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  1. ParanoidAndroid ParanoidAndroid is offline

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    May 8th, 2011 (5/8/2011 9:39pm)

    Is your meat made of scraps stuck together with “meat glue”? This exposé reveals how you may be being deceived about the meat you buy -- and why the dangerous practice makes food poisoning hundreds of times more likely.

    If you are still on the fence, wondering if you should make the switch to organic, grass-fed beef from a local farm instead of the mass-produced variety from your local supermarket, perhaps this news brief from the Australian Today Tonight show will help change your mind.
    If you haven't yet seen the video, please click through and be ready to be amazed.
    By now most people probably realize that ground beef contains the meat from hundreds of animals from different parts of the world, but few would ever suspect that the same can be true for prime cut steaks! Well, that's possible through the use of so-called meat glue, used to "super-glue" small chunks of meat together that are too small to sell, and passing it off as prime cuts...
    What is Meat Glue?
    Meat glue is an enzyme called transglutaminase. Some meat glues are produced through the cultivation of bacteria, while others are made from the blood plasma of pigs and cows, specifically the coagulant that makes blood clot.
    When sprinkled on a protein, such as beef, it forms cross-linked, insoluble protein polymers that essentially acts like a super-glue, binding the pieces together with near invisible seams. The glue-covered meat is rolled up in plastic film, followed by refrigeration. Some manufacturers have gotten so proficient in the practice that even an expert butcher can't tell the difference between a piece of prime beef and one that's been glued together with bits and pieces of scraps!
    Meat glue is also used for:
    Pork / ham Lamb Fish products such as fish balls Chicken Imitation crab meat Processed meats

    http://http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/05/04/has-your-meat-been-glued-together--why-you-need-to-know-and-avoid-this-dangerous-process.aspx
  2. timthegem timthegem is offline

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    May 8th, 2011 (5/8/2011 9:49pm) in reply to ParanoidAndroid

    "the Australian Today Tonight show"

    Is it seriously called that?
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    May 8th, 2011 (5/8/2011 9:50pm) in reply to timthegem

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  4. MUPokerPlayer MUPokerPlayer is offline

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    May 8th, 2011 (5/8/2011 9:50pm) in reply to Deoxyribo

    i like it if it tastes good. thumbs up to meat glue!
  5. SmokeyCasinos SmokeyCasinos is offline

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    May 8th, 2011 (5/8/2011 9:53pm) in reply to MUPokerPlayer

    Puke
  6. wantagolf wantagolf is offline Moderator

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    May 8th, 2011 (5/8/2011 9:56pm) in reply to SmokeyCasinos

    Penis, the other meat not to eat.
     
  7. XquiziVex XquiziVex is offline

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    May 8th, 2011 (5/8/2011 9:57pm) in reply to wantagolf

    Notice how the OP made no mention of Peni? Hmmmmm.....
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    May 8th, 2011 (5/8/2011 10:05pm) in reply to XquiziVex

    imitation crab meat is very underrated imo.
  9. Hank H1LL Hank H1LL is offline

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    May 8th, 2011 (5/8/2011 10:10pm) in reply to playwithfire05

     
    Originally Posted by playwithfire05 View Post

    imitation crab meat is very underrated imo.

    crab dip...

  10. Autolobotomist Autolobotomist is offline playing air is my style? so what

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    May 8th, 2011 (5/8/2011 10:11pm) in reply to Hank H1LL

    Hmmm. I honestly can't tell which is which.





    You are hopelessly retarded, OP.
    Edited By: Autolobotomist May 8th, 2011 at 10:12 PM
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    May 8th, 2011 (5/8/2011 10:14pm) in reply to Autolobotomist

    I thought this may be an interesting thread, and then I realized who the OP was.

    Didn't read.
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    May 8th, 2011 (5/8/2011 10:32pm) in reply to Nothingmaker

    OP cliff notes: Any processed meat
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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 12:01am) in reply to timthegem

     
    Originally Posted by timthegem View Post

    "the Australian Today Tonight show"

    Is it seriously called that?

    It's called "Today Tonight," is Australian, and is a show. Thus, "the Australian Today Tonight show."
  14. timthegem timthegem is offline

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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 12:03am) in reply to Purple Jesus

    There you go being Purple Genius again. Hot damn, Batman has nothing on your amazing detective skills!
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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 12:07am) in reply to MUPokerPlayer

     
    Originally Posted by MUPokerPlayer View Post

    i like it if it tastes good.

    this ^

    ground beef is the shit. might make some tacos tonight
    Edited By: TheWacoKidd May 9th, 2011 at 12:07 AM
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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 12:37am) in reply to Autolobotomist

     
    Originally Posted by Autolobotomist View Post

    Hmmm. I honestly can't tell which is which.

    You are hopelessly retarded, OP.

    You cannot tell the difference without looking up close. So unless you get the butcher to take the peice you want and put it right in front of you (which he won't because then you've been breathing all over it, so you'll have to buy it first) you have 1% chance to pick the difference and it is usually only a few cuts. Scotch fillet is common as is chuck steak.
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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 12:41am) in reply to C_Bomb

    or you can just have a good butcher
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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 12:50am) in reply to TheWacoKidd

    ground beef is fine ... i mean its just ground beef and you can even watch your butcher grind it.

    but some of those processed meat slices is pretty meh ... its anybody's guess what the hell is in there.

    If you shop at a good butcher shop, you pay a little more but you don't have to worry about what you're getting.
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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 12:52am) in reply to saxman

    I eat bologna and hot dogs because I like the taste...and because they're sterile.

    I don't think anything really grosses me out anymore.
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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 12:55am) in reply to saxman

    When you get a bag of frozen corn, that corn came from thousands of different ears that might not have all been from the same crop. Oh the horror!
  21. Autolobotomist Autolobotomist is offline playing air is my style? so what

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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 3:39am) in reply to C_Bomb

     
    Originally Posted by C_Bomb View Post

    You cannot tell the difference without looking up close. So unless you get the butcher to take the peice you want and put it right in front of you (which he won't because then you've been breathing all over it, so you'll have to buy it first) you have 1% chance to pick the difference and it is usually only a few cuts. Scotch fillet is common as is chuck steak.

    Sorry dude, if it's apparent in a streaming video on the internet I'm pretty certain that it's apparent in front of my eyes. lol 1%.
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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 3:43am) in reply to ParanoidAndroid

    dont care, dont care, dont care
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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 7:14am) in reply to Lameass_

  24. bluefin bluefin is offline

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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 3:28pm) in reply to AMARTIN1181

    How else would they sell "steaks" at the dollar store.
  25. slizza420 slizza420 is offline College Algebra FTW

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    May 9th, 2011 (5/9/2011 4:27pm) in reply to bluefin

    It seems as tho Android's mission in life is to turn everyone into vegetarians. It would be sweet to conduct an experiment where he had to eat nothing but meat for an entire month.
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