Horse Burgers?

[kwackers]

Apparently the French can't see what all the fuss is about. Horse meat is more expensive than beef so we were getting a bargain.

I don't mind the horse meat so much as the fact that they don't know what's going into their product. So what else is in there?

I've thought for decades that the food industry is pretty rank.
Although being vegetarian I can't help a tiny snigger sneaking out. (Until it turns out someone has been painting parsnips orange...)

Just more evidence against processed food I think.

[Geriatrix]

Although being vegetarian...

Horrors! They may even be putting vegetables in their products.

[kwackers]

Although being vegetarian...

Horrors! They may even be putting vegetables in their products.

Whatever next! People not being able to have that coronary bypass that they've 'saved' for all their lives? It truly is a horror...

[reohn2]

Although being vegetarian...

I shouldn't worry they won't Find-us

[TonyR]

I've thought for decades that the food industry is pretty rank.

I remember being told years ago that during the WWII they sold red coloured turnip and vegetable puree with small pine chips in it as raspberry jam.

[Mick F]

We can't trust:
Politicians
The Press
Teachers
DJ's
Bankers
Pop Stars
NHS
etc

The one thing we actually believed was the ingredient labels on food. We may not have understood what was written, but at least we trusted it.

Now?
What is left to trust?

[Geriatrix]

We can't trust:
Politicians
The Press
Teachers
DJ's
Bankers
Pop Stars
NHS
etc

The one thing we actually believed was the ingredient labels on food. We may not have understood what was written, but at least we trusted it.

Now?
What is left to trust?

Magicians. If they don't fool you they're incompetent.

[rjb]

I remember being told years ago that during the WWII they sold red coloured turnip and vegetable puree with small pine chips in it as raspberry jam.

There was a programme on the beeb which talked about the Rhubarb triangle. They mentioned that they made Raspberry jam from Rhubarb during WW2. There were even factories making the pips to give it the right texture. They didn't say what what the pips were made from but i suspect it may have been sawdust.

Enjoy

[DavidT]

We can't trust:
Politicians
The Press
Teachers
DJ's
Bankers
Pop Stars
NHS
etc

The one thing we actually believed was the ingredient labels on food. We may not have understood what was written, but at least we trusted it.

Now?
What is left to trust?

CTC Forum members...

[meic]

It was a mistake ever to believe the ingredients labels.

The rules were launched with a big fanfare and the quietly rewritten shortly after (no doubt at the industry's request and they are big donors ) with enough loopholes to exploit, while you all think the old rules still applied.

They always could have just put in front of your eyes in a way that you wouldnt recognise.

IF I was still a meat eater I would be more concerned about which parts of the animal was in this "food" than what animal the parts came from.

[reohn2]

IF I was still a meat eater I would be more concerned about which parts of the animal was in this "food" than what animal the parts came from.

Spot on!
After all how is beef defined?

[TonyR]

We can't trust:
Politicians
The Press
Teachers
DJ's
Bankers
Pop Stars
NHS
etc

The one thing we actually believed was the ingredient labels on food. We may not have understood what was written, but at least we trusted it.

Now?
What is left to trust?

Turkey Twizzlers? Thanks to Jamie we know exactly what is in them

[661-Pete]

Although being vegetarian I can't help a tiny snigger sneaking out. (Until it turns out someone has been painting parsnips orange...)

We just had some carrot flapjacks for lunch.
Although I can't vouch for the cheese or the oatmeal, I can categorically state that I personally peeled and grated the carrots. And they certainly, looked, smelt and tasted like carrots all the way through. If Riverford have devised a scheme to dye their parsnips orange - and change the flavour thereof - good luck to them!

Reminds me of this:

But I was thinking of a plan
To dye one's whiskers green,
And always use so large a fan
That they could not be seen.

[kwackers]

[jezer]