Sept 30, 2010: Mystery Meat

xoxoxoBruce · 09-30-2010, 02:30 AM

Ahh mystery meat, the magical ingredient staple in school cafeterias and cheap diners.
What's it taste like?
The cafeteria ladies, and greasy spoon chefs, reply, "Anything you want, kid, name it".
But what is it, what's it made from?
This batch, chicken.

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Say hello to mechanically separated chicken.
It’s what all fast-food chicken is made from—things like chicken nuggets and patties.
Also, the processed frozen chicken in the stores is made from it.

Basically, the entire chicken is smashed and pressed through a sieve—bones, eyes, guts, and all. it comes out looking like this.

There’s more: because it’s crawling with bacteria, it will be washed with ammonia, soaked in it, actually.
Then, because it tastes gross, it will be reflavored artificially.
Then, because it is weirdly pink, it will be dyed with artificial color.

Yum yum.

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Pico and ME · 09-30-2010, 02:38 AM

Oh God, no more chicken nuggets for me...ever. That's disgusting.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-30-2010, 02:50 AM

Bubble gum python.

GunMaster357 · 09-30-2010, 04:46 AM

No wonder I prefer to buy whole chicken for cooking...
...and I almost never buy processed meat.

SPUCK · 09-30-2010, 06:45 AM

Sheldonrs · 09-30-2010, 07:15 AM

Just like Mom used to process.

casimendocina · 09-30-2010, 07:45 AM

So glad I bought tofu today.

casimendocina · 09-30-2010, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs

Just like Mom used to process.

My mum didn't put ammonia through it, just her finger nails.

monster · 09-30-2010, 07:56 AM

That's more mechanically joined than mechanically separated, though......

casimendocina · 09-30-2010, 08:00 AM

I'm starting to conjour up images of Sweeney Todd. Uuuuggghhh.

monster · 09-30-2010, 08:19 AM

My parents swore there was a euphemism/codename for the human flesh in the pies, but I can't remember it -I'm thinking "Albanian Lamb"? But when i google Sweeney Todd, I can't find anything and googling albanian lamb leads to recipes. Anyway, whenever we asked what sort of meat was in something, that's what they'd say. Perhaps it really was Albanian lamb?

stevecrm · 09-30-2010, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

What's it taste like?
The cafeteria ladies, and greasy spoon chefs, reply, "Anything you want, kid, name it".

Strawberry ice cream flavour meat please

glatt · 09-30-2010, 08:26 AM

Q: What cuts of the animal are in that meat?
A: Whatever could squeeze through the little holes of the sieve.

casimendocina · 09-30-2010, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by monster

My parents swore there was a euphemism/codename for the human flesh in the pies, but I can't remember it -I'm thinking "Albanian Lamb"? But when i google Sweeney Todd, I can't find anything and googling albanian lamb leads to recipes. Anyway, whenever we asked what sort of meat was in something, that's what they'd say. Perhaps it really was Albanian lamb?

Give me 24 hours. I should have an answer.

Spexxvet · 09-30-2010, 08:53 AM

Ugh! Nuggets has eyes...

09-30-2010, 02:50 AM	#3
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GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	No wonder I prefer to buy whole chicken for cooking... ...and I almost never buy processed meat. __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

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monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	That's more mechanically joined than mechanically separated, though...... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-30-2010, 08:19 AM	#11
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	My parents swore there was a euphemism/codename for the human flesh in the pies, but I can't remember it -I'm thinking "Albanian Lamb"? But when i google Sweeney Todd, I can't find anything and googling albanian lamb leads to recipes. Anyway, whenever we asked what sort of meat was in something, that's what they'd say. Perhaps it really was Albanian lamb? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-30-2010, 02:38 AM	#2
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Oh God, no more chicken nuggets for me...ever. That's disgusting.

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casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	So glad I bought tofu today.

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casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	I'm starting to conjour up images of Sweeney Todd. Uuuuggghhh.

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Q: What cuts of the animal are in that meat? A: Whatever could squeeze through the little holes of the sieve.

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