So we've all heard that McDonalds is getting rid of the pink slime that is mal-nutritious.


I have two questions. I found the answer to one of these questions and it's pretty fucking disturbing.

The first question is:

1) If McDonalds is removing pink slime and pink slime was used as a filler to keep costs low, then what is McDonalds replacing the pink slime with? We know that they are replacing it with something cheaper or the same price because McDonald's prices haven't gone up.


The second question is:
2) What is going to happen to all the pink slime? I found the answer:

Quote :

" Pink slime’ in school lunches: Government is buying 7 million pounds worth When McDonald’s and other fast-food chains announced last month that the infamous “pink slime” was no longer being used in their burgers, some thought the ammonium hydroxide-treated beef cuts had disappeared from our food supply once and for all. But a new report in the Daily tablet newspaper suggests the slime will appear in school lunches this spring — 7 million pounds of it. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/pink-slime-in-school-lunches-government-is-buying-7-million-pounds-worth/2012/03/07/gIQAKIzRxR_blog.html"

[Edited on March 9, 2012 at 9:13 PM. Reason : .]

3/9/2012 9:11:49 PM

old

3/9/2012 9:16:34 PM

I fail to see the problem with "pink slime"; I mean ammonia is a cost-effective way to disinfect low-grade meat to make it edible.

I say all the hoopla is around the public finally seeing how the sausage is made.

3/9/2012 9:16:55 PM

I think the problem is you don't know what grade of meat you are actually getting.

3/9/2012 9:18:47 PM

Ammonia turns low-grade grunge into A-OK

3/9/2012 9:20:36 PM

^^ Welcome to Taco Bell, may I take your order?

3/9/2012 9:26:22 PM

Looks like the beef industry/FDA/government got to wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_slime


Pretty one sided article. Can't trust wikipedia anymore regarding mainstream/governmental matters

3/9/2012 9:29:25 PM

When could you ever trust wikipedia?

3/9/2012 9:30:39 PM

Every day until today

3/9/2012 9:33:34 PM

3/9/2012 9:42:51 PM

Quote :

"I say all the hoopla is around the public finally seeing how the sausage is made."

that right there is the most factual thing posted in this thread as of yet

3/9/2012 9:45:12 PM

"the most factual thing in the thread" eh?


I want to punch you in your throat.

3/9/2012 9:49:33 PM

you should try that and see how it works out for you

3/9/2012 9:52:55 PM

Thanks for the permission. I think I will sometime

3/9/2012 9:55:09 PM

I will film the attempt and post it to youtube.

3/9/2012 9:57:36 PM

I will film the attempt and post it to youtube pornhub.

3/9/2012 10:00:00 PM

i will liveblog the attempt and post it to assplay.tumblr.com/muffparty

3/9/2012 10:01:24 PM

3/9/2012 10:36:40 PM

3/10/2012 1:09:34 PM

I really don't care, their burgers are dank as hell and it's not like it's going to kill you

3/10/2012 1:34:38 PM

I can see the point about "finally seeing how sausage is made" having a lot of merit. It doesn't really bother me, but my grandparents raised hogs in Edgecombe County and I grew up around it. They were involved in every part of the process including making sausage in the smokehouse. I don't remember specifically seeing it made, but I remember the slaughter days and the yields that followed.

I think a lot of people such as myself just see it as wholly unnatural and gross. At least when I buy ground beef or sausage I can see the various colors of the meat and fat in it which somewhat resemble their origins. People are far more conscious of what they put in their bodies now than they were 10-15 years ago and it's not surprising to see them react to stuff like this.

It's not that different than a product like hummus. Grind up a lean blend of beef and fat and I'll likely eat it. Mush up some chickpeas with some spices to make hummus and I'll eat it. In either case, right or wrong, treating it with ammonia and turning it bright pink is not going to fit into the diet of people who are searching for less processed foods and more natural sources of nutrition.

[Edited on March 10, 2012 at 1:48 PM. Reason : s]

3/10/2012 1:46:42 PM

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"treating it with ammonia and turning it bright pink"

I thought the pink color came from the flecks of muscle tissue swimming inside the lipids, and that it's only really bright pink and slimy before the centrifuge separates the meat from the fat.

Which would you rather have, an E. coli scare, ammonia-disinfected meat (from which the ammonia is later removed), or $1 sliders at White Castle?
I for one support the use of mechanically separated meat to reduce the cost of meat products.

3/10/2012 2:49:33 PM

For $1 you could buy quality steak for your whole family in 1909. What happened?

3/10/2012 3:00:19 PM

yeah and for 3 cents you could get a coke

SOCIETY IS DECAYING

3/10/2012 3:02:16 PM

the american dollar has lost 98% of its worth.


You can't even buy pure fruit juice at the store. For instance, my 100% juice "cranberry" by ocean spray is made up of apple juice, grape juice, and cranberry juice concentrate.

I have found 100% pure cherry juice, though. It costs $6 a bottle for 12 ounces.

There you have it. $6 is the normal price you'd be paying for juice nowadays if it were real juice.

3/10/2012 3:08:40 PM

Quote :

"I really don't care, their burgers are dank as hell"

Stop the madness!

3/10/2012 3:11:19 PM

Y'all want pink slime? Then you must be ignorant of how it is made. How much ammonia is safe to ingest? How well does the process really kill bacteria?
Click the link below. There are two really good video attached to it.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/usda-buys-7-million-pounds-of-pink-slime-for-school-lunches/

If McDs and Taco Bell stopped using it then there must be something really wrong with it.
I cant believe anyone would want this stuff. Idioacracy is becoming reality.

Oh, and if you think pink slime is gross you should see how chicken nuggets are made.



[Edited on March 10, 2012 at 3:33 PM. Reason : ]

3/10/2012 3:18:34 PM

Quote :

"For $1 you could buy quality steak for your whole family in 1909. What happened?"

Inflation: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/
That would be equivalent to about $24 today, and even though I'm not quite sure "you could buy quality steak for your whole family" for $1 back then, you can now buy super-high-quality steak from Omaha Steaks for a small multiple of $24 (food-price inflation has been faster than general inflation).

For a more relevant comparison (steak does not use "pink slime"), consider that in 1921, the slider was sold for 5¢, which is equivalent to a little over 60¢ today; the price of a slider varies by store, but I found it at one place for 66¢ and at another for 69¢, and I suspect that "pink slime" was partially responsible for keeping the price down relative to unprocessed beef products like steak.


^more like "weeks ago" (Christmas Eve 2011), and the only thing wrong is overblown hype about the very real problems that can result from improper controls

[Edited on March 10, 2012 at 3:24 PM. Reason : idiot

3/10/2012 3:21:54 PM

Omaha Steaks are frozen crap. I can get better, fresher, cheaper, organically raise beef from my butcher right fuckin now for less than Omaha and they taste better.

Pink Slime:

Looks like pink shit. You want a mouthful of that Lewis?

Statement from McDs:
"At the beginning of 2011, we made a decision to discontinue the use of ammonia-treated beef in our hamburgers. This product has been out of our supply chain since August of last year."
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/02/01/mcdonalds-announces-end-to-pink-slime-in-burgers/

[Edited on March 10, 2012 at 3:35 PM. Reason : ]

3/10/2012 3:28:39 PM

Meh, I'd eat it.

3/10/2012 3:45:01 PM

You'd eat it, fine.
I don't want to eat it, but I have very few options to ensure I'm not eating it. Why? Because its not labeled anywhere. I can't look at any product and know for certain its pink slime content.
Label it and let people decide for themselves. Then you can have all you want and I can avoid it.

Drink Brawndo

[Edited on March 10, 2012 at 4:05 PM. Reason : ]

3/10/2012 3:59:50 PM

ya'll trying to tell me a double quarter pounder isn't tasty?

sheeyiiit.

3/10/2012 4:02:49 PM

I haven't eaten at McDs for years. I only stop there when traveling with my wife and that is to piss and get her some fries.

Piss has ammonia in it, right?

3/10/2012 4:08:25 PM

it also has water in it

must be bad

3/10/2012 4:12:18 PM

The air you are breathing has ammonia in it.

3/10/2012 4:13:47 PM

Right, water is fer toilets. You cant drink water.
Drink Brawndo.

[Edited on March 10, 2012 at 4:16 PM. Reason : ]

3/10/2012 4:15:51 PM

Quote :

"Looks like pink shit. You want a mouthful of that Lewis?"

No, but that's because the material hasn't been through the centrifuge yet, and more importantly hasn't been cooked well-done.

3/10/2012 4:28:37 PM

That is post centrifuge. That is the final product.
Sure, you can cook it. Eat up.

3/10/2012 4:34:02 PM

That looks awfully fatty to me...

3/10/2012 4:34:55 PM

A pink slime approaches!

3/10/2012 4:49:01 PM

Keep talkin. Every word you write reveals how ignorant you are.

3/10/2012 4:49:49 PM

http://travisarp.wordpress.com/2012/03/08/repercusions-of-pink-slime/

3/10/2012 8:51:07 PM

Every time I see that pic, it makes me want a strawberry milkshake.

3/10/2012 9:35:11 PM

Schools can take pink slime off menu
USDA says schools can choose this fall

Updated: Tuesday, 20 Mar 2012, 7:25 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 20 Mar 2012, 7:25 PM EDT

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - Local school cafeterias are getting a choice when it comes to the meat filler known as pink slime.

The USDA said it will offer ground beef that has not been treated with ammonium hydroxide to the National School Lunch Program in the fall.

A representative with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said beef that has not been treated will cost three percent more.

http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/norfolk/schools-will-get-choice-on-pink-slime


only 3% more? We are willing to risky our children's health for 3 pennies on the dollar?

3/20/2012 10:01:56 PM

lol spookyjohn wins

3/20/2012 10:04:00 PM

GeniuSxBoY is the worst thing to ever happen to the internet

3/20/2012 10:16:37 PM

Quote :

"You can't even buy pure fruit juice at the store. For instance, my 100% juice "cranberry" by ocean spray is made up of apple juice, grape juice, and cranberry juice concentrate."

Orange, grape, and apple are all available 100%.

3/21/2012 10:47:19 AM

Quote :

"I have found 100% pure cherry juice, though. It costs $6 a bottle for 12 ounces. There you have it. $6 is the normal price you'd be paying for juice nowadays if it were real juice."

I frequently make this argument about inflation. People seem to not understand.

The CPI compares beef from 1970 to beef today. The only problem is that beef today might not be beef.

3/21/2012 11:33:39 AM

Quote :

"that is mal-nutritious."

Wrong in the first sentence. Good try though

3/21/2012 12:21:31 PM

Quote :

" National grocers stop buying "pink slime" meat Email 3 Print PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — At least three national supermarket operators have decided to stop buying ground beef that contains the filler now known as "pink slime." Federal regulators say the filler, known in the industry as "lean, finely textured beef," meets food safety standards. But critics say the product could be unsafe and is an unappetizing example of industrialized food production. Supervalu Inc. — which operates owns stores under the Acme, Albertsons, Cub Foods, Farm Fresh, Hornbacher's, Jewel-Osco, Lucky, Shaw's/Star Market, Shop 'n Save and Shoppers Food & Pharmacy banners — said Wednesday that customer concern prompted it to stop carrying products containing the filler. The Food Lion chain, owned by the Belgian Delhaize Group, also said Wednesday that it plans to stop carrying fresh ground beef with either of two similar fillers. Both are made with beef trimmings left over from other cuts. Spokeswoman Christy Phillips-Brown emailed a statement saying that the company is working with suppliers to make the change — and that the company guarantees the "80 percent lean ground beef" it already sells doesn't contain the fillers. Food Lion also operates Bloom, Harveys and Reid's stores. Safeway Inc., which operates the Genuardi's and Dominicks chains, as well as Safeway stores, said Wednesday that it also has announced it will stop selling fresh or frozen ground beef with the filler. Public outcry over "pink slime" has grown sharply as images, media reports and online petitions about it have spread. The low-cost additive, which has been used for years, is made from fatty bits of leftover meat that are heated, spun to remove the fat, compressed into blocks and exposed to ammonia to kill bacteria. Producers often mix the filler into fattier meat to produce an overall leaner product and reduce their costs. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this month that, beginning in the fall, the National School Lunch Program will let school districts decide whether to buy ground beef that contains the filler. Previously, it was difficult for schools to know whether beef they bought from the feds had it or not. As a result, a number of schools have said they will stop using meat with the controversial filler. Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has spoken out against it, and fast-food chain McDonald's Corp. decided last year to stop putting ammonia-treated meat in its products. Shares of Supervalu, which is based in Eden Prairie, Minn., fell 7 cents to close at $6.20 Wednesday and rose 3 cents in after-hours trading. http://news.yahoo.com/national-grocers-stop-buying-pink-slime-meat-003258398.html"

I love good news.

3/22/2012 2:13:08 AM