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The Other Fake Meat
Fox News ^
| 8/30/02
| Steve Milloy
Posted on 08/30/2002 6:34:11 AM PDT by gophergop
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:34:31 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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You might think the anti-meat food police at the Center for Science in the Public Interest would be cheering the new meat substitute Quorn.
Instead, CSPI is scaring the public and bad-mouthing Quorn to the Food and Drug Administration.
Quorn is "the processed cellular mass that is obtained from the filamentous fungus Fusarium venenatum strain PTA-2684," according to the manufacturer's application to the FDA. The fungus by-product was approved in the U.K. in 1985 and is the top-selling meat substitute in Europe.
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KEYWORDS: animalrights; cspi; fakefood; fda; food; foodscare; health; junkscience; luddites; meat; quorn
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posted on
08/30/2002 6:34:11 AM PDT
by
gophergop
To: gophergop
Damn... Saw the title and thought this was a Britney Spears Thread.
To: gophergop
This Quorn stuff sounds like what they put in Arbys sandwiches. Once upon a time, Arbys had REAL Roast Beef (RB) in their sandwiches and they were TERRIFIC. Then one day one of their cost accountants got the "bright" idea of adding some sort of meat substitute in the sandwiches as a cost saver. The result is some sort of chemical compound that looks a bit like roast beef but doesn't taste like it at all.
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posted on
08/30/2002 6:38:33 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
To: gophergop
filamentous fungus Fusarium venenatum strain PTA-2684 Try saying it 5 times fast.
To: gophergop
That Quorn stuff is - bar none - the worst thing I've ever tried to eat in my entire life. It was disgusting.
To: Keith in Iowa
Zippy the Pinhead loves eating food covered with Polysorbate 80. And his favorite desert is yogurt covered with taco sauce.
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posted on
08/30/2002 6:47:20 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
To: gophergop
Quorn is derived from a fungus and mushrooms are fungi. Yeah, and so is Athlete's foot. Yyyyyichk. Stick with soy.
To: gophergop
To: Constitution Day
I would put much trust in anything from any of the Nader outfits, but they might have a point here.
To: Keith in Iowa
That Quorn stuff is - bar none - the worst thing I've ever tried to eat in my entire life. It was disgusting. I salute your attempt, but there's no &*%#ing way anyone is ever going to get me to eat this.
Ever.
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posted on
08/30/2002 6:56:34 AM PDT
by
IncPen
To: gophergop
Mmmmm..... fungus..
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posted on
08/30/2002 6:57:33 AM PDT
by
Eddeche
To: PJ-Comix
This Quorn stuff sounds like what they put in Arbys sandwiches. Once upon a time, Arbys had REAL Roast Beef (RB) in their sandwiches and they were TERRIFIC. Then one day one of their cost accountants got the "bright" idea of adding some sort of meat substitute in the sandwiches as a cost saver. The result is some sort of chemical compound that looks a bit like roast beef but doesn't taste like it at all.I think you're right.
The last couple sandwiches I had there were kinda... spongy ?
That's not as bad as the other two problems that made stop going there:
1) Rookie meat slicers who cut the meat(?) too thick.
2) The dreaded chunk of gristle. If it's in one slice of meat(?) on your sandwich, it's usually in a bunch of them.
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posted on
08/30/2002 7:04:09 AM PDT
by
Eddeche
To: Keith in Iowa
That Quorn stuff is - bar none - the worst thing I've ever tried to eat in my entire life. It was disgusting.Spoken like a true Iowa Farmboy. Iowa's farmers (and their Mothers) thank you for this testimonial.
To: gophergop
I'll try anything CSPI hates. It's hard to imagine a higher recommendation.
To: IncPen
I'm with you. If somebody has trouble with the thought of eating real meat - DON'T EAT IT. If you try this stupid stuff, you deserve what you get.
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posted on
08/30/2002 7:07:13 AM PDT
by
HeadOn
To: Iowa Granny
Iowa... Home of the Iowa Chop.
To: PJ-Comix
Arybs "roast beef" is real beef, but it's been pulverized and glued back together. This in the name of having a "consistent" product. I'm pretty sure the ingredients are all "natural", but you're right. It doesn't taste or feel like roast beef.
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posted on
08/30/2002 7:39:21 AM PDT
by
js1138
To: Iowa Granny
...and we ALL thank Iowa farmboys (and their mothers) for REAL MEAT, all sizzling hot and fungus-free!
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posted on
08/30/2002 7:39:23 AM PDT
by
Sender
To: js1138
Arybs "roast beef" is real beef, but it's been pulverized and glued back together. This in the name of having a "consistent" product. I'm pretty sure the ingredients are all "natural", but you're right. It doesn't taste or feel like roast beef. Are you sure? It sure tastes like there is some soy or chemical additives in it. And what's this hangup with "consistency?" What good is "consitency" it if it tastes like crap? I would prefer the old "inconsistent" but great tasting Arbys.
p.s. I have a funny but true Arbys story involving a Hindu for whom eating beef is taboo. Perhaps I'll post it later.
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posted on
08/30/2002 7:53:07 AM PDT
by
PJ-Comix
To: PJ-Comix
" And his favorite desert is yogurt covered with taco sauce."
Yogurt with taco sauce........wow, I gotta try that.
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