That's mechanically recovered 'meat', known as slurry,which is basically all the bits left on a carcass that can't be removed by humans... they blast it off with high-powered water jets then use various methods to solidify the resulting 'slurry'.
(Edit: I was mistaken; the most common technique is to put the 'trimmings' into a centrifuge and spin off the remaining meat).
After that they have to chemically treat it because so much of the stuff that's recovered is from close to the animals' hide and is therefore highly likely to be contaminated by feces and dirt. The treated slurry is what you're seeing in the picture.
Over here, McDonalds recently changed their method of treating slurry because the details leaked out and people were disgusted... apparently until then they thought they were buying pure prime beef patties and all the trimmings for 99c each, ffs.
Of course McD's haven't suddenly started using prime beef, they can't possibly afford to at their prices. What they've done is change the way they chemically treat their slurry, then put out a bunch of press releases saying, 'we do things differently now!'
Enjoy your slurry folks :)
((Edit: I was mistaken; the most common technique is to put the 'trimmings' into a centrifuge and spin off the remaining meat).
After that they have to chemically treat it because so much of the stuff that's recovered is from close to the animals' hide and is therefore highly likely to be contaminated by feces and dirt. The treated slurry is what you're seeing in the picture.
Over here, McDonalds recently changed their method of treating slurry because the details leaked out and people were disgusted... apparently until then they thought they were buying pure prime beef patties and all the trimmings for 99c each, ffs.
Of course McD's haven't suddenly started using prime beef, they can't possibly afford to at their prices. What they've done is change the way they chemically treat their slurry, then put out a bunch of press releases saying, 'we do things differently now!'
Enjoy your slurry folks :)
mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ,
Thu 15 Mar 2012, 16:06,
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Well if I have to eat that slurryI would rather eat it in an anonymous burger form
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h3donist tryin' to play me out as if my name is Sega..,
Thu 15 Mar 2012, 16:10,
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NO WAII ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS EATING KOBE BEEF!
Even so, I didn't know it was called slurry. I always thought it was "all the other bits we can't sell"
(Even so, I didn't know it was called slurry. I always thought it was "all the other bits we can't sell"
mr horrible up yours, dickface,
Thu 15 Mar 2012, 16:12,
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And looking at that is about as appetising as seeing an animal having its head lopped off,innards removed and being sliced down the middle with a chainsaw.
Still not a veggie though...
(Still not a veggie though...
joefish It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks,
Thu 15 Mar 2012, 16:18,
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