Tesco Horsemeat Burgers ??

[melon]

Think this is pretty bad, I mean while I've no desire to eat horse, that isn't the issue here, for me it's the fact you're buying a beef burger and not getting beef.

Its not as bad as this ..

m

[g8ina]

TBH, Im not bothered that there's horse in it, but imagine you were a devout Muslim or Jew and ate some of the pork tainted stuff.

[peterb]

Odds on it was a mistake, but everyone seems to be jockeying for position to apportion blame.

[shaithis]

Since when did anyone think they were getting 100% beef in their value burger?

This is why I've made my own burgers and sausages for years now.

[Biscuit]

Nothing wrong with eating horse, all part of a stable diet.

[directhex]

Since when did anyone think they were getting 100% beef in their value burger?

This is why I've made my own burgers and sausages for years now.

Since the mad cow disease scares, we're supposed to have decent records for end-to-end on all meat product. A serial number on a box of burgers should tell you the serial numbers of every animal that went into it, where they were reared, what they were fed, where they were slaughtered, etc.

Not only can we not get that right, we can't even agree on the species of animal in a product that claims to be cow-based?

THAT is a cause for real concern. What if your filler isn't horse, it's beef not deemed suitable for human consumption? Or offal of questionable sources?

This case means a lot of very serious concerns over the meat supply chain.

[Biscuit]

Since the mad cow disease scares, we're supposed to have decent records for end-to-end on all meat product. A serial number on a box of burgers should tell you the serial numbers of every animal that went into it, where they were reared, what they were fed, where they were slaughtered, etc.

Not only can we not get that right, we can't even agree on the species of animal in a product that claims to be cow-based?

THAT is a cause for real concern. What if your filler isn't horse, it's beef not deemed suitable for human consumption? Or offal of questionable sources?

This case means a lot of very serious concerns over the meat supply chain.

Whats really worrying is they have probably been doing it furlong time.

[ok il stop now]

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

Since the mad cow disease scares, we're supposed to have decent records for end-to-end on all meat product. A serial number on a box of burgers should tell you the serial numbers of every animal that went into it, where they were reared, what they were fed, where they were slaughtered, etc.

Not only can we not get that right, we can't even agree on the species of animal in a product that claims to be cow-based?

THAT is a cause for real concern. What if your filler isn't horse, it's beef not deemed suitable for human consumption? Or offal of questionable sources?

This case means a lot of very serious concerns over the meat supply chain.

Yep.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

It reminds of me when I visited relations in Italy with my father yrs yrs ago...

They gave me polenta with meat in it , and it was only after I ate I found it was out MOOSE

They had rabbit there too head and all still on it in the butchers skinned like is been sucked dry by a vampire , with the butcher chopped in half and sold to us...

M

I might need to see if anyone sells MOOSE burgers.

[Saracen]

Who gives a crap!? The news is apparently blowing this out of all proportion.

The only thing here is that the food wasn't what it said it was on the label. The way they keep saying zomfg you ate horse meat on the news this morning was driving me mad.

Do I give a crap? Neigh. I mean, nay.

I do agree, though, that if you buy beefburger, the meat in it ought to be beef .... with the proviso, of course, that even the very best burgers are going to top out at about 80-85% meat, with the rest being onion, breadcrumb, herbs, etc and so on.

I have to say, personally, when I eat shop burgers (not often) they're Waitrose. They might cost more, but they taste far better.

But really, it's not that hard, or take that long, to just make your own. It's not even that hard to buy a decent cut of meat, and mince it yourself before mixing up and burgerising it. Then, use what you need and freeze the rest. A very useful buy of mine was a vacuum sealing machine when a friend pointed out a very modestly-priced machine at Aldi.

So now, I mince my own beef (sourced from a local butcher, who gets it from a local farm) add the herbs, spices etc as per my taste, and maybe a little egg to bind it, compress into a burger patty (burger press from John Lewis, though you can do a more rustic looking job just by hand), use some, and vacuum-seal and freeze the rest.

Maybe I ought to print up some labels and hire a market stall. I'm sensing a gap in the market.

[Rob_B]

From the sounds of the Tesco ones, its deliberate cost saving, and hence profit making, on the behalf of the supplier, the rest could be mistakes, some sort of "generic meat filler" they were using, or at worst contaminant left over from insufficient cleaning.



Have at it

Good site, just added it to my home screen to browse later on my phone but now I have a homoerotic looking bookmark :/

[peterb]

<---snip.

Maybe I ought to print up some labels and hire a market stall. I'm sensing a gap in the market.

Appropriate for horse burgers?

[Smudger]

with the rest being onion, breadcrumb, herbs, etc and so on.

How dare you? Onions have no place in a burger. If you must have that filth, put it on top with the rest of your rabbit food!

[Saracen]

How dare you? Onions have no place in a burger. If you must have that filth, put it on top with the rest of your rabbit food!

I was referring to shop burgers. Check the ingredients list. A lot do indeed include onion.

As for my own burgers, I do add in some onion, because I like my burgers how I like them. The biggest single benefit of making your own is making them how you want them. Knowing what's in them, and for that matter, what isn't in them, is great, too.

[kalniel]

Well horse is a premium meat - won't have been used for cost saving reasons when it could be sold for way more than beef on the continent.

The pork was just molecules worth in most cases, ie if they had been transported in the same truck that had previously had pork.

[Domestic_Ginger]

I would say processed with equipment that previously had pork used in it.

I'm sure horse steak is expensive (and quite sweet) but an old nag used to pad out the volume maybe? I just hoped they checked for human too.