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To: Jack Hydrazine

I believe that photo is actually of mechanically separated chicken.

I understand that the process is similar to how they produce “pink slime”. The end result is a slurry.

I believe mechanically separated chicken may actually be sold as a stand alone product in the form of Chicken Nugget type foods. I could be wrong about that though.

The “pink slime”, aka “finely textured beef” is a beef filler which is added to ground beef. I think it is actually too lean, among other reasons, to be sold as a stand alone product.


18 posted on 05/07/2012 9:39:45 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Longbow1969

It is claimed the nutrition is roughly the same as 90/10 beef. I haven’t tried it, but it sounds like it would be better than a burger from 93/7 (which are decent, if not as tasty as say 75/25).

If it was cheaper than 93/7, and available, I would definitely try it, however, it appears BPI built their business on USDA school contracts, and recently, pet foods. I think the BPI disaster is more a lesson of why you shouldn’t hitch your wagon to the government in any shape or form, unless it’s the defense industry and you have very good lawyers.

I would suspect that any left over ammonia cooks off if you go for well done (I do on my burgers, unless I make them from packaged ground beef).


21 posted on 05/07/2012 9:47:38 PM PDT by Aqua225 (Realist)
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