Dumbest Things People Have Said About Your Chickens/Eggs/Meat

[jeepgirl13]

I got another egg just now! way smaller, and it was from a larger hen!

 

[annewandering]

The casing you're talking about is made from callogen. I've seen the casings at the local farm supply store, especially during deer season because so many of their customers make their own deer sausage.

Oh thats interesting! Thats exactly what it feels like too. And it is yucky but it does peel off easily.
I would like to make my own sausage. My grandfather made it and his tasted very good. Spicier but not hot. Too bad he kept his recipe secret. Said it was handed down for generations but only was to be passed on to male descendants which he did not do.

 

[Jennsbirds]

I love meat, just not poorly treated meat. At least people are starting to realize how bad the conditions are for animals and the laws are changing. Though my husband and I were out looking at houses in the more rural areas yesterday. They had one town café that got all it's food from Cisco?!?!?!?!?! You have cow farmers, chicken farmers, farmer farmers...why would you buy everything to feed them from a faceless corporation?!?!?!?

I wouldn't jump to blame too quickly, but then I lack context. It could be company policy for all stores to buy from the same place. Or the companies could be connected by a parent company.

But it'd be good to politely ask employees that live locally if they buy from farmers. They don't really have a say short of where they shop.

 

[cassie]

If done right, homemade mayo isn't that much a problem till it's left out a couple hours in warm weather. The acid from lemon juice slows down bacteria growth somewhat. I still don't recommend leaving it out though. If the mayo has started to dry out or yellow on the outside, whether it's safe or not, it's not good to eat.

Potato salad has lots of ingrediants bacteria love to feast on. Warmth makes allows bacteria to grow. Rule one in safe food handling is to keep cold food cold and hot food hot. Warm temperatures are just asking for trouble.

 

[oldrooster]

Quote: In my area there are both independant and chain eateries that use them as suppliers, and there are other suppliers in my area Piazza amoung other national/regional chain suppliers competition has pushed out most local suppliers, forcing out some local and regional growers. Plus those eateries may be using them to supplement locally produced goods, or buying cleaning supplies and papergoods and other things not easily procured from local growers like ketchup, spices etc. And you are correct some chains force their franciesed outlets to buy from certain places for quality reasons, because they could be buying c### from a local firm and that looks bad on the chain as a whole. most chains can buy soda, bread, and certain other items locally but even then it's my understanding that even the soda syrup is discounted so much from their regional suppliers in some instances they cannot afford to buy it from the local supplier and compete with the guy down the street.

Quote: My grandparents used to slaughter their own hogs and they used the intestines (of course they cleaned them first) and made headcheese using the stomach as a casing. Headcheese is in essence boiling the meats off of a pigs head and then roughly chopping the meat and seasoning it and packing it into a casing usually the stomach and refigerated until it set up and it became a poorman's lunchmeat. the casing is usually removed before consumption.

 

[chickadoodles]

She told me she only eats pasteurized eggs. So I posted on her fb page how they pasteurize them.

 

[Kiniska]

She told me she only eats pasteurized eggs. So I posted on her fb page how they pasteurize them.

Now that is a sense of humor! Love it!

 

[7 Biddies]

If done right, homemade mayo isn't that much a problem till it's left out a couple hours in warm weather. The acid from lemon juice slows down bacteria growth somewhat. I still don't recommend leaving it out though. If the mayo has started to dry out or yellow on the outside, whether it's safe or not, it's not good to eat.

My father was a pilot in the USAF during the 1940-50's. On long flights, they would bring a packed lunch from home and were always cautioned not to bring anything with mayo. Plus, the worst case of food poisoning I ever had was from escalloped potatoes, again, eaten on a flight.

 

[Lifestudent]

Oh thats interesting! Thats exactly what it feels like too. And it is yucky but it does peel off easily.
I would like to make my own sausage. My grandfather made it and his tasted very good. Spicier but not hot. Too bad he kept his recipe secret. Said it was handed down for generations but only was to be passed on to male descendants which he did not do.

You can get natural casings, but you may have to go to a butcher to get them.

 

[Kilkenny]

Pasteurized eggs are of importance to restaurants and other commercial eateries if they are serving food products to the public containing raw eggs. Like Ceasar salad dressing and eggnogs. Otherwise, there is really no reason for them. Food poisoning from potato salad is not from contaminated eggs but from the salad being left out of refrigeration too long.

The bacteria that grow in the potato salad when it is left out too long came from someplace. They may come from a contaminated egg, they may come from contamination in another ingredient and they may come from contaminated hands handling the food. But it's not just being left out of refrigeration.