Another reason not to eat fast food...

atamrowski
atamrowski Posts: 417 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Put down that Whopper. Mr. Ed might be in there.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271440/Burger-King-admits-selling-beef-burgers-Whoppers-containing-horse-meat.html#axzz2JfkBqspF

In my opinion, I don't think that horse meat is necessarily bad for you, rather it's the things being put in our food without full disclosure.
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  • 1julietax
    1julietax Posts: 117 Member
    Since coming on here and using this site, it's amazing how less fast food I eat. Just cause the fat, salt and calories are OUT of control.
  • Fedup23
    Fedup23 Posts: 80 Member
    Will I be eating BK any time soon?.. Neigh I say! My MANE reason.. its too hard to fit into my macros.

    Eh.. nm.. I was just horsing around.
  • Kelly_Runs_NC
    Kelly_Runs_NC Posts: 474 Member
    gross
  • thinflower_punk
    thinflower_punk Posts: 13
    why are people so surprised that there's dead animal in their hunk of dead animal?
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    But it tastes sooo good. And sometimes it's just what my macros are screaming for!
  • BootyShakingBadAss
    BootyShakingBadAss Posts: 350 Member
    Will I be eating BK any time soon?.. Neigh I say! My MANE reason.. its too hard to fit into my macros.

    Eh.. nm.. I was just horsing around.


    HAHAHA
  • speedgoose
    speedgoose Posts: 295
    Will I be eating BK any time soon?.. Neigh I say! My MANE reason.. its too hard to fit into my macros.

    Eh.. nm.. I was just horsing around.


    Haha, I am sending you a friend request because of this.
  • like_milk
    like_milk Posts: 79 Member
    I should confirm that this scandal is only relevant to Britain and Ireland. It has been big news over here

    I don't think there is really anything wrong with horse-meat, it's just that we don't eat it here, and because of that this meat is illegal and we have no idea if it is safe such as what drugs the horses might have been given or how they were killed. And as far as I know, we're still not sure how the horse meat got there.

    Thankfully I'm vegetarian, I just hope there's no chance of horse meat in my veggie burger! :noway:
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
    Will I be eating BK any time soon?.. Neigh I say! My MANE reason.. its too hard to fit into my macros.

    Eh.. nm.. I was just horsing around.

    lol
  • Lane1012
    Lane1012 Posts: 211 Member
    why are people so surprised that there's dead animal in their hunk of dead animal?

    HA!
  • mbreed75
    mbreed75 Posts: 125 Member
    Well, I guess Horse tastes pretty good.
  • BruhManFif
    BruhManFif Posts: 136 Member
    Will I be eating BK any time soon?.. Neigh I say! My MANE reason.. its too hard to fit into my macros.

    Eh.. nm.. I was just horsing around.

    This is perfection.
  • AZKristi
    AZKristi Posts: 1,801 Member
    I'd rather eat horsemeat in europe than pink slime in the states. Just sayin!
  • Absonthebrain
    Absonthebrain Posts: 587 Member
    Since coming on here and using this site, it's amazing how less fast food I eat. Just cause the fat, salt and calories are OUT of control.

    Me too! I cook way more than I used to and my food taste way better to me now than fast food.
  • ubermensch13
    ubermensch13 Posts: 824 Member
    I've eaten horse before without knowing it. In italy there are restaurants that serve it quite often, and it was tasty. I think it should be consumed more often in fact. I have no real problem with this.
  • BigDave1050
    BigDave1050 Posts: 854 Member
    I thought this was going to be about those french fried taters!
    Friedtaters_zps0ec27024.gif

    Ok, I'll stop Horsing around now.
  • allifantastical
    allifantastical Posts: 946 Member
    why are people so surprised that there's dead animal in their hunk of dead animal?

    LOL!!
  • jrmartinezb
    jrmartinezb Posts: 147 Member
    In fairness, this seems to be a problem with BK’s supplier rather than with the BK itself. I guess with the globalization and industrialization of the chain supply it becomes easier and easier for quality controls to fail somewhere. I’m sure this problem affects not only fast food chains, but any business that sells prepackaged or processed food.
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    Well....good thing I live in the US and not the UK...I prefer Backyard Burger anyway...if I want a burger...

    Never been a fan of Burger King's burgers....like their chicken sandwiches though.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    why are people so surprised that there's dead animal in their hunk of dead animal?

    ^^yep. Not sure why there is a difference.
  • JossFit
    JossFit Posts: 588 Member
    This one case might only be in the UK and Ireland, but things like this happen in places all around the UK and US in all manner of ways. (Pink Slime, anyone??)

    I'm not saying to never eat fast food, but if you eat food that you haven't prepared personally you can't freak out if there is weird stuff in it; it's a risk you take, unfortunately.

    Its the same reason why I don't rely on calorie counts that restraunts advertise online; it can't be depended on to be what is advertised. If you want to go to Applebees, be aware that your "Skinny" choice might have 50% more calories than you think, and if you eat at Burger King you have to be OK with the idea of eating the family pet.
  • erinsueburns
    erinsueburns Posts: 865 Member
    I have no problem with the idea of eating horse meat. In fact, I was watching a history channel or discovery channel documentary and it said in one country that instead of surf and turf (seafood and steak) they have something called Quack and Track (duck and horse), and I think I would try that should I ever go there.
  • Southernb3lle
    Southernb3lle Posts: 862 Member
    Will I be eating BK any time soon?.. Neigh I say! My MANE reason.. its too hard to fit into my macros.

    Eh.. nm.. I was just horsing around.

    You Rock!
  • JossFit
    JossFit Posts: 588 Member
    Well....good thing I live in the US and not the UK...I prefer Backyard Burger anyway...if I want a burger...

    Never been a fan of Burger King's burgers....like their chicken sandwiches though.

    Or IS IT chicken? :huh: LOL
  • Southernb3lle
    Southernb3lle Posts: 862 Member
    I thought this was going to be about those french fried taters!
    Friedtaters_zps0ec27024.gif

    Ok, I'll stop Horsing around now.

    <3
  • Shannon16385
    Shannon16385 Posts: 29
    I just came back to the US after living in Italy for a few years- Horse meat is very common in over there, and is nothing out of the ordinary.
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    I should confirm that this scandal is only relevant to Britain and Ireland. It has been big news over here

    I don't think there is really anything wrong with horse-meat, it's just that we don't eat it here, and because of that this meat is illegal and we have no idea if it is safe such as what drugs the horses might have been given or how they were killed. And as far as I know, we're still not sure how the horse meat got there.

    Thankfully I'm vegetarian, I just hope there's no chance of horse meat in my veggie burger! :noway:

    I'd be worried about the chemical content of horse meat too. Over here racehorses get slaughtered regularly and they're walking chemical factories on legs because they're put on the track too young and suffer all kinds of injuries. Horse meat probably makes the chemical content of beef seem like a multivitamin.

    Plus I grew up with horses. No way I'm eating them. Well, not unless I was starving to death.
  • Jay_Jay_
    Jay_Jay_ Posts: 194 Member
    Horse meat is delicious; it is known.
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Burger king burgers have meat on them?
  • logicman69
    logicman69 Posts: 1,034 Member
    WAIT?!?!?!?!

    Whopper have actual meat in them?

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