Pink slime only in ground beef?

[KrabbyPatties]

I'm sure many of you have heard about "pink slime"--the disinfected processed meat product that's been used to stretch products containing ground beef. Obviously, this doesn't sound terribly safe or appetizing. We like to make recipes that use ground meat, but having ground game meat available is not always practical.

Anyway, I tried to find out if non-beef products like ground turkey are made with "pink slime" or a similar product but couldn't find an answer. Does anyone here know much about this stuff or which meats or brands don't contain it? I'm not terrified of it, but it's gross and sketchy enough that I'd prefer to avoid it as much as possible, not that we used much ground beef (usually turkey, occasionally venison) in our house anyway.

[reinhard1]

if someone is worried about what is in their ground beef then i would call the producer of the tube type or frozen patties they purchase and make a judgement call. of all the ground beef that i have ever ground we never added anything. i cant speak for national producers of ground beef. i just looked at the lable of ground beef that i purchased that was on sale and in a tube and it just said ground beef in the ingrediants. but i understand that this "pink slime" as the media presents it is beef as well that has been treated to make it safe for eating.

now every package of packaged ground beef [commercialy] that i know of has to be FEDERALY inspected. so that would be another source to go to. myself i'm not too worried about it. it was in the news, made some headlines and went away quickly.

buy your ground beef that is ground on the premisess, at the store. nothing is added there that i know of. if it was a health hazard it would be taken off the shelf as far as commercialy produced ground beef. good luck.

[nofishfisherman]

I probably wouldn't worry too much about the non frozen ground beef you buy packaged in the store. I think the pink slime is used mainly in the low grade meats that are used for fast food burgers and that type of thing. If you buy some sort of cheap frozen dinner that has ground beef then you may find the pink slime stuff.

I could be wrong about this but any of the non frozen ground meats you find in the meat section of the store should probably be pink slime free.

When I first heard about this stuff I thought back to all those McDonalds hamburgers I ate over the past 20 years. I must have packed away pounds and pounds of pink slime. I wonder when my super powers are going to develop?

[SkunkedAgain]

Pink slime adds the flavoring that really enhances a good meal

[nofishfisherman]

Pink slime adds the flavoring that really enhances a good meal

It sure made those quarter pounders with cheese slide down easy. Simply delicious.

I was just thinking about what sort of bovine super powers one might develop as a result of easting pink beef slime. What would you rather have as a super power? Horns, hoves, or the ability to produce milk?

[SkitterPopper]

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I probably wouldn't worry too much about the non frozen ground beef you buy packaged in the store. I think the pink slime is used mainly in the low grade meats that are used for fast food burgers and that type of thing. If you buy some sort of cheap frozen dinner that has ground beef then you may find the pink slime stuff.

I heard there is one store in the metro area that sells ground beef with pink slime in it. The store is Cub Foods. They went on to say that they are the only store in the metro that has pink slime is it's GB.

[McGurk]

This is nothing new, and it's not just beef that has a slurry-like meat product. Even as a kid, I always wondered why McNuggets were always the same cookie cutter shapes with little to no grain in the meat...

If you are worried about this, stay away from all processed meat products; fresh, frozen, or cooked for you. Like reinhard said, a butcher won't be messing with this stuff. I try to buy the bulk of my meat either from a butcher or meat market for the house. I doubt I have purchased 100 lbs combined of chicken, pork, or beef from a grocery store in the last 5 years (except ribs, bacon, and pork butts when on sale).

[Mike89]

it only goes into ground beef, and only a few places use it. The big "W" is one of them. it can be found on the internet. I know this because of my job.

Mike

[McGurk]

Pink Slime is but one of the results from methods used to get all of the meat off of a carcass. Look up "Mechanically Separated Meat" or "Mechanically Reclaimed Meat" or "Mechanically Deboned Meat" sometime. Then go buy a pack of Oscar Meyers and fire up the grill...