Cow Crap and Pink Slime-Yummy!

I believe it was the movie Fast Food Nation that made such an impact on me regarding ground beef which is why I have not eaten the product in over 5 years and may never eat again.  The movie’s main premise was to inform the public that there is cow crap in ground beef and the fast food companies know it and accept this fact and serve it to their customers every day.  The movie also showed how the cows are slaughtered and how disgusting and dirty the plants are that handle the bulk ground beef that is packaged and sent to major fast food chains.    

Apparently, ground beef has major issues with salmonella, ecolli and other assorted bacteria.  There are many recent recalls found on the USDA website listing ground beef as one of the main culprits. http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/enteritidis-07-12/index.html.  

Do you know what you are putting into your body when you go to McDonalds, Burger King or In and Out to have a big juicy burger?  Well, it was only until recently when the fast food companies were selling you a big juicy burger filled with pink slime!   Lycogala epidendrum, commonly known as wolf's milk, groening's slime, or pink slime is a species of plasmodial slime mould , according to Wikipedia.   MMMmmm…yummy!    Do you trust your local fast food burger joint now?

Pink slime is the mechanically processed beef product known to the processed meat industry as LFTB or lean finely textured beef.  They take all the beef trimmings that would normally be used only for dog food and treat it with ammonia to kill the bacteria which turns into cow slur or pink slime which is added to ground beef in order to bulk it up and make it more affordable.  There is a very good chance that you have eaten this product already and our children have eaten it at school.

This is a food that I can do without in my life. After all, there are many other risks that we have no control over that affect our health. Why would we knowingly choose to ingest a product with so many negative side effects?