Aged beef

Post by **Roofus** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:50 pm

Twenty-year-old Irish beef that may have been making its way to the processed food industry has been impounded in Bulgaria, which is toughening up food safety standards under pressure from the European Union.

Three truckloads containing 75 tons of discolored meat was blocked at Bulgaria?s southwest border with Greece last month because its papers were suspect.

?The Irish veterinary service has confirmed the beef is around 20 years old,? Agriculture Ministry spokeswoman Margarita Kozhuharova said on Friday.

Bulgarian media have reported that meat producers import old meat to use in salami and other processed food.

However, this particular load of bluish-purple-tinged beef is unlikely to find its way to the dinner table. The Agriculture Ministry said it would probably burn it.

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Ex-Cyber · Post by **Ex-Cyber** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:23 pm

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:30 pm

just one more reason i'm vegetarian

Post by **Roofus** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:43 pm

N3m3sis wrote:just one more reason i'm vegetarian

No, see, it was caught. Nobody ate it.

mkfreak · Post by **mkfreak** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:51 pm

LOL Hmmm, blue meat, I wonder if that tastes good. Why would they even try to transport that to a processing facility; you think they's have the idea if it was 20 years old.

SuperMegatron · Post by **SuperMegatron** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 4:56 pm

There is nothing wrong with aged beef.I mean do you think the irish just found 20 year old meat in the freezer and decided to sell it?

Ex-Cyber · Post by **Ex-Cyber** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:02 pm

SuperMegatron wrote:I mean do you think the irish just found 20 year old meat in the freezer and decided to sell it?

Is that supposed to be a rhetorical question?

SuperMegatron · Post by **SuperMegatron** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 5:10 pm

Honestly aged beef is good. Dry aged meat goes for about 3x the price of regular.

Post by **Roofus** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:38 pm

SuperMegatron wrote:Honestly aged beef is good. Dry aged meat goes for about 3x the price of regular.

3 days to a week is good. Not sure about 20 years.

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:00 pm

Roofus wrote:
N3m3sis wrote:just one more reason i'm vegetarian
No, see, it was caught. Nobody ate it.

How do you know that no one has done this before, and that people have unknowingly consumed it?

Komid · Post by **Komid** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:31 pm

SuperMegatron wrote:There is nothing wrong with aged beef.I mean do you think the irish just found 20 year old meat in the freezer and decided to sell it?

Yes. Honestly I wouldnt hold it past them

Sir Savant · Post by **Sir Savant** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 8:34 pm

Komid wrote:
SuperMegatron wrote:There is nothing wrong with aged beef.I mean do you think the irish just found 20 year old meat in the freezer and decided to sell it?
Yes. Honestly I wouldnt hold it past them

AgentGreen · Post by **AgentGreen** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:10 pm

Funny thing is, I was in the running for a full-boat scholarship to study in Bulgaria and got knocked out of the running.

Post by **Roofus** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:58 pm

N3m3sis wrote:
Roofus wrote:
N3m3sis wrote:just one more reason i'm vegetarian
No, see, it was caught. Nobody ate it.
How do you know that no one has done this before, and that people have unknowingly consumed it?

I don't. But that kind of thing is what these inspections are for.

Besides, if someone unknowingly consumed it and suffered no ill effects, what's the harm?

butters · Post by **butters** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:12 pm

Roofus wrote:
SuperMegatron wrote:Honestly aged beef is good. Dry aged meat goes for about 3x the price of regular.
3 days to a week is good. Not sure about 20 years.

Beef will last between 1-3 months in a freezer and still be fine.

HomerCIDAL · Post by **HomerCIDAL** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:35 pm

HAH! If they think that is old, they should have tried some military "C" rations from the Vietnam era

-Azathoth- · Post by **-Azathoth-** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:55 am

holy crap.

Lunchbox · Post by **Lunchbox** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:26 pm

So what color would blue and purple beef be after you cook it?

Nemesis · Post by **Nemesis** » Mon Feb 13, 2006 3:26 pm

Roofus wrote:
N3m3sis wrote:
Roofus wrote:
N3m3sis wrote:just one more reason i'm vegetarian
No, see, it was caught. Nobody ate it.
How do you know that no one has done this before, and that people have unknowingly consumed it?
I don't. But that kind of thing is what these inspections are for.

Besides, if someone unknowingly consumed it and suffered no ill effects, what's the harm?

good point, but it's still pretty grody...