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17 March 2025
An example of why many people detest ultraprocessed foods
The photo shows a Johnsonville brand sausage. The discussion thread at the mildlyinfuriating subreddit thread suggests that these are probably plastic fibers rather than animal hair.
Out of all the different kinds of bags of frozen meatballs in all the stores I ever go to, Johnsonville frozen meatballs were the best, especially as all the others came in crappier and pallid-grayer quality until they were truly nauseating, then the Johnsonville ones vanished from shelves, never to return. Safeway currently has nonfrozen meatballs in trays in the regular meat section that are outstanding; best among them are the Italian sausage flavor. Wow, they are good. Every few months they go on sale for like $4 for a tray of eight big meatballs. Just one of these meatballs in a plate of spaghetti and vegetables and sauce is enough. In between the sale-availability of those, I make do with chickendogs from FoodMaxx, which are also good cut up in ramen or chili or rolled up in bread with mustard and cayenne pepper. Not in eggs, though, anymore, which are a dollar apiece in this area of egg production where up till recently they were $2 a dozen. I was in the dollar store last week, saw that they had English muffins and thin-sliced smoked ham, and made toasted ham sandwiches with red onions, garlic, mustard, mayo, lettuce and pickled jalapeno peppers. That's kind of a treat. One time years ago I cleaned out the mess underneath my employer's house and found a crate of /25-years-expired-date Spam/. He didn't want it. It took me a couple of months to eat it all, but it went well in salads, and noodles, and eggs, and toasted sandwiches.
And I am planning to have sausages for dinner...
ReplyDeletep.s. could that be a spice seed that has sprouted?
No. Seeds don't sprout from "ready-to-eat" precooked and frozen products.
DeleteI have heard that sausages are permitted to contain a certain amount of rat hair, etc. Probably all but impossible to make perfectly.
ReplyDeletePerhaps consider farm-to-table sausage prepared locally.
DeleteAll processed food has an 'acceptable' amount of contaminants, per government regulation. Rat turds, cockroaches, etc., etc.
DeleteOut of all the different kinds of bags of frozen meatballs in all the stores I ever go to, Johnsonville frozen meatballs were the best, especially as all the others came in crappier and pallid-grayer quality until they were truly nauseating, then the Johnsonville ones vanished from shelves, never to return. Safeway currently has nonfrozen meatballs in trays in the regular meat section that are outstanding; best among them are the Italian sausage flavor. Wow, they are good. Every few months they go on sale for like $4 for a tray of eight big meatballs. Just one of these meatballs in a plate of spaghetti and vegetables and sauce is enough. In between the sale-availability of those, I make do with chickendogs from FoodMaxx, which are also good cut up in ramen or chili or rolled up in bread with mustard and cayenne pepper. Not in eggs, though, anymore, which are a dollar apiece in this area of egg production where up till recently they were $2 a dozen. I was in the dollar store last week, saw that they had English muffins and thin-sliced smoked ham, and made toasted ham sandwiches with red onions, garlic, mustard, mayo, lettuce and pickled jalapeno peppers. That's kind of a treat. One time years ago I cleaned out the mess underneath my employer's house and found a crate of /25-years-expired-date Spam/. He didn't want it. It took me a couple of months to eat it all, but it went well in salads, and noodles, and eggs, and toasted sandwiches.
ReplyDeleteNobody ever found a bug or spider in farmer's market stuff? Or a worm in an apple?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure finding dirt in food is specific to ultraprocessed food.