The I wouldn't eat that on a bet thread.

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This thread discusses various food products that participants find unappetizing or questionable, often sharing personal anecdotes about unusual or expired items in their pantries. The conversation explores the boundaries of what is considered food and the humorous or disturbing aspects of certain food products.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant mentions a "food" product made with a lot of water and possibly containing ham, prompting a discussion about questionable food items.
  • Another participant shares their experience with "lite" vienna sausage made from "mechanically separated chicken" and plans to explore their pantry for expired items.
  • Concerns are raised about the safety of consuming old food products, with one participant humorously suggesting that the items might be "alive" due to chemical reactions.
  • Links are shared to external content featuring bizarre food items, such as pickled pork rinds and fermented soybeans, eliciting reactions of disgust.
  • Participants express disbelief at food labeling practices, such as canned tuna warning that it may contain fish, questioning the necessity of such warnings.
  • One participant recounts a negative experience with kimchi and suspected monkey meat, leading to a strong aversion to Korean food.
  • Discussion includes the idea that packet soup may contain insect parts, raising concerns about food manufacturing practices.

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Participants share a general sense of humor and disbelief regarding the food products discussed, but there is no consensus on what constitutes acceptable food or the implications of food labeling practices. Multiple competing views on the safety and edibility of various items remain unresolved.

Contextual Notes

Participants express uncertainty about the safety of consuming expired food and the implications of food processing methods, but these concerns are not resolved within the discussion.

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The "I wouldn't eat that on a bet" thread.

Inspired by Evo's recent purchase of a "food" product made with a lot of water and that may or may not actually contain ham, and her adventures with "jerky" made from a meat paste seasoned with pre-packaged spices (and God knows what else), I am starting this thread for the discussion of things that can be eaten, but that are somewhat removed from what any good cook would call food. C'mon, fess up! What's in your pantry that would most likely qualify for the euphemistic phrase "food product" but that you wouldn't let your grandmother know you've been eating for fear of derision?
 
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:redface: "Lite" vienna sausage, made with "mechanically separated chicken".

Actually, after recently finding some packaged "food products" in my kitchen that expired in 2003, I am planning an archeological expedition into the dark recesses of my food pantry. With t_e tethered to me via my cell phone and headset, I will be digging through my pantry and describing to him what I find and we're going to try to guess how many years ago I bought it and why. I told him this event really needs to be filmed, but my video camera is broken. :frown:

He thought last weeks expedition was scary enough, but that was just a cupboard. I actually *did* cook some of the stuff and I'm still alive. He told me just to boil it for a really long time.
 
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You better take a shotgun and a bullet-proof vest with you, Evo. The old food substances might have created some chemical reaction with air and moisture, and they might be...alive. :-p
 
:smile: In a somewhat sickening way, that's one of the funniest things that I've read in a long time. Steve certainly has a way with words.
 
Danger said:
:smile: In a somewhat sickening way, that's one of the funniest things that I've read in a long time. Steve certainly has a way with words.
"Chewing on your grandmother's thigh" INDEED. :smile:
 
Hahaha, Urkel-Os. :smile: What a desperate attempt to sell cereal.

By the time I was at the Cuitlacoche, I had enough. I was feeling sick.
 
Evo said:
He thought last weeks expedition was scary enough, but that was just a cupboard. I actually *did* cook some of the stuff and I'm still alive. He told me just to boil it for a really long time.
If something is contaminated with botulinum toxin, boiling will destroy the toxin, though the spores can survive boiling, and if you ingest them...well.
 
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Evo said:
... made with "mechanically separated chicken".

How do they do that? I've got a few mental images of the machine. :
 
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dlgoff said:
How do they do that? I've got a few mental images of the machine. :
I don't want to know. But if they have to state it on a label, it can't be good. :frown:

Although my canned tuna fish says "WARNING - May contain fish". It's an allergy warning. It's canned fish, we have to warn people that a can of fish might have <GASP> fish in it? :bugeye:

What's next? A carton of eggs warning that there might be eggs inside? :rolleyes: Is this unique to the US because of all of the frivolous lawsuits?
 
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Probably. Now that I have cable, I can't get over your US drug commercials with all of the warnings that essentially mean that you'll die if you take them. One of the dumbest is for a sleeping pill. Among the side-effects is 'possible drowsiness'. :rolleyes:
 
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Evo said:
I don't want to know. But if they have to state it on a label, it can't be good. :frown:

Although my canned tuna fish says "WARNING - May contain fish". It's an allergy warning. It's canned fish, we have to warn people that a can of fish might have <GASP> fish in it? :bugeye:

What's next? A carton of eggs warning that there might be eggs inside? :rolleyes: Is this unique to the US because of all of the frivolous lawsuits?

Oh man! You have to post a picture of that!
 
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Evo said:
What's next? A carton of eggs warning that there might be eggs inside? :rolleyes:

Just ruins the thrill of the suspense. :frown:
 
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dlgoff said:
How do they do that? I've got a few mental images of the machine. :

High pressure water jets, I believe. And collection of the resulting floor scrapings.
 
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Kimchi,and suspected monkey meat made me so ill, that I thought I was going to die. They did actually take me to a hospital, where a goat visited, along with a chicken or two.
So to me, pretty much anything Korean brings up a really bad taste in my mouth.
 
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brewnog said:
High pressure water jets, I believe. And collection of the resulting floor scrapings.
Cool. So they blow the bird apart and sweep up the goodies?:biggrin:
 
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Packet soup, after reading that so many insect parts are allowed in it
and after seeing how it is made, heck one does not need a map to find
the factory just a sense of smell
 

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