<![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> I have read that the way huge slaughterhouses produce ground beef means that the average hamburger can contain flesh from up to 50 cows. Apart from the obvious choice of becoming a vegetarian, one way to reduce e.coli risk is to ask the butcher to grind the beef while you wait. This is pretty common in Europe, you just point to the chunk of beef you want, and they grind it in front of you. Packaged ground beef is just too risky, you have no idea where it comes from, what's in it or who prepared it. At least if you have your local butcher grind it you know what you're buying, and it's less likely to have been sprayed with feces as underpaid, under-trained workers try to get their hourly quota done faster in a massive slaughterhouse clear across the country.

Consumerista

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> Most of this stuff was sold well over 2 months ago and they're just now recalling it?

DarthSensei

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> @mupethifi: Seriously. I don't want to go victim blamin' here, but I'm honestly curious as to what kind of person buys prepackaged hamburgers? I'm just not seeing the benefit, besides saving like 3 minutes it takes to pack the meat (and it's not like pre-packaged burgers don't fall apart on the grill anyway).

I mean, the grocery store ground meat isn't the healthiest meat in the world, but:
a) It's cheaper
b) It's ground on site, within the last 48 hours
c) You control the leanness

Seriously, what's the product benefit?

spinachdip

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> @catcherintheeye:

Yup.I have the "All-Star MVP's of '07" collection:)

Megatenist

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> @Megatenist: Or how about game used condoms?

catcherintheeye

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> @Megatenist: Haha, Fleer brand condoms. Do you think they come with limited edition condom inserts?

catcherintheeye

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> Better stick with the vitamin pills and boiled water.

@bcostin: Didn't a report come out a while back saying that the Vitamen A in multivitamens was actually bad for you?

Rectilinear Propagation

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> @catcherintheeye:

See,ever since videos games became popular again in the early 90's,baseball card sales have been at an all-time low.Thus,some baseball card companies have had to branch out in other markets to make ends meet.Topps now sells meat,and I think Fleer makes condoms now:P

Megatenist

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> I'll stick with the beef I buy from the local supermarket that's ground fresh everyday. I've never had a problem with that and it tastes better than anything frozen.

mopar_man

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> Lo-Fro, why stop with meat? Better not eat lettuce, mushrooms, tofu, or spinach either. They've all had food poisoning contamination scares in the past year or so. Better stick with the vitamin pills and boiled water.

bcostin

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> @lo_fro: Right, because there are no health risks from salad.

[consumerist.com]

extracrispy

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> @lo_fro: Because nobody died from Hepatitis that they caught from the green onions at Chi-Chi's a couple years ago.

freshyill

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> @catcherintheeye: These "hamburgers" are made from the 62-year-old gum shavings from the baseball card packs. The ecoli came from the factory floor.

@lo_fro: The answer is don't eat meat bade by a baseball card co.

Xerloq

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> I'm still waiting to hear about a recall for beef sold in Kroger. I swear the last package of ground beef I bought from them wasn't really beef.

Rectilinear Propagation

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> Anyone ever look at the nutritional values on any prepackaged hamburgers. Were talkin' 80% or MORE fat intake per burger. Those shouldn't even been on the shelves

mupethifi

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> Since when does a baseball card company make hamburgers? Kids didn't want hard tooth-breaking sticks of gum anymore, so they slapped hamburger patties inside instead?

catcherintheeye

]]> <![CDATA[Hamburger Recalled For E. Coli After 6 Illnesses Reported In New York]]> I believe the answer here is: don't eat meat.

lo_fro

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