Out of Pod Experience

Alright.

Full of troll (especially the Facebook thing which implies really psychic abilities on your part as I 'quit' it 2 years ago).


And...................BLOCKED.

You have some quaint ideas about the treatment of horses in the US.

Also: Very little US horsemeat goes to Europe - Our racetrack drugs make it highly undesireable. Mostly, Mexico. Some to Canada. And it usually comes right back in the form of pet food.

Aaaaaand someone doesn't understand sarcasm.

Or the English language, for that matter. I poked holes in every one of your arguments and offered valid suggestions that most healthy consumers abide by, but that wasn't good enough because you'd rather take your ball and go home than listen to good advice.

So go ahead and block me and keep getting fatter and sicker because I'm obviously "full of troll".

Troll confirmed.
The simple, bad fact is that most folks do not, indeed, have that choice that you assert they have. *I* can buy local - Because I live in an agricultural region. It's expensive, but I can do it. But where, tell me, are the inhabitants of, say, New York City, or perhaps, London, going to go to find their vast herds of happy meat? No bloody where, that's where. They're going to have it brought to them by meat packing companies, because there is no other way that will work economically.

STFU until you can come up with something that is not pointless and useless.

So there are no local butcher shops in NYC? Are you high? I live in an agricultural region as well, but I'm not an idiot and I realize that buying locally doesn't mean it's raised in the butcher's back yard. All meat that's not raised on your own farm is brought in from somewhere else, even in agricultural regions. This is where knowing where it comes from applies. Some of the meat here comes from Germany, Austria, even the UK. However, it's thoroughly tested and strictly controlled. I choose locally-procured meat when I can, but I do realize that you can't always have your neighbor's cow to eat. Still, that doesn't mean you have to just stick your head in the sand and hope you're gonna get good meat. A reputable butcher will buy good meat even if it's brought from somewhere else. You're not gonna get that at a national chain grocery store...THAT'S the point I'm making.

Buying local doesn't mean just buying from your neighbor; it means buying from your vicinity, and the EU actually has great quality meat even if it's not in your own region. I'd rather have salame from Calabria over salame from my own region because it's better. Again, just know where it comes from.

So NO YUO STFU PTTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHH!!!!!

Where did I say "screw it all"? Dude, seriously...can you even comprehend what you read? What I said was that the sad state of mass meat production is so terrible that this entire horse debacle is the least of your worries, that you should be worried about THE ENTIRE PROCESS, rather than a bit of horse meat found in awful frozen food.

Again, do you not understand that frozen food is generally bad for you, and that you shouldn't even buy it in the first place? Furthermore, you're not supposed to eat a lot of meat; meat is expensive because it's a luxury. I don't eat meat every day because it's bad for you to do so, therefore I incorporate lots of vegetables into my diet. If you think you should be able to eat meat every single day and not have health problems, you're part of the problem and people like you are directly contributing to all the shortcuts taken by these mass-producing beef companies and lax health regulations.

The entire premise of EVERY_SINGLE_ONE of my posts is that the meat industry is corrupt and needs to be overhauled, and that freaking out over horse meat in your frozen meat patties full of ashes and dead carcasses is like eating poop and complaining that it's not good for you. I can't afford to eat beef every single day, neither would I choose to do so because IT'S BAD FOR YOU, and not just because of some frozen dinners, but because a diet full of meat will lead straight to heart disease. Poor, rich, it doesn't matter; if you eat too much meat, you're going to get sick and fat and die early. Why are you so offended by this? Is this concept new to you? I remember learning when I was about 3 years old that a healthy diet should contain more vegetables and starch than meat. If you think you should be able to eat lots of meat every single day without repercussions, and that horse found in a few IKEA meatballs is going to kill you instead of your terrible diet, then you are the problem.

If anyone's saying "screw it all", it's you. You feel entitled to eat whatever you want and that all meat should be cheap and full of sunshine and vitamin C and rainbows, and this is just impossible. Meat should be eaten responsibly, yet it is YOUR attitude of "I should be able to eat anything I want" that perpetuates the horrendous state of affairs the meat industry is in today. The demand of meat has shot through the roof and the companies have no way of countering it without taking shortcuts due to people who share your attitude towards meat. Eat some broccoli and rice every now and then. Have a carrot. Eat an apple. Put the hamburger down and stop eating meat like you've got two buttholes.

If you wanna call it that, HAHA! I do love their dill and mustard sauce.

Buy local don't eat horses..this is bigger issue in "developed" country's where eating healthy will cost you extra and where bad food is norm.

Exactly. Countries who have real food and health standards don't have to worry about buying only local or organic food and don't have ridiculous fears of eating horse.

Did you just read the first line of my post and completely skip the rest? I think you did. I'm not going to explain it again just because you cba to read.

NEWS FLASH! ALL MEAT THAT'S NOT SLAUGHTERED AND PACKED AT HOME GOES TO A MEAT PACKING COMPANY. Buying at a butcher shop already puts you way ahead of the curve of everyone else. Your local butcher is much more choosy and much more attentive to the meat he or she buys because that's his or her livelihood, whereas a national food chain grocery store doesn't give a rat's ass.

If you had read more than two sentences of my post, I wouldn't have had to explain it a second, no, third time.

I'm here giving you ideas and advice from experience. I grew up on a ranch that raised beef cattle. I now live in a country whose citizens are probably the fussiest and pickiest eaters in the world. I live on a meager wage and live in a very modest household, yet I'm able to eat healthily and have no problems here with the meat due to eating right and knowing what and what not to eat. If you're eating substandard food, it's YOUR OWN FAULT FOR BUYING SUBSTANDARD FOOD. You will not find healthy ingredients in frozen food, as it's full of preservatives and chemicals. You're trying to get oil from a water spout, and I'm telling you that you can't. It's as simple as that. Food in a jar is not food. It's not going to kill you, but it's definitely not good for you. You can't eat frozen food and then ***** about how you didn't know it wasn't good for you. Did you think it's normal for food to keep for so long without additives and preservatives and chemicals?

The fact that this is news to people and the fact that they are forced to buy organic food is a clear sign of people's ignorance when it comes to food. Learn how to eat first, then from there you will be able to make informed decisions. You don't need a lot of money to eat well. If you think you do, you've got big problems and you need to correct it fast.