News Tesco unwittingly selling horse burgers...

[Zenith.UK]

My problem isn't with it being horsemeat. I'll eat any cooked meat as long as it's fit for human consumption. My problem is with these major supermarkets not auditing their supply chain thoroughly. I thought the likes of Tesco were vertically integrated and had a chokehold on their supply chain. Guess I was misinformed.

 

[Scouse]

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

I got it.

By text about 2 minutes before I read this

 

[Scouse]

I thought the likes of Tesco were vertically integrated and had a chokehold on their supply chain.

Only where it's in their interests.

If it's in their interests to nudge-nudge wink-wink "there's no horsemeat in here guvnor" then the grip will be more of a strangle-wank than a "chokehold".

 

[rynnor]

Only where it's in their interests.

If it's in their interests to nudge-nudge wink-wink "there's no horsemeat in here guvnor" then the grip will be more of a strangle-wank than a "chokehold".

I seriously doubt it tbh - the reality is that they vet their suppliers but they have to rely on paperwork and that supplier to vet where their raw materials come from.

Tesco would have paid their contracted price for stuff that wasnt as described by the supplier in this case - the question is if the supplier was duped by false paperwork or not.

 

[Ch3tan]

A cow walks into a bar. Barman says 'why the long face?
'Cow says 'Illegal ingredients, coming over here stealing our jobs!'

 

[Job]

I've just checked some old Tesco burgers in the fridge.

And they're off!!

 

[Job]

New releases at Blockbuster......the staff!

Please tell me someone's checked the sourcing for Tesco's cock-a-leeky soup!

Crane operator required, must be prepared to work on a rotor.

 

[Raven]

You suck, Job

 

[caLLous]

The first joke was in that Guardian article yesterday and the others are shit and/or completely irrelevant.

 

[dysfunction]

I thought the crane joke was amusing.

 

[Job]

Lol irrelevant.....these jokes are not required for the important task of being relevant that we have been given gentlemen...discard them before any more time is wasted on such cheap puns

 

[rynnor]

More horse beef at an Irish processing plant - sourced from poland it was 75% horse...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21331208

Coincidentally...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/horse-racing/21327511

Oh and BurgerKing admitted their burgers had been sourced from the original Irish horsebeef supplier.

 

[Zarjazz]

75% horsemeat burger for the price of a Tesco value pack? Bargain!

 

[rynnor]

75% horsemeat burger for the price of a Tesco value pack? Bargain!

Its all offcuts - and there are a number of drugs licensed for use on horses that cause cancer in humans but bon appetit!

 

[Zarjazz]

So ... added vitamins too? Double bargain!

 

[rynnor]

I'm just wating for one of the big supermarkets to launch its super value horsebeef burger range...

 

[caLLous]

Some Findus beef lasagnes have "up to 100% horsemeat". Jesus.

 

[Raven]

I am surprised it even contains meat tbh.

 

[rynnor]

Think it will actually put anyone off of ready meals and processed shite?

 

[Scouse]

Think it will actually put anyone off of ready meals and processed shite?

Probably not.

I made the decision to never buy ready meals nearly two decades ago. You cannot trust food that you've not prepared yourself. Period.

I don't even buy oven chips any more. I can't guarantee that they're made of potato. So on the rare occasions I do have chips I make 'em myself and they taste miles better anyway.


When I was younger my mates and I always used to go out on the posh part of the wirral - where all the footballers and lawyers (and financial criminals) live - simply because the birds there were much much fitter. That's because they ate good wholesome food.

If you eat shit, you'll look like the chavs. Simple as that.

 

[Chilly]

When I was younger my mates and I always used to go out on the posh part of the wirral - where all the footballers and lawyers (and financial criminals) live - simply because the birds there were much much fitter. That's because they ate good wholesome food.

If you eat shit, you'll look like the chavs. Simple as that.

The birds were fitter because they were competing for sugar daddies and the fugleys stay in or go elsewhere, not because they ate posh dinners ffs.

 

[SilverHood]

Some Findus beef lasagnes have "up to 100% horsemeat". Jesus.

People are getting horse complaining about the about the meat composition. I think Tesco should just stop flogging a dead horse....

 

[old.Tohtori]

If you eat shit, you'll look like the chavs. Simple as that.

Not really based on any fact there buddy, but not going to question the lack of quality in british readyfoods as i've had the pleasure of eating finnish stuf

 

[Job]

I haven't eaten offal for twenty years, but you have to be pretty observant, it's everywhere and they go to great lengths to disguise it as prime cuts, this pretty well rules out Greek and Mexican food for me as well..Oh and Indian..and Chinese unfortunately..even supposed quality restaraunts are using formed meats, I'm down to one Chinese chippy that still uses actual chicken breast strips in it's meals.

 

[Scouse]

The birds were fitter because they were competing for sugar daddies and the fugleys stay in or go elsewhere, not because they ate posh dinners ffs.

Disagree strongly.

My sister (and lawyer husband) and her kids live in that part of the Wirral now. Caldy. The affluent middle classes eat good food and (equally importantly) get good exercise.

In that area, which I know extremely well, there is an amazing amount of young totty there. From 18-year olds about to go to Uni down backwards through the ages - just "pretty kids". (No Jimmy Saville japes please).

Yes, there's some genetic munters there - as there are everywhere - but even the ugly kids have good skin because they're not pumped full of trans-fats and preservatives.


Conversely, 7 miles in on the opposite side of the Wirral you come to Rock Ferry. A haven of TV-dinners, fast food and poverty. Even the genetically "pretty" kids, ones who partake in sport regularly and therefore have good fitness, have an unhealthy sheen to them. Spotty greasy skin caused by eating the wrong shit all day long.

Yes, it's about money and education - but a lack of money and a lack of education means you don't have the wherewithall to not eat shit. Even the talented are too dumb to avoid McDonalds, Findus cripsy pancakes and Microchips because their peer-group all do it, so what's wrong with that eh?


"You are what you eat" - that's not a joke or some facile platitude. It's a warning.

 

[old.Tohtori]

That's quite an amusing look on things, no offense meant

 

[Scouse]

That's quite an amusing look on things, no offense meant

Gwan then Toht. Tell us how diet doesn't affect how you look, feel and act.



People in rock ferry are malnourished. It's not just about the number of calories you eat - it's what you get from your food. And pre-processed shit is pre-processed shit. It has a measureable effect on your weight, your bone structure, your skin, your brain function.

 

[Job]

Trans fats and preservatives Scouse, I know you mean well, but that's such bollocks.
Malnutrition will result in poor appearance, trans fat being harmful is up there with wifi allergy, just simply lacks any real evidence..preservatives maybe, but as yet they don't appear to poison the body, the idea that you are unhealthy by eating a processed diet is just hippy urban myth that is trolled out again and again by the pseudo science crystal, holistic healing brigade and sucks in the holland and barret consumer.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Just the way you present it, like the food we eat has such a huge impact that uglybetties become hottytotties by making their own overchips.

In short term way of putting it; sounds more like a conspiracy theory.

 

[Scouse]

Apart from your completely staggering inability to identify metaphor you've actually supported me, Job:

Malnutrition will result in poor appearance

This.

Pre-processed food is shite. It does not do the same the job that freshly-prepared good, wholeseome food does.

the food we eat has such a huge impact

It does. Obviously.


Edit: And has lasting consequences over generations...

The dietary, social, behavioral, and physiological environment can modify the epigenome, with long-term consequences for gene expression, cell signaling, and thus phenotype

There's a reason that poor areas are brimming with mingers. It's not chance or coincidence.

I'll state again: You are what you eat.