Which is the most disgusting "meat-like" product?

[HopeHoops]

Poll question: Which is the most disgusting "meat-like" product?

[JitterbugPerfume]

1. I wouldn't touch any of that stuff

especially Glenn Beck!

[AngryAmish]

2. Anything in a Hot Pocket

[TK421]

10. The only Hot Pockets I like are the broccoli and cheddar n.t

[geardaddy]

63. I love that bit that Jim Gaffigan does.

:rofl:

[OhioChick]

3. What it a "Potted Meat Food Product?"

Doesn't sound good.

[HopeHoops]

6. Dinty Moore Beef Stew. It is a classification of canned food with mystery meat in it.

Apparently it even goes so far as to dictate how many peas, chunks of corn, and the amount of potato has to be included. Curiously, it doesn't seem to address the issue of meat quality. Twenty+ years ago, when generic cans (white with black letters) were common, I actually saw a can that was labeled "Potted Meat Food Product". That freaked me out a bit at the time.

[OhioChick]

12. Ugh....

I guess that gets my vote. :puke:

[HopeHoops]

14. Yeah, so far, that and Glenn Beck are ahead of SPAM and everything else.

:puke: is right!

[mikeytherat]

68. In the movie "Mad Max," Mel Gibson and his dog survive on cans of "Dinky Dog" dog food

This was our official name for Dinty Moore Beef Stew in college. To this day (20 years later!), Mrs. Rat and I still say "Dinky Dog" when we see that crap in the grocery.

mikey_the_rat

[TommyO]

16. I'm glad you asked...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potted_meat_food_product

A potted meat food product or potted meat is a food made using a method of food preservation -canning, consisting of cooked meat product, seasoned, often creamed, minced, or ground, which is filled into cans, sealed and heat processed in a retort to commercial sterility. Various meats such as beef, pork, chicken, turkey and variety (nonskeletal) meats are used. It is produced internationally. Its long shelf life and precooking make it suitable for emergency food supplies, and for military and camping uses. The resulting product has a spreadable consistency.

Here are the ingredients in three different brands of potted meat food product:

Armour Star: Mechanically separated chicken, beef tripe, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, beef hearts, water, partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue, salt, and less than 2 percent: mustard, natural flavorings, dried garlic, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrite.

Hormel: Beef tripe, mechanically separated chicken, beef hearts, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, meat broth, vinegar, salt, flavoring, sugar, and sodium nitrite.

Libby's: Mechanically separated chicken, pork skin, partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, vinegar, less than 2% of: salt, spices, sugar, flavorings, sodium erythorbate and sodium nitrite.

[HopeHoops]

22. Libby's is a Nestle product. I've bocotted them since at least '87 because they kill babies.

If you aren't familiar with Nestle "nursle maids", look into it. They send sales people into hospitals in third-world countries, dressed as medical personnel, to convince new mothers that their formula is better than breast milk (which is false on way too many levels). They give them enough "free" samples to last them long enough for their breasts to dry up and then the women are hooked on expensive shit that they dilute to stretch out. Children die by the thousands and Nestle keeps doing the same thing in the name of money.

Fuck Nestle. Contadina, Libby's and Carnation are all Nestle brands. I won't knowingly buy anything they own.

[TommyO]

39. I'm well aware of the crap that Nestle has pulled

and the human toll that it's taken.

[HopeHoops]

42. That's WONDERFUL! Way too many people have no clue.

[geardaddy]

65. They even have Nestle bottled water now.

:puke:

I boycott them too.

[HopeHoops]

70. The federal standards for "bottled water" are exactly the same as "municipal tap water".

Pepsi and Coke have both admitted that their brands of bottled water are really just tap water. I wouldn't trust Nestle to even live up to the standards. Raw sewage run through a coffee filter is probably good enough for that scumbag company.

[OhioChick]

30. That looks so nasty...

:puke:

I've never seen any of those at the grocery store. I didn't even think that Libby's was still around.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

32. "Partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue".

It's what's for dinner...

[TommyO]

41. Not in this house..

though I admit to having a few cans of corned beef around, even if it's not real "corned beef", it's a childhood comfort food.

[MiddleFingerMom]

4. Soylent Mauve

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Don't even ASK what's in that!!!!
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[Heidi]

5. Balogna or fleischkaese. (nt)

[HopeHoops]

7. I didn't even mention head cheese!

[davidinalameda]

31. gag

:puke:

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. When I lived in Germany...

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...I used to LOVE Bierschinken -- as I remember it, kind of a
bologna with ham chunks (???). My tastes have changed, but I
haven't been able to find it here in the States, not even in
good German delis.
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And Germany taught me the joy of good ham and Swiss on dark
bread with just a thick schmear of butter. And a pickle spear.
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[nuxvomica]

8. Those premade hamburgers in the supermarket

They're made out of some sort of beef slurry that has been re-texturized into tuna-like chunks that are weakly fused together by I don't want to know what. Same deal with McD's Angus burgers.

Now on the other hand, I love Potted Meat.

[TK421]

9. How dare you put hot dogs on this list? you are dead to me!

:mad:

[HopeHoops]

13. You actually eat that shit? Hot dogs are one notch below scrapple.

Sausage is everything you can't use for anything else. Scrapple is everything you can't use for sausage. Hot dogs are made from everything you can't use for scrapple.

:puke:

[TK421]

15. Scrapple rocks, too! I weep for those who don't know whats good

;) what is your opinion on pork roll?

[HopeHoops]

21. Okay. I used to eat fried scrapple with syrup when I was a kid. I've been vegetarian for 21 years.

Curiously, scrapple had nothing to do with that decision.

[TZ]

45. I WAS going to post scrapple here.

I'm kinda bad with junk food but even I won't touch that stuff...:scared: My stepfather loves it though...

[HopeHoops]

49. Well, to be fair, Lancaster, PA scrapple is the ONLY real scrapple.

The rest of it is just detritus sold as a food substance. It is sort of like liverwurst. If you get it from a local butcher, it is actually food. But then there is Oscar Meyer: :puke:

I haven't touched either in over 2 decades and won't ever again, but them's the facts.

[BreweryYardRat]

36. Correction -- MOST hot dogs are one notch below scrapple.

Hebrew National's all-beef kosher hot dogs are very good. (Relatively expensive, though.)

[Initech]

17. Dog food is pretty disgusting, I've seen how it's manufactured.

My company does a lot of work for Masterfoods (Kal Kan brand) and I've been out to their plant numerous times. You don't even want to know about the smell from the outside. :puke:

[old mark]

18. I LIKE Spam, but Glenn Beck IS an asshole....nt

[Zavulon]

19. I McVoted.

I can't believe I'm the only one who has voted for McFood to McDate.

By the way, I actually like the deviled ham.

[Gormy Cuss]

20. Tofu Pups

I like most tofu and soy "meat-like" products, but not Tofu Pups. I'm not fond of any vegetarian hotdogs, come to think of it.

[HopeHoops]

23. Note: I did NOT include those in the poll. Read on.

MorningStar Farms made the best veggie dogs, but I haven't found them in almost a year. The SmartDogs are close, but split on a stick (for cooking over a fire). They taste pretty much the same. The "tofo pup" things blow chunks.

[Gormy Cuss]

29. Thanks for that info.

I may try some SmartDogs since that company usually has good products.

[HopeHoops]

50. Watch out for the Smart Lean "sausage". I think it is a play on "Jimmy Dean".

We got some and the girls all thought it was way too heavily spiced - herb wise, that is.

You might like it, but just keep that in mind.

Oh, another thing. The Smart Dogs come in two different sizes. That's pretty cool! Two of the girls wanted the larger ones, one wanted a small one, and my wife and I both went with small ones. Just get regular hot dog buns for the small ones and steak rolls for the larger ones. They're GREAT over an open fire.

[MiddleFingerMom]

24. Chorizo is like Mexican scrapple, but much MUCH tastier!!!

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However, they're unbelievably honest about the specific ingredients
in chorizo -- and I have not been able to eat it since reading the
list. Luckily, the ONLY decent taste/texture vegetarian "meat"
substitute I've found to MY taste is Soyrizo -- it's EXCELLENT!!!
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The scene in "Midnight Run" where the diner waitress has just finished
describing the special of the day to Charles Grodin and Robert DeNiro
(chorizo & eggs) and Grodin breaks down and starts blubbering because
they only have enough money to split a cup of coffee (the irony of that
is evident at the end of the movie).
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HILARIOUS -- maybe the best scene in an overall incredible movie.
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Except maybe when DeNiro says, "I got two words for you -- shutthe fuckup."
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[Duer 157099]

25. Glenn Beck is an asshole AND a disgusting meat-like product n/t

[Patsy Stone]

26. Potted Meat Food Product

I always make sure it's still on the shelves when I go down that aisle. I believe it's the only product I've ever seen with the word product in the title. It has to win based solely on the fact that it's so disgusting, the manufacturers won't even identify it.

[triguy46]

27. Such a difficult choice, but Vienna Sausages have an other worldly disgusting texture

[Sebastian Doyle]

28. You know how deviled ham was invented, right?

From the Gospel according to Luke, 8th chapter.....

One day Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." So they got into a boat and set out. As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.

The disciples went and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we're going to drown!"

He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. "Where is your faith?" he asked his disciples.
In fear and amazement they asked one another, "Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him."

They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee. When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs. When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice, "What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torture me!" For Jesus had commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard, he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"

"Legion," he replied, because many demons had gone into him. And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the Abyss.

A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside. The demons begged Jesus to let them go into them, and he gave them permission. When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, dressed and in his right mind; and they were afraid. 36Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured. Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, because they were overcome with fear. So he got into the boat and left.

The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, "Return home and tell how much God has done for you." So the man went away and told all over town how much Jesus had done for him.

and thus did the Lord inadvertently create deviled ham :evilgrin:

[davidinalameda]

33. now THAT is funny

:headbang: :yourock: :fistbump:

[KamaAina]

34. Read the label on "potted meat food product". If you dare.

Then stop to think that many of those impoverished by the former Bush* regime are forced to serve that to their kids. :scared:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

38. From Wikipedia:

Ingredients

* Armour Star: Mechanically separated chicken, beef tripe, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, beef hearts, water, partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue, salt, and less than 2 percent: mustard, natural flavorings, dried garlic, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, and sodium nitrite.

* Hormel: Beef tripe, mechanically separated chicken, beef hearts, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, meat broth, vinegar, salt, flavoring, sugar, and sodium nitrite.

* Libby's: Mechanically separated chicken, pork skin, partially defatted cooked pork fatty tissue, partially defatted cooked beef fatty tissue, vinegar, less than 2% of: salt, spices, sugar, flavorings, sodium erythorbate and sodium nitrite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potted_meat_food_product

Canned meats have a mixed reputation on account of the taste, texture, ingredients, preparation and nutrition. The canning process changes the texture and flavor compared to less vigorous cooking methods. The low cost ingredients used also affect the quality. For example, mechanically separated chicken or turkey is a paste-like product made by forcing crushed bone and tissue through a sieve to separate bone from tissue. In the United States, mechanically separated poultry has been used in poultry products since 1969, after the National Academy of Sciences found it safe for use. On November 3, 1995, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a final rule in the Federal Register (see 60 FR 55962) on mechanically separated poultry, stating that it was safe to use without restrictions.<1> However, it must be labeled as "mechanically separated chicken or turkey" in the ingredient statement. The final rule became effective on November 4, 1996.

[grasswire]

35. Underwood Deviled Ham -- delicious since 1822!!

That's right. 1822.

And it's just high-quality ham and spices. Nothing else.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

37. Soy cheese filled tofurky dogs

the only more disgusting "food" to ever touch my lips was some sort of shepherds pie inspired dish I ate in South Africa, and really only so I could use the restaurants bathroom.

[av8rdave]

40. Turducken

[HopeHoops]

43. Wasn't that from a recent Sally Forth cartoon?

[av8rdave]

44. It may be, but it actually exists.

Relatives served it at Christmas a few years ago.

[HopeHoops]

48. E-FUCKING GADS!

:puke:

And I thought it was just a joke! Actually, now that I think about it, it is STILL just a joke.

[av8rdave]

52. Believe me, it is!

[Swede]

46. I watched a cook on food tv cook scrapple.

It was on Diners drive-in and Dives. It looked pretty darn tastey at the end.

[TK421]

55. It's an acquired taste to some...but there are those that wont touch

it on account of what it looks like. I like it, anyway

[Swede]

56. After the loaf was set,they sliced it,breaded it and fried it in butter.

It was golden brown and looked delicious. It's like the old saying about sausage,no one wants to see it being made.

[TK421]

57. Sounds like they did it right, and if you are trying it for the first time it is

always best to order it well-done ( it really is wonderful mixed with eggs over easy ) :-)

There are some brands that are just too damned spicy, though...Hope Hoops was correct when he said Lancaster County has the best anywhere. I'm fortunate enough to have an Amish Market close by here

edited:spelling

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

67. Why would anybody eat a board game?

[HopeHoops]

71. You haven't LIVED until you've eaten an entire Monopoly game - money, board, houses, hotels, pieces!

Yum!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

73. The race car gives me heartburn. -nt

[HopeHoops]

74. Yeah, it moves through the digestive tract much slower than on the race track.

:evilgrin:

[Soylent Brice]

47. words of wisdom regarding SPAM, whether it sucks or not...

Francine Parker: Spam!
Roger: You bring a can opener?
Francine Parker: No, I guess I didn't
Roger: Then don't knock it, it's got it's own key.


upon finding SPAM
once they break into a mall
during the zombie apocalypse.

[HopeHoops]

51. It hasn't had a key in FOREVER! Last can I opened (for my late F-I-L) was a pull-top.

I've still got some of the keys in a box somewhere.

[Soylent Brice]

53. that scene is the first thing i think of when i hear or see anything about SPAM.

i had no clue they didn't do that anymore.

wonder why?

[HopeHoops]

54. I used to use the key to open the SPAM for my grandmother (she fried it).

I lost count of how many times I cut myself on the sharp edges. But hey, what's a little blood in your fried SPAM anyway?

Trivia: SPAM is a contraction of "Spiced Ham", despite the fact that the only "spice" in it is salt. The character Spa'am in "Muppets Treasure Island" has a more accurate name with respect to the contraction.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

69. Brazilian variants (we don't have the Spam brand here) still have the key.

You gotta be careful not to get cans in which the key has fallen off.

[Arkansas Granny]

61. They've gone even further now and put individual servings in foil envelopes.

Just the right size for a sandwich.

[HopeHoops]

66. I'm not sure which is worse - the excessive packaging or the contents?!?!

:puke:

[Deep13]

58. souse

It's a really pungent form of head cheeze.

[Arugula Latte]

59. All of the above.

[LibertyLover]

60. All of those are varying degrees of awful,

but with a choice of "Glenn Beck is an asshole", there is simply no contest.

[HopeHoops]

72. Yeah, it has been WAY out front since I opened the poll.

It almost always is, and I always include it regardless of the topic.

[The Old Creak]

62. Anything tofu

[geardaddy]

64. Fried SPAM sandwiches are yummy.