***RANT***

[Kali]

I fucking HATE meat kotexes. you know, those gross pads they use to absorb excess juices from packaged fresh retail meat. they are gross on principle, they mean the meat is full of water, in warm weather they make your trash stink big time. then they attract skunks and dogs. I HATE them.

I have a big stray we rescued a few years ago who has a bit of a trash addiction anyway. he also has a chronic health problem that already involves a lot of puking. (look up megaesophagus). he had a bad week starting on the 5th and I had just been getting food to stay down him on Thursday. Last night he got a bungied lid off the trash and ate a huge kotex out of a family pack of chicken breasts.

I see some of it came back up in the driveway, but it is the fucking thin plastic that is part of their structure that pisses me off the most! that has real obstruction potential. fucking fuckety fuck fuck.

at least he already has a vet appointment for tomorrow. I was hoping to be able to say he seemed to be getting back on his feet after last week, but who knows how he will be doing today.

[MiHale]

1. You may not have the room...

or an additional freezer but we freeze our “going to be stinky” garbage. We call it freezer garbage.
We don’t have curbside pickup and take our own garbage to the dump. Finding a place to keep that kind of garbage was very important it’s usually 4-5 weeks til we pack up and take a dump run so we had to find a method to keep the stink down.

[dameatball]

2. Same here. I freeze it until trash day.

[LisaM]

3. Wow that's a great idea.

Never thought of that and there are times I could do that.

[Fla Dem]

4. Freezing is a good idea. I've been washing the ones I get.

I just squirt some dish soap on it, hold it under the faucet and hand wash it. I rinse then hand squeeze it to get all the liquid out. I have to wash my hands anyway after unpacking the meat so I just added this step. Works pretty well.

[Kali]

5. ha! I was just thinking out loud to my son about that

we already have a covered cheap ice cream bucket for "coyote scraps" that I don't want to put in the trash or that the chickens won't eat, shrimp shells and excess bones he can't have or when too many for the other dogs. we take that out every couple of weeks and dump it where the dogs wont get it. guess I need to get a box of kitchen trash bags for meat trays. grocery bags aren't quite right for the freezer.

this dog!

[cbabe]

7. I use empty milk cartons

for freezing. Don't need to buy yet more plastic.

[MiHale]

9. I love reusing ...

I save the envelopes that some of our online orders come in some are not recyclable so fill it up with freezer garbage. Plus they sit beautifully in the door rack (full freezer).

Haven’t done it but I sometimes think of sending it to a Republican rep. Seal it up frozen send away, be nice and ripe by the time it got there. Just a fantasy.

[Kali]

10. oh yeah those things!

perfect!

[Shrike47]

6. We've been freezing meat scraps and packaging for several years; we put it out once a week.

We have a small refrigerator but don’t run out of room.

[frazzled]

8. I've got an idea

Don’t buy pre-packaged meat, if that’s possible in your area. Pick your cuts from the butcher at the counter; she’ll just wrap it in paper. If you need to freeze, remove meat, wrap in Saran, and put it in a freezer bag.

[Kali]

11. I get beef that way

and even the local packing plant uses gross plastic. I make them wrap in paper, and would pay extra. it's the chicken from safeway that is the biggest problem for me. I don't have the means or time to search out better options, unfortunately.

[SCantiGOP]

12. I feel your pain, Kali, but....

this is definetely a case of First World problems:

----------I hate the little pads that groceries put in meat packages,
versus
----------I haven't been able to afford any meat in two months.

[Kali]

13. most deffinately

they also wouldn't be worrying about an abondoned dog with a chronic medical issue

[SCantiGOP]

14. I started noticing the First World arguments when I bought my daughter a car

It was for her college graduation, and she had saved me enough for several cars with her scholarships.

She was thrilled, but soon had to admit that she was a bit displeased that the car did not have seat heaters and her first job was going to take her to a cold climate.

[Kali]

15. LOL

now, kids' expectations is a whole 'nother rant.

[Auggie]

16. "Meat Kotexes?"

[Kali]

17. well? what else would you call them?

[Ptah]

18. Meat diapers.

[Kali]

19. they don't really wrap around anything

closest to my mind is kotex, I wonder what the industry calls them. I have noticed a couple of different types if anybody wants to really explore the topic. please don't let me go googling this, I will be up all night. again.

[Ptah]

20. Google - Help - I accidentally cooked the absorbent pad from under my meat!

https://www.slowcookercentral.com/help-accidentally-cooked-absorbent-pad-meat/


I have Googlemania. Help!

What is the pad that comes with meat?

Absorbent meat pads or absorbent meat soakers are the little package that often sits between your raw meat and your butchers tray. They are essentially an absorbent pad with an often plastic type of cover.

[Kali]

21. ahahahaha!

meat soakers! that is grosser than meat kotex!

[Auggie]

22. I had never thought about it, actually. Meat Kotex is perfect!

Thanks for sharing (and making my day)!

[UTUSN]

23. I didn't know.