News Tesco unwittingly selling horse burgers...

[Scouse]

 

[rynnor]

Tbh - does anyone really not believe that a load of other cheap burgers/sausages/ready meals contain horse?

Even some of the value mince would make me wonder.

 

[Scouse]

Even some of the value mince would make me wonder.

The press did say that some of their fresh-meat products contained horse.

There's something wrong with an economic system where, if you're trying to take care of yourself and your family, it's so hard to buy what you're actually after...

 

[rynnor]

The press did say that some of their fresh-meat products contained horse.

There's something wrong with an economic system where, if you're trying to take care of yourself and your family, it's so hard to buy what you're actually after...

More importantly why are we reliant on the Irish to find this out - I'm pretty sure we employ people to ensure that beef is beef etc so wtf have they been up to?

 

[dysfunction]

Meat should not be cheap. This is why this sort of thing happens.

 

[Ch3tan]

Meat should not be cheap. This is why this sort of thing happens.

It bloody should be cheap. I'd have no problem eating horse if it was sold as such.

 

[dysfunction]

Good meat costs a lot of money to produce especially if you want the animal to have had a good life until its slaughtered. Therefore it should not be cheap.

Having cheap meat is where the problem start.

 

[Scouse]

Meat should not be cheap. This is why this sort of thing happens.

Not true.

The economic drive to produce a product as cheaply as possible to maximise profits is why this sort of thing happens. If meat was artificially high in price the supermarkets would still take advantage of their ability to drive their supply costs down.

We'd end up paying more for the same product is all.

Economics in a system that weighted far too heavily to maximise profit.

 

[rynnor]

Lets not forget that the supermarkets dont really compete either - not on price anyway - its an informal cartel but presumably it bribes the right people not to get caught.

 

[sayward]

I don't eat beef and I sure don't eat beefburgers! Or any mixed up processed meat.

 

[dysfunction]

Not true.

The economic drive to produce a product as cheaply as possible to maximise profits is why this sort of thing happens. If meat was artificially high in price the supermarkets would still take advantage of their ability to drive their supply costs down.

We'd end up paying more for the same product is all.

Economics in a system that weighted far too heavily to maximise profit.

That's the same thing as I said but in a different way.

 

[Mey]

I thought Horse was better quality meat than Beef anyway? What with the much higher protein levels.

 

[Lamp]

Don't be surprised if you find yourself jumping over hedges and eating apples and sugar cubes...

 

[Scouse]

/pedant ON

That's the same thing as I said but in a different way.

Actually (and unsurprisingly) I disagree with you there Dys old bean.

Your argument seemed to be based around the cost of the meat - I'm saying that the cost is not in itself causal regarding the quality of the end product.


But I understand what you're getting at

 

[Job]

I dont eat any offal products..theres nothing wrong with them..i just have a strong gag factor when thinking of the asses..cocks and general roadkill gunge that goes into them

 

[old.Tohtori]

Scouse

 

[Fafnir]

Wish horsemeat was eaiser to find.. Love a good fillet of horse thats been tenderized.

 

[Job]

It just sums us brits up.did we really think those 99p burger packs were anything but mashed up floor sweepings from every abbatoir from here to somalia

 

[Scouse]

It just sums us brits up.did we really think those 99p burger packs were anything but mashed up floor sweepings from every abbatoir from here to somalia

It's worse than just being brain-scrapings Job. 29% horse indicates criminality. And if it's criminal it may even be horsemeat that's been condemned unfit for human consumption...

 

[rynnor]

It's worse than just being brain-scrapings Job. 29% horse indicates criminality. And if it's criminal it may even be horsemeat that's been condemned unfit for human consumption...

Agreed plus these are burgers - any bacteria present on the surface of the meat gets redistributed throughout the whole patty (thats why you should never eat a burger thats pink in the middle - idiot chefs treat it like a lump of meat but a burger is far more unhygienic).

Additionally a fair number probably ended up being poorly cooked on barbecues which wouldnt always kill all the bacteria present inside the burger.

 

[Scouse]

thats why you should never eat a burger thats pink in the middle

Unless you've made it yourself out of lean mincemeat

 

[rynnor]

Unless you've made it yourself out of lean mincemeat

Not even then - the act of mincing a chunk of meat distributes bacteria from the outside of the meat all over the mince.

 

[Scouse]

Not even then - the act of mincing a chunk of meat distributes bacteria from the outside of the meat all over the mince.

Meh. Tell your immune system to man-up

 

[TdC]

tbh I eat gourmet burgers hand made in front of me that are pink in the middle. ofc, I understand your sentiment and agree, but a 99p burger is not on my menu (not that I've not eaten them in the past, but happily now I have a choice).

 

[old.Tohtori]

Screw bacteria and "weird sources". If a burger is good, it's good. Price, source, ethnicity of chef and/or probability of TdC swaffling it beforehand don't come to play

 

[TdC]

best to assume I've swaffled everything in the world. I'm quite the swaffler!

 

[old.Tohtori]

Have you swaffled your swaffler?

Admit it, you're tempted to try!

 

[Wazzerphuk]

Anyone that's put off Tesco burgers by this scandal try the meatballs instead, apparently they're the dogs bollocks.

 

[rynnor]

Anyone that's put off Tesco burgers by this scandal try the meatballs instead, apparently they're the dogs bollocks.

I think the lesson here is eat natural meat not scraped up crap.

 

[old.Tohtori]

I think the lesson here is eat natural meat not scraped up crap.

That's still natural