Great illustration to debunk "pink slime" fiasco

A friend posted this on facebook and I think so far it best illustrates the harmlessness of the lean, finely-textured beef. I encourage you to post it to your facebook profile too!

republicans  red slime
democrats  blue slime

It will be interesting to see how long BPI keeps those plants closed or running at % capacity.  When this all came out I was really leary because I have sat through BPI presentations before and talked to their recruitment people.  Great people and a great company also it seems to me.  They haven't always been the most transparent however at times, but after this ordeal I don't see that being an issue.

knabe said:

republicans  red slime
democrats   blue slime

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Knabe, perfect analogy. <rock>

knabe said:

republicans  red slime
democrats   blue slime

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And the media that gives them the forum to speak is Brown Slime.   ;D ;D  <beer>

It doesn't seem to matter what it is or isn't, it's what it's labled as.  Pink Slime -  it just sounds disgusting and then they say sprayed with ammonia, etc. immediate turnoff from the public who don't understand, which immediately turns to super store chain after super store chain taking the high road and saying we will not use this product anymore so it is safe for you to keep coming to our store to shop.  Last I heard WALMART had not taken this imaginary high road (suprise, no really it is suprising), but their is a long list that has for the moment.  I guess if this country doesn't eat the food we produce, others will be more than happy to.

I'm sure there a lot of other less than desireable names that can be thought up for everything thing else we eat. :

This debate has increased demand for our lean trim.  (clapping) Now if we can get our dollar under parity  <party>

Anybody know what the minimum percentage of actual meat is in pink slime?  How much of the final product can be connective tissue and how much has to be meat to meet the minimum requirements?  Is it just enough meat to turn the mixture pink?  I don't know, but I am hoping that my meat processor is just getting what they can get with the knife and tossing the rest.  I would rather not have connective tissue pudding added to my hamburger.  There is a reason I don't eat hot dogs and this is it.

Boiling bones for stock is the same stuff

Not washing your hands is way more gross.

What Knabe is referring to I believe is boiling bones for soup stock.  Bones and their marrow give soups way more flavor.  Broth is made from meat and scraps without bone is my understanding.  My understanding is the "Pink Slim" is 100% lean protein.  I never read that connective tissue is part of the final product, connective tissue may be spun and any meat pulled off, but how is that different than mechanically separated chicken?

hamburgman said:

What Knabe is referring to I believe is boiling bones for soup stock.  Bones and their marrow give soups way more flavor.  Broth is made from meat and scraps without bone is my understanding.

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Sorry my bad I can be very thick sometimes

The Kansas Livestock Assn magazine had a article in their monthly magazine on it. I realize that jobs aren't static but I heard Diane Sawyers report on the deal got the slime on the slime going. I heard 800 jobs lost on the deal.

Diane sawyer is himmler.

How is pink slime different than a hot dog?

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/374416/abc-news-defend-pink-slime-coverage-south-dakota-jury-eliana-johnson


In Sawyer’s first report on “pink slime,” a product intended to prevent the sort of contamination that, in the early 1990s, claimed the lives of three children who ate undercooked burgers at Jack in the Box, she warned that beef trimmings “once used only in dog food and cooking oil” might be be hiding in your dinner. The network sent Avila to grocery stores across the country to ask whether their ground beef contained “pink slime” and urged consumers to demand answers to the same question.

ABC filed motions to dismiss the suit on several grounds, including that “slime” is not a derogatory term by which to refer to beef. Lean finely textured beef, “much like all ground beef, is slimy,” it argued.

that last quote is to me, the crux of the argument. to me, the lawsuit is a some of the commenters suggest, is about the long term elimination of meat in diets, and to me, the apex of hypocrisy on a number of levels.

A concern I have with the original photo is the ammunition it may give to our enemies.  Dealing with the media can be lose lose sometimes.

hevmando said:

A concern I have with the original photo is the ammunition it may give to our enemies.  Dealing with the media can be lose lose sometimes.

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by default, the media is motivated to discredit any claim by any means necessary.  character assassination, inflammatory words, whatever. their use of adjectives and adverbs border on criminal, which hopefully in this case proves to be so. removing the agenda based words will help them do their job better, which it seems they are incapable of doing themselves, especially at the level of diane sawyer. her mannerisms on camera just beg a complete display of bias and negativity. for some reason, the news has become and editorial or advocacy group.

Why is the industry so unwilling to tailor their products to meet the demands of the people?  I can't think of any other industry where consumers give feedback and then are chastised by manufacturers/ producers who boast a "like it or leave it" mentality.  The concerns are met with such defensiveness that it gives the impression that somethin fishy's goin on.