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29. salt is not chlorine. putting ammonia in beef is more like dipping french fries in bleach

Mon Apr 2, 2012, 12:14 PM

Apr 2012

but youre correct in stating that regarding this process in am under-informed but i dont think your NaCl comparison is as accurate as the bleach analogy i stated. salt enhances flavor ammonia is a poison and leaves traces of itself in the food
bottom line (for me anyway)is i could taste it i used to eat alot of mcd's dbl cheeseburgers and it got to the point where i could no longer stomach them i told my wife there's something wrong with these and i can no longer eat them and gave them up. months later i found out they stopped using this stuff and now theyre delicious again.

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Beef processor files for bankruptcy over 'pink slime' uproar [View all] Ian David Apr 2012 OP

miller quality? izquierdista Apr 2012 #1

Moran's? Their motto: "Only morans eat pink slime beef" wordpix Apr 2012 #2

I believe this is the tip of the iceberg. rhett o rick Apr 2012 #3

850 more jobs sacrificed to scientific illiteracy and delicate sensibilities. Robb Apr 2012 #4

Agree with you in principle that emotions obviously trump reality in this case. randome Apr 2012 #10

the reality is that people do not want to eat pink slime. iemitsu Apr 2012 #23

I know they don't. randome Apr 2012 #52

Upton Sinclair wrote of those "delicate sensibilities" so often trivialized. LanternWaste Apr 2012 #13

To even make the comparison speaks to the scientific illiteracy part. Robb Apr 2012 #17

what scientific illiteracy are u talking about ? leftyohiolib Apr 2012 #20

You're demonstrating my point. Robb Apr 2012 #24

salt is not chlorine. putting ammonia in beef is more like dipping french fries in bleach leftyohiolib Apr 2012 #29

Sounds like a hormonal imbalance. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #45

Ammonium hydroxide is actually a misleading term -- it's basically ammonia dissolved in water. eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 #40

you may know chemistry, but I know I don't want to eat ammonium hydroxide wordpix Apr 2012 #49

+1 harmonicon Apr 2012 #25

People have the right to choose. katsy Apr 2012 #26

It's time to ban Travelman Apr 2012 #27

ha ha. bitchkitty Apr 2012 #33

Not wanting AMMONIA-TREATED MYSTERY MEAT is "delicate sensibilities"??? Odin2005 Apr 2012 #39

I'll see if you know: Robb Apr 2012 #44

enough so it tastes like cardboard? wordpix Apr 2012 #50

850 jobs sacrificed to a bad business model. eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 #41

the latest scientific evidence shows that no amount of red meat is "safe" Mosby Apr 2012 #43

If you're referring to lot-fattened, corn-fed, antibiotic-injected red meat, I hear you. Psephos Apr 2012 #54

Agree .99center Apr 2012 #48

Nonsense.. sendero Apr 2012 #53

"...it plans to sell some or all of its assets" KansDem Apr 2012 #5

"Calling Mitt Romney!" Priceless wordpix Apr 2012 #51

Change their business model--add carrots, green beans and vitamins, and call it dog food. MADem Apr 2012 #6

Not my problem. I gave up (meat based) hamburgers a generation ago. nt onehandle Apr 2012 #7

why not make real meat instead of closing? robinlynne Apr 2012 #8

Bad business model to start with.... Evasporque Apr 2012 #9

especially if you use "fresh" air. ChairmanAgnostic Apr 2012 #11

I am sure the workers can be retrained. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #12

What about the ones that have associate degrees in Slime Management? n/t Ian David Apr 2012 #14

Food irradiation is the alternative so there is sure to be work in those plants. nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #18

why bankruptch nadeltanz Apr 2012 #15

You do realize that no ammonia is actually put in the final product? nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #16

well unless youre the one doing the finalizing you cant say that. but we surely can believe the corp leftyohiolib Apr 2012 #21

Just don't eat any hotdogs...ever nt Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #22

Actually, it basically does disappear without a trace Travelman Apr 2012 #28

yes i do. i have alot of stuff in my body none of which i want on my food.(maybe the salt and sugar) leftyohiolib Apr 2012 #30

And there is NOTHING remotely like drinking a bottle of ammonia cleaner here Travelman Apr 2012 #34

'Moran's'? LOL. Lawsuit? They should be charged criminally for adulterating food. freshwest Apr 2012 #19

I have always found frozen hamburgers and ground meat in a roll disgusting. Now I know why. appleannie1 Apr 2012 #31

I've seen Moran's at the local Lucky but hadn't Googled it yet Amerigo Vespucci Apr 2012 #32

Looks like the "hand of the marketplace" has spoken. mistertrickster Apr 2012 #35

The easy solution--veggie diet mistertrickster Apr 2012 #36

CORRECTION: Beef processor files for bankruptcy over shitty product. eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 #37

I'm familiar with this problem... Ian David Apr 2012 #38

Seems to me they "went bankrupt" pretty darn fast. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2012 #42

I did notice that as well quakerboy Apr 2012 #46

Get a brain-eating bacterial infection, morans Blue Owl Apr 2012 #47

Follow the money on this one people benld74 Apr 2012 #55