SC - Freshness of meat

[LrdRas@aol.com]

Minna said...
>I have to suspect that if you saw how meat is handled nowadays before it lays
>swathed in poly & styrofoam that you wouldn't eat it either.  Most people are
>ignorant of the meat processing industry.  The key thing is-- most of us
>prefer to remain ignorant and pretend meat appears in the supermarket meat
>cooler.

You're right I don not want to know what goes on before I see it all pretty
in the freezer display case at my local. But not for the reasons you may
think. Coming from the farm I am aware of exactly what goes one when one
prepares and tranfers meat and you know what, I don't care. What I DO care
about is the fact that there are people (the customers) handling the meat
while purchasing, the lack of any coverage, and the flys and other buggies
that habituate the butcher section of a typical Mexican grocery. Most of the
beef where I was at was of exceptional quality (Argentinian) and that didn't
make one iota of difference to me. I would rather go to the North American
grocery and pay $12. (American!) for a pound of prepackaged and imported bacon!


>Who knows how many days their supermarket meat has been slaughtered before it
>shows up in the meat case?  Not I.  How can we responsibly assume that our
>society (which trucks beef across the continent) actually puts fresher meat on
>our tables?  Frankly, I'm with Ras (A'aql, gesundheit!).  They probably had
>fresher meat than we do.

Now on this one I have to somewhat disagree. As we have concurred, there
were laws in the MA about meat and meat preservation just as there are now.
I can't help but feel reassured that to a degree of safety the meat in the
supermarket is not going to poison me. And if it does (ie, it fell thru' the
cracks on its past due date) then if someone is careless enough to purchase
it, it may just remove them from the gene pool so they don't procreate and
spawn any other stupid gits. <large grin>

Another thing that might interest you is that here in Cda our meat grading
laws are not only different than in the States but more strict about it as
well. Our Food & Drug Act is one of the most strict and conservative in the
world. Thats not necessarily a good thing tho'. Alot of drugs that get
passed in the States are no-no's here for years after. Take Viagra for
instance. Or all the really effective AIDS drugs, which are not available
here. So in some instances its not a good thing.

Micaylah






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