What's in Wal Mart meat?

[spinbaby]

I was in our local Wal Mart this weekend with the in-laws--not my usual haunt, but you have to go along with relatives sometimes--and was looking at their meat. The labels all say something along the lines of "Contains up to a 10% solution."

A 10% solution of what?

[LostinVA]

1. Quite a few places do this

It's a water/salt solution, I think.

[spinbaby]

2. I've never seen it on meat labels anywhere else

And certainly would avoid paying for saline at meat prices.

[underpants]

3. Infused carbon monoxide and diluted saltwater

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Whole-Foods-and-Cooking/2007-06-01/Shocking-News-About-Meat.aspx

The meat can actually go bad while it looks edible.

Enjoy

[baldguy]

5. The meat industry is forcing me to be a vegetarian.

:puke:

[underpants]

8. My wife and I decided to meet the people who make our food

there is a farm fairly near here that sells steaks and cuts not just sides of beef. We also get actually free range chickens (yes I love free range jokes as much as the next guy) they eat grass and bugs etc.

The grass fed beef is simply not the same as anything in the stores. I don't have much of a sense of taste and NO sense of smell but I can tell a difference. The eggs are fantastic.

You can look one up in your area.

[skygazer]

16. I used to raise all my meat

A pig every year, the occasional beef, chickens, turkeys, etc. People would be shocked - "how can you kill that poor thing?" I'd ask them, "Do you have any idea where the meat you eat comes from?"

Sure - a package in the grocery store. :eyes:

My animals were loved, fed well, vetted, and killed as humanely as possible. Anyone who eats meat who has a problem with that is a hypocrite. I've seen feedlots and slaughterhouses - they're not nice places.

Vegans who have a problem with it are fully entitled to. :)

[spinbaby]

7. Yuck!

I'll stick with the Giant Eagle where they have a nice butcher cut the meat for you.

[underpants]

9. You eat eagles!!!

Old joke about guy serving his starving son and himself a California Condor. In court after his sob story the judge lets him off but he has to know, what does it taste like?

Mmmm somewhere between a bald eagle and baby seal

:bounce:

Yes butchers are great. They tend to buy locally too but it is hard to find an actual butcer these days. A buddy of mine has one but he drives almost and hour to get there.

[Gormy Cuss]

18. The salted water raises the sodium content quite a bit

Not only does the meat taste salty, it represents a hidden source of sodium for those who have high blood pressure.

[rug]

4. Executed Chinese.

[underpants]

6. LOL

I was going to post something about Mexicans but I didn't

Truthfully at this point I wouldn't be surprised.

[BlueJazz]

10. I couldn't resist >>>

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. S'Meat

[meegbear]

12. What exactly were you looking at?

Is this like a box of frozen patties or a cut of meat?

[spinbaby]

14. Cuts

Steaks, pork chops, that kind of meat.

[Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel]

13. You REALLY don't want to know...

:shrug:

[underpants]

17. Laws and sausage

[Tyler Durden]

15. Was this poultry or beef?

Most of the poultry (Even the so-called "Amish" stuff) has 15% "basting" solution. If I knew a local chicken farmer, I wouldn't buy the stuff either.

The Local Kroger and Meijer pack their own beef though. The Meijer even uses those old paper things and wraps it in waxed butcher paper.

[spinbaby]

19. Beef and pork n/t