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(1,451 posts) Mon Apr 16, 2012, 11:17 AM Apr 2012

Is anyone else on the verge of giving up ground beef due to pink slime? [View all]

I love hamburgers, but lately the thought of buying and eating ground beef disgusts the hell out of me. Does anyone know if organic beef has pink slime too?

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Is anyone else on the verge of giving up ground beef due to pink slime? [View all] apples and oranges Apr 2012 OP

What about hotdogs in general? Snake Alchemist Apr 2012 #1

Hot dogs sylvi Apr 2012 #36

Me, my wife madokie Apr 2012 #2

No I still love beef and especially hamburgers. I don't know if your live near a rural area but you southernyankeebelle Apr 2012 #3

Know your provider. Jackpine Radical Apr 2012 #4

Nope, my grocery store grinds its own. Brickbat Apr 2012 #5

I'm not. Lasher Apr 2012 #6

I've given up red meat for health reasons. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #7

What do you think is in ground turkey?? Joe the Revelator Apr 2012 #21

I don't think what I buy actually has pink slime in it. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #31

No, probably not 'pink slime', but yellow beaks, orange turkey feet, white turkey eye balls.... Joe the Revelator Apr 2012 #37

I haven't given it up, because my local butcher grinds his own. CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2012 #8

I don't really eat that much ground beef Drale Apr 2012 #9

My local store grinds their own daily from 100% natural grass fed beef. hobbit709 Apr 2012 #10

I now shop Costco exclusively for my ground beef. It tastes much better than my previous purchases teddy51 Apr 2012 #11

Costco also carries organic ground beef. I've been buying that for the past few years. crazylikafox Apr 2012 #40

I last bought a hamburger close to ten years ago. JDPriestly Apr 2012 #12

Why would you have to give up ground beef? frazzled Apr 2012 #13

Avoid the cheap stuff from large industrial producers like cargill and ibp. killbotfactory Apr 2012 #14

I buy mine local Marrah_G Apr 2012 #15

Doesn't pink slime only go into the el-cheapo tube-packaged meat? backscatter712 Apr 2012 #16

Buy a grinder... grind your own meat. Problem solved. OneTenthofOnePercent Apr 2012 #17

Nope. n/t Daniel537 Apr 2012 #18

No. HappyMe Apr 2012 #19

Wanna give up steaks too? Google "MEAT GLUE"... OneTenthofOnePercent Apr 2012 #20

I rarely eat beef anyway n/t doc03 Apr 2012 #22

Well yesterday with my lovely gluten allergy nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #23

The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2012 #24

I haven't eaten that stuff for decades. Arugula Latte Apr 2012 #25

I pretty much gave it up a long time ago. GoCubsGo Apr 2012 #26

Nope. progressoid Apr 2012 #27

I know! Hatchling Apr 2012 #29

I'd love to go Veggie but I like meat too much. Odin2005 Apr 2012 #28

Too late, I haven't eaten hamburger or any processed meats in years. Egalitarian Thug Apr 2012 #30

If you lector Apr 2012 #32

I'm not eating any kind of beef anymore until they stop using pink slime. Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #33

go to a butcher. a kosher butcher even better. pansypoo53219 Apr 2012 #34

Not even close. Throd Apr 2012 #35

How about just not eating fast food... Javaman Apr 2012 #38

No. Iris Apr 2012 #39