Possible ban on halal/kosher meat in the Neds

[a completely inoffensive name]

Perhaps in the Neds... it's an absolute disgrace for the USA and it's mostly because people are hopelessly addicted to processed meat, say the words "Cut back a bit if you can't afford good quality" doesn't ring with many people here... so bad quality has absorbed the market, and nobody cares because of government subsidies that have choked the profitability out of sustainable and dare-I-say humane ranching/farming methods.

People are not addicted to processed meat, they are addicted to cheap meat. Big difference. I once had a fresh, natural ranched steak and my taste buds were never happier, but I still enjoy Wendy's when I am hungry just because I am happy to get so much food for so little.

[Fragony]

People are not addicted to processed meat, they are addicted to cheap meat. Big difference. I once had a fresh, natural ranched steak and my taste buds were never happier, but I still enjoy Wendy's when I am hungry just because I am happy to get so much food for so little.

OT we have the best thing evar here, a culinary take-away. Yesterday I had one with belgian-mayonnaise, truffle flakes and parmasan cheese & roasted lemon skin. Tasty indeed.

[Samurai Waki]

People are not addicted to processed meat, they are addicted to cheap meat. Big difference. I once had a fresh, natural ranched steak and my taste buds were never happier, but I still enjoy Wendy's when I am hungry just because I am happy to get so much food for so little.

Uhhh.... if the meat contains a large quantity of Sodium Nitrite it's been processed. That's everything from Hamburger and Steaks you buy at the Grocery Store to McDonald's Meat Slurries.

[a completely inoffensive name]

Uhhh.... if the meat contains a large quantity of Sodium Nitrite it's been processed. That's everything from Hamburger and Steaks you buy at the Grocery Store to McDonald's Meat Slurries.

EDIT: Forget what I said earlier, let me be more clear.

I understand that almost all the meat you can buy contains some sort of chemical treatment or processing but that doesn't mean that people are addicted to it. The chemicals that are put in there help the meat last longer, helps it ship long distances and is what makes the meat cheap in the first place. All cheap meat will have these processing methods on them because that is how you get cheap meat.

However, you can give a natural, grass fed (idk what they eat actually) steer, T-bone steak that is 100% natural, no processing and people will enjoy much more than the processed food. The problem is that it is more expensive and people enjoy having more money in their pocket when they eat then having the superior taste. It's not an issue of being addicted to the chemicals they put in, its an issue of wanting to keep as much money as possible, which is how most people are in every financial situation/transaction.

[Samurai Waki]

EDIT: Forget what I said earlier, let me be more clear.

I understand that almost all the meat you can buy contains some sort of chemical treatment or processing but that doesn't mean that people are addicted to it. The chemicals that are put in there help the meat last longer, helps it ship long distances and is what makes the meat cheap in the first place. All cheap meat will have these processing methods on them because that is how you get cheap meat.

However, you can give a natural, grass fed (idk what they eat actually) steer, T-bone steak that is 100% natural, no processing and people will enjoy much more than the processed food. The problem is that it is more expensive and people enjoy having more money in their pocket when they eat then having the superior taste. It's not an issue of being addicted to the chemicals they put in, its an issue of wanting to keep as much money as possible, which is how most people are in every financial situation/transaction.

And yet meat products are more expensive than they've ever been... funny that, huh? Drive all the lifelong Ranchers out of business and then jack up the prices... while processing plants of today are more reminiscent of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" than they were fifteen or twenty years ago. It seems like the consumer is really getting screwed if it's all about prices.

[a completely inoffensive name]

And yet meat products are more expensive than they've ever been... funny that, huh? Drive all the lifelong Ranchers out of business and then jack up the prices... while processing plants of today are more reminiscent of Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" than they were fifteen or twenty years ago. It seems like the consumer is really getting screwed if it's all about prices.

Yes, what you have said is all correct. How does this negate my point?

[Samurai Waki]

Was I supposed to?

[a completely inoffensive name]

Was I supposed to?

Oh I'm sorry. I was assuming from general angry tone coming from your post that you were trying to make statement about something I said.

I see you were just rolling with it now.

You know what really pisses me off about meat nowadays? All the generic "steakhouses" won't even let me get my medium rare steak the way I want it. Oh sure they have it as an option but sometimes it seems as if they carbonize the entire outside layer and then quit right before the pink is gone so they can say it is "medium rare". I don't want to eat charcoal, I want my meat browned on the outside and practically raw in the middle. I guess too many idiots sued them because they didn't want to take the responsibility.

I cry every time someone orders it well done. What was the point in killing the cow in the first place?