On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Mugsy Lunsford <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Aug 21, 2012, at 11:31 PM, M Christol wrote: > > > I am so jealous - you are in for such a treat!!!!! > > > > On 8/21/12 8:53 PM, mex sara wrote: > >> > >> > >> Pink Slime will have to look that up > > I've been doing my part to interrupt the flow of pink slime into this > country by purchasing the chicken parts before they are shipped to China. > When I first contacted the CEO of one company I buy from, and asked him > where all his offcuts went, he was floored - he had no idea, and had not > thought to ask. When he found out that they were all being sold to China, > he called back, fairly well furious, because he had taken a few days to > follow the chain, and learned that the McNuggets he bought were actually > coming from his company. They were taking a circuitous route to China to be > mechanically separated, turned into pink slime, and then shipped back. This > fellow had been in business for a long time, and had not been keeping track > of every contract his company had. His lengthy explanation of what he had > learned was not news to me - I knew what was going on before I called him. > When he finished and I said "yes, this is what's been happening to US grown > meat over the last few decades," he was astonished. He has since then been > quite amenable to selling me whatever I ask for, and has lowered his > minimum purchase weight to 500lbs to accommodate the small size of my > business. He told me last month that whenever I'm ready to grow, he's ready > to kill off those contracts. I can't use all of what he discards in this > way, but keep working on other ideas. > > Ironically, some of the things big agriculture have been pushing for will > eventually mean that our meats and produce will not be exportable at all. > Except to China. > > and India - well the beef might be a little redundant in India them being Hindu an all ammonium hydroxide you gotta be kidding me .... I wonder how the workers at the slime plants are doing .... though it is probably highly mechanised well at least they are helping "the nations #1 health problem by removing the fat" yeah but they are using it to make COOKING OIL ! so are they mixing it with those fab hydrogenated vegetable shortenings?... go the trans fat ! if only the High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) people would get with the program ... oh yeah ... corn syrup in everything isn't going to give you obesity <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity>, cardiovascular disease<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease>, diabetes <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes>, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-alcoholic_fatty_liver_disease> . hooray for the modern world it holds such promise ! mx > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en.
