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Jan 16 2013, 11:02 PM
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QUOTE (Exhausted @ Jan 16 2013, 10:44 PM) What a revelation that Tesco have been selling burgers with a high percentage of horse meat. If I were French, I might find this acceptable but when something is sold in the UK as a Beefburger then that's what the public should get, not a Horseburger. Happy to say that we don't shop there or at Iceland who also were a bit guilty of the same thing.
Can we trust the supermarkets when one of the majors stoop to such tricks. They said they didn't know but it was interesting to hear in the report that the animal product came from Europe but through a manufacturer in the UK. I'm reassured by the fact that the product was not harmful to the Tesco customers but......... How is something in a report, that is 'interesting', proof that they were lying? Are you saying that all supermarkets should have a lab to test EVERYTHING that they sell? Be realistic. If they didn't know, then it certainly was no trick, as you put it. If Tesco's were pulling a fast one, then how come there were a lot of outlets involved. It was a SUPPLIER.
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Jan 17 2013, 10:36 AM
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QUOTE (x2lls @ Jan 16 2013, 11:22 PM) If you think the burgers are a problem, you should try the meatballs, they're the dogs bollox! Yeah stealing jokes on Facebook is not funny. QUOTE (Penelope @ Jan 16 2013, 11:23 PM) I think someone may be sending me death threats.
Woke up this morning with a Tesco burger on my pillow. I hope the Burger is in a stable condition. On a more serious note I couldn't really care. It's meat and I doubt you would even tell the difference in a taste test and it's probably not any worse for you.
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Jan 17 2013, 10:41 AM
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QUOTE (motormad @ Jan 17 2013, 10:36 AM) Yeah stealing jokes on Facebook is not funny. I hope the Burger is in a stable condition. On a more serious note I couldn't really care. It's meat and I doubt you would even tell the difference in a taste test and it's probably not any worse for you. it isn't horse meat, but animal protein in the burgers that has come from rendered down horses. You need to add animal protein to help bind the beef slurry that burgers are made from together. All that 'ham' that is sold in supermarkets ( any supermarket ) including the 'joints' & 'gammons' contains the wording 'reformed from pork' or similar. They stick the 'meat' together using animal protein...... and those plump chicken breasts - plump cos they are pumped full of water....trouble is the cell walls begin to collapse if you pump too much in so to make the meat stronger you add animal protein....
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Jan 17 2013, 10:58 AM
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QUOTE (motormad @ Jan 17 2013, 10:36 AM) Yeah stealing jokes on Facebook is not funny. And you of course are a comic writer, who has never ever transcribed! We do that, whether by speech or the written word.
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Jan 17 2013, 11:42 AM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jan 17 2013, 11:32 AM) When we lived for a while in Assen in the north of the Netherlands, there was a horse butcher in one of the shopping streets. I've also heard that during the war, horse meat was knowingly eaten in this country due to the shortages of everything else.
People avoid horse meat in this country on ethical grounds, not because it's not good for you. I was in Seoul the other week & we went to this ....
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Jan 17 2013, 11:54 AM
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QUOTE (JeffG @ Jan 17 2013, 11:32 AM) People avoid horse meat in this country on ethical grounds, not because it's not good for you. Yet people happily eat cute fluffy little bunny wabbits? The hypocrisy of some people is simply amazing. If I were running the suppliers to Tesco I would simply tell people to either suck it up or buy something else. I honestly do not see the problem.. meat is ultimately meat and comes from a living animal. Better than turning the horse into superglue.
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Jan 17 2013, 12:04 PM
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QUOTE (motormad @ Jan 17 2013, 11:54 AM) Yet people happily eat cute fluffy little bunny wabbits? The hypocrisy of some people is simply amazing. If I were running the suppliers to Tesco I would simply tell people to either suck it up or buy something else. I honestly do not see the problem.. meat is ultimately meat and comes from a living animal. Better than turning the horse into superglue. The bigger problem is trust. Allegedly, Tesco et al. believed they were receiving an item that had been agreed, but might have been sent something else. The fact it might be from a horse, is not the issue, but whether agreements have been broke, and also whether Tesco et al. have stringent checking process in place to ensure what they sell is what is meant to be sold. For me, the use of halal meat in supermarkets is of far more concern than whether something came from a horse.
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Jan 17 2013, 12:11 PM
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QUOTE (Andy Capp @ Jan 17 2013, 12:04 PM) The bigger problem is trust.
Allegedly, Tesco et al. believed they were receiving an item that had been agreed, but might have been sent something else. The fact it might be from a horse, is not the issue, but whether agreements have been broke, and also whether Tesco et al. have stringent checking process in place to ensure what they sell is what is meant to be sold. I suppose that is between Tesco and the Supplier, I do not see why some people are saying "Never shopping at Tesco again" or similar comments. Especially cheap value burgers, chicken etc, it's well reported they do not always come from the best source.
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