Re: Raw Ground Meat

[Guest guest]

> Yesterday I ate a buffalo patty from trader joe's -- raw. I had two

defrosting

When I was a child in the early 1960s I often ate raw ground meat. I really

liked it (my parents didn't know, they weren't home when I did). Of course I was

stunned when several people died from e.coli in the early 1990s from eating

undercooked fast food hamburgers. Has the meat industry in the U.S.

deteriorated that much in the 30 years from 1962 to 1992? Or was I just lucky in

1962?

[Guest guest]

Here is an excerpt from Mother Earth News (april 2002)

" Outbreaks of E.coli food poisoning have become more common in recent

years and grain feeding may be one of the reasons. Researchers from

Cornell University determined grain-fed cattle have approximately 300

times more E.coli in their guts than grass-fed cattle. Worse yet,

the E. coli in grain-fed animals is more likely to make us sick.

Grain-feeding makes a ruminant's gut more acidic. E.coli that cannot

tolerate this heightened acidity die off, allowing acid-resistant

bacteria to thive and multiply. Unfortunatly our frontline defense

against E. coli is the natural acidity of our own digestive system.

E. coli from grain-fed animals are already accustomed to this level

of acidity, so they are more likely to lodge in our intestines and

make us sick. Raising animals on pasture keeps the E. coli count

relatively low and keeps the bacteria vulnerable to our bodies'

natural defenses. "

> When I was a child in the early 1960s I often ate raw ground meat.

I really liked it (my parents didn't know, they weren't home when I

did). Of course I was stunned when several people died from e.coli in

the early 1990s from eating undercooked fast food hamburgers. Has

the meat industry in the U.S. deteriorated that much in the 30 years

from 1962 to 1992? Or was I just lucky in 1962?

[Guest guest]

> you don't want to know how much the meat industy has deteriorated in

thirty years.

> 'I have seen it first hand and if you read " fast food nation " you

will get a " nice " picture of the degeneration

>

>

> >>>>>>>>>>>............>>>>>>>>>>>>What's the real " first hand "

meaning of " deteriorated " ? Dennis Kemnitz

>

[Guest guest]

> Is that Armour's processing plant? They're Con-Agra the second

largest food

> corp. in the world. Con -Agra bought Lightlife, a locally owned

successful soy

> food product manufacturer a few years back. Someone in town quit

because of

> them selling out and knowing it wouldn't be long to genetically

engineered

> soybeans. Shortly after I saw a net article that Armour workers were

on strike

> to get a worker's union. All workers in the photo were Hispanic. Not

> surprising

> they've always disrespected the workers like the livestock.

>

>

> Wanita

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Don't forget disrespect shown the consumer! DK

[Guest guest]

Not

> surprising

> they've always disrespected the workers like the livestock.

Dennis writes:and their consumers too?

[Guest guest]

> > Not

> >> surprising

> >> they've always disrespected the workers like the livestock.

> >

> >

> >

> >Dennis writes:and their consumers too?

> >

> Its a real raw deal :-)

> Wanita

>>>>>>>>>>>>I think this calls for another acronym of sorts:Sad S.A.D.

or (SAD)squared. Is this one bad as in not good? Dennis