink-slime-manufacturer-suspends-oper...>
>>>>>
>>>> It was fun getting to see the folks from the pink slime company acting
>>>> all indignant.
>>>>
>>>> I wonder, though, what is going to become of all the beef scraps that
>>>> would have been turned into pink slime had not this story happened.
>>>> Maybe they'll sell the stuff dirt cheap to China, like they do the
>>>> wing tips that I so covet.
>>>
>>> It was previouslty made into pet food. This company says. "Hey - we
>>> have strings in the USDA and we can get it approved for HUMAN
>>> conumption and hide it grund beefw ith no labelling changes". So they
>>> based their whole company on turning pet food into human food.
>>>
>>> I don't exactly feel sorry foe them. I want to see somebody do
>>> independent, unbiased taste tests. Coupled with pathogen testing of
>>> course. I have never had pink slime beef except for the McDonalds
>>> Buck Double and BK Stacker. I know that McD's beef tastes terrible,
>>> especially reheated. Tastes like liver.
>>
>> I don't buy a lot of ground beef. When I did buy it, it was usually from
>> Costco but after buying some that was badly expired, I didn't buy it from
>> them for a while.
>
> I find hard to believe that CostCo sold bad ground beef. They have
> most stringent quality and control of any retailer in the United
> States. From slaughter to retail, everything is monitored and
> recorded every step of the way. All open beef (not in cryovac) is
> sold within 3 days or thrown out. And even the cryovac beef probably
> turns over in 5 days or less.

I didn't say that it was bad. But it had expired about two weeks prior. I
couldn't believe it when I got it home! I didn't take it back because they
are in another city. It was Sunday and a half an hour from their closing
time. I figured they would likely be closed by the time we went back.
Perhaps I should have called them to check the counter. I'm sure there was
more. Now I always check the dates on what I buy there. This was the three
pack of organic. Used to be one pound per package but now it is a little
more. And it's a different brand.

I have also had trouble with their baby carrots in the past. I would buy
them and they were slimy. Which means at some point they were left out of
refrigeration. May not have been Costco's fault. May have been prior. I
just don't know. They are fine now but they keep the produce in a different
section now.

On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:13:45 -0700, "Julie Bove"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>
>"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:1rzsiikym1tog$.[email protected]..
>> On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:50:37 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>>> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:1dcb8jpl49rpl$.[email protected]..
>>>> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 05:27:27 -0700 (PDT), Bryan wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 26, 11:51 pm, sf <s...@geemail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> <http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/pink-slime-manufacturer-suspends-oper...>
>>>>>>
>>>>> It was fun getting to see the folks from the pink slime company acting
>>>>> all indignant.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wonder, though, what is going to become of all the beef scraps that
>>>>> would have been turned into pink slime had not this story happened.
>>>>> Maybe they'll sell the stuff dirt cheap to China, like they do the
>>>>> wing tips that I so covet.
>>>>
>>>> It was previouslty made into pet food. This company says. "Hey - we
>>>> have strings in the USDA and we can get it approved for HUMAN
>>>> conumption and hide it grund beefw ith no labelling changes". So they
>>>> based their whole company on turning pet food into human food.
>>>>
>>>> I don't exactly feel sorry foe them. I want to see somebody do
>>>> independent, unbiased taste tests. Coupled with pathogen testing of
>>>> course. I have never had pink slime beef except for the McDonalds
>>>> Buck Double and BK Stacker. I know that McD's beef tastes terrible,
>>>> especially reheated. Tastes like liver.
>>>
>>> I don't buy a lot of ground beef. When I did buy it, it was usually from
>>> Costco but after buying some that was badly expired, I didn't buy it from
>>> them for a while.
>>
>> I find hard to believe that CostCo sold bad ground beef. They have
>> most stringent quality and control of any retailer in the United
>> States. From slaughter to retail, everything is monitored and
>> recorded every step of the way. All open beef (not in cryovac) is
>> sold within 3 days or thrown out. And even the cryovac beef probably
>> turns over in 5 days or less.
>
>I didn't say that it was bad. But it had expired about two weeks prior. I
>couldn't believe it when I got it home! I didn't take it back because they
>are in another city. It was Sunday and a half an hour from their closing
>time. I figured they would likely be closed by the time we went back.
>Perhaps I should have called them to check the counter. I'm sure there was
>more. Now I always check the dates on what I buy there. This was the three
>pack of organic. Used to be one pound per package but now it is a little
>more. And it's a different brand.
>
>I have also had trouble with their baby carrots in the past. I would buy
>them and they were slimy. Which means at some point they were left out of
>refrigeration. May not have been Costco's fault. May have been prior. I
>just don't know. They are fine now but they keep the produce in a different
>section now.

Matters not from where... any ground meat you don't grind yourself is
mystery meat... even if you watch the meat you chose being ground with
your own eyeballs it's mystery meat, because you have no way to know
who is still in that grinder, or when it was last cleaned. Mega
stores like Costco sell the world's filthiest ground meat, they can't
help it because they have no control whatsoever... it's all kinds of
slop passed through grinders the size of cement mixer trucks, with
literally tons of pink slime added.

On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:13:45 -0700, "Julie Bove"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> I didn't say that it was bad. But it had expired about two weeks prior. I
> couldn't believe it when I got it home!

2 weeks? That's extra hard to believe. What I would believe is that
someone screwed up the date on the label maker.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

[email protected] wrote:
>
> Is there actually anything wrong with pink slime other than the name?

It's finely ground beef. Not wonderful if you want to make chilli using
coarsely ground beef or you want to make steak. Great for many
applications that expect gorund beef.

> Who gave it the name, "pink slime" anyway?

I figure it happened at a PETA brain stoming session.

On 3-Apr-2012, Doug Freyburger <[email protected]> wrote:

> [email protected] wrote:
> >
> > Is there actually anything wrong with pink slime other than the name?
>
> It's finely ground beef. Not wonderful if you want to make chilli using
> coarsely ground beef or you want to make steak. Great for many
> applications that expect gorund beef.

For me, and I suspect many others, is the fact that it must be sprayed with
ammonia to make it fit for human consumption.
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