I’m sure you’ve all seen that picture of mechanically separated chicken. I saw it months ago but Gizmodo just picked it up recently so it’s all over the blogosphere again.
But.. have you seen this? It’s an ad for a deboning machine, and it sounds like an ESL infomercial.
It is seriously gross. The product coming out the other end looks like meat diarrhea. There could be literally a thousand different birds in one little tube. Incidentally, this is the reason I stopped buying pre-ground beef. My grocery store and Whole Foods will grind right there in the store so at least I know I’m getting parts of just one animal.
We love hot dogs but seriously? I may never eat one again.
Real Foodies – what are your vices, the foods you know you shouldn’t eat but that you love? I will speak plainly. M&M cookies will always have a place in my heart.
H/T The Consumerist
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Gulp, being honest here. My vice, chili dogs. I know, I know. Disgusting. Does it help that the dogs are from free range, all natural sources and I know the farmers that are raising the meats and I know their processes from start to finish? The chili, well, not so much. But it’s not the worst on the shelf. Sigh, no, no way out of it. It’s just a disgusting food on a bun. Guess that’s why I only eat about 2 each year.
There’s a chain here in Houston called James Coney Island and we just tried them a couple of months ago – so good! I love a good chili dog, too – with sweet relish, ketchup, and onions.
We eat Hebrew National in our house so not worried about the dogs BUT I am investing in a grinder for the Kitchenaid mixer. Been thinking about it a while–since I read about the young woman (NYT) that was felled by an e-coli infected frozen burger her mother got at Sam’s–not Sam’s fault, the manufacturer and the policies by which the companies (and this country) process our meat. Meat from THREE different locations were in that single burger. That is so wrong. My ground stuff comes from Whole Foods like Lisa’s and I buy my birds whole. Now I’m gonna learn to grind my own meat–oh, and to learn how to make my own sausage too :–)
@ Susan
Oh I would love to have a meat grinder attachment! I’m waiting for a sale at the Kitchenaid outlet, maybe for Christmas (yeah, I’m boring like that.) We are a sausage loving family. I have a recipe to make your own pork breakfast sausage, but since the ground pork and the pork breakfast sausage at Whole Foods cost the same I just buy the sausage. My husband would marry me all over again if I could make him salami, LOL!
If I’m going to be bad, I’m going to be BAAAAAAAD. My vices are McDonald’s chicken nuggets & fries and Burger King’s Whopper. I know they are practically made by the devil but man I love those things!
I have a meat grinder, I think I’ll start grinding my own beef and things. I’ve been using it to grind liver and other organ meats to sneak into meatloaf ect, no reason not to just grind everything!
Ewwwww!
Hebrew National are the only dogs we aren’t allergic to here, so I guess we are still okay. Even at that, we only have them once or twice a year. We tend to be more of the cooking from scratch types most days.
@Birdie
Really? I thought Hebrew National had soy in them. I’ve never tried them. Our grocery sells organic, uncured hot dogs but they cost more than “actual” meat ($4-5 a pack) so I never buy them!
Speak of the devil…hot dogs are my vice although I prefer all beef dogs. I love to top them with a thousand different things…gourmet hot dogs are all the rage here in denver. Lots of new restaurants popping up. my fave is Smashburgers Colorado dog. It is split down the middle filled with a chipotle-cheddar sauce and topped with fried Colorado chiles and caramalised onions lettuce tomato and served on a chipotle bun.
Also on MHMs comment-outdoor world or cabelas or any other hunting supply store will sell very affordable meat grinder sausage makers and other fabulous kitchen equipment. I find awesome things like single serving cast iron skillets fabo knives and sushi kits for far less than Sur la Table or other retail kitchen supply stores.
Another guilty pleasure that I LOVE are mocha lattes. But now that I’m finding out more about how child slavery is involved with chocolate, I might have to rethink that. Hershey and Nestle are the worst big companies about sourcing chocolate made on plantations using child slaves and those are almost ALWAYS the brands I see at the coffee shops.
And yeah, there’s a post coming about that… I use my blog posts to keep me straight and for my own reference. If it’s in the computer I can’t lose it!
My husband loves hot dogs. I’ve got him using the Nathan’s, which are at least a little better, but still…
I don’t do hot dogs. Nope, not this chick.
Although, I have been known to feed them to a grouchy hungry toddler.
The coffee pot in my kitchen is practically a family member I love coffee so much. But I am the only one in the house who drinks coffee. I drink organic fair trade certified when I can afford it…most of the time its one or the other. Oh and I love Wendys. now they have applewood smoked bacon which is my fave.
I always buy grassfed hot dogs from my meat farmer now, but we used to do Hebrew National, and are fine with those in general. Milehimama, what about Fair Trade chocolate? Equal Exchange makes FABULOUS chocolate, and I don’t feel guilty at all!
americans loves hot dogs. we can’t help it. it’s hot dogs!
I love hotdogs. Probably because we hardly ever got them at home. I just pretend like it is chopped sirloin. hehe
I do have a meat grinder attachment and have used it for grinding roasts and deer meat. Haven’t used it for chicken or pork. It is worth the investment if you already have the kitchen-aid. but a kitchen aid is a MUST HAVE!! I don’t know how you live without one.
Powdered coffee creamer (sigh). It’s the last holdout of trans fats, soy, etc, etc in my life on a daily basis. I’m currently trying different replacements. I know, I should just weed out the coffee
and hopefully I will at some point.
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