Burger King Introduces My Little Pony Burgers
A horse is a horse of course until Burger King admitted traces of horse DNA were found in samples of patties from a food-processing plant in Ireland. The neigh-sayers issued a statement that the meat never reached its eateries. Looks like the King may lose his crown as it seems whatever falls into the grinder is sometimes mixed with "blended" random animals.
“Four samples recently taken from the Silvercrest plant have shown the presence of very small trace levels of equine DNA. This product was never sold to our restaurants,” the company said in a statement on Thursday.
Burger King previously dropped the firm, which had been approved to supply burgers to its restaurants in Britain, Ireland and Denmark. Traces of horse DNA were found in beef burgers sold by supermarkets Tesco, Lidl, Aldi and Iceland. Well on one hand, you're eating a healthier and leaner meat, but you've also just eaten somebody's friend named "Flicka".
“We are deeply troubled by the findings of our investigation and apologize to our guests, who trust us to source only the highest quality 100 percent beef burgers. Our supplier has failed us and in turn we have failed you.” said Burger King’s vice president of global quality, Diego Beamonte.
They sound like they are beating a dead horse and Burger King has announced it's now releasing their all new, "Rodeo" sandwich. Have you heard what their new Kid's Meal toy is? A clip-on horse tail extensions for girls and lassos for the boys.
Mr. Ed?
I'll have the Mr. Ed with cheese & bacon and all this time I thought that the "seabiscuit" in BK's Seabiscuit breakfast sandwich was referring to the bread used for the bun! I guess I'll just have to hoof it on over to McDonalds from now on.
The Miami-based chain said its investigation showed the source of the Silvercrest contamination was the same non-approved Polish supplier identified by the Irish department of agriculture.
"Hi-ho, Silver!........with cheese"
Photo- thesouptv.com
Food safety experts said horse meat poses no added health risks to consumers, but I bet
BK will have to pony up some cash to get rid of this bad publicity. I wonder if this will "trigger" any lawsuits?
It bears repeating.....
"To beef, or not to beef,
That is equestrian.
Happy trails to you, until we meet again Burger King!
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Comment by Linda Seccaspina on February 3, 2013 at 11:17pm -
I agree gary... but when we have not been raised with it as a staple.. its odd
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Comment by Gary on February 3, 2013 at 10:12pm -
I would speculate horse meat would be a lot tougher as they run around a lot more while cows stand around eating all day. Humans likely have bred both to be more suitable to the uses we put them.
Different peoples around the world have different ideas about what constitutes "food" so maybe just because "we" find something unacceptable doesn't mean it intrinsically is wrong.
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Comment by Linda Seccaspina on February 3, 2013 at 9:21pm
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I have never tried horse so have no idea kevin..:)
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Comment by Kevin Army on February 3, 2013 at 8:25pm
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Sorry if this is obnoxious, I really don't want to be one of those people, but what exactly is the difference between eating cows or horses??
Good post either way, and love the party dog video!!
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Comment by Linda Seccaspina on February 3, 2013 at 1:27pm
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for anyone that has not seen Romeo
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Comment by Linda Seccaspina on February 3, 2013 at 1:26pm
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LOL he is jumpy isnt he..
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Comment by Marsha Shearer on February 3, 2013 at 1:16pm
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And we're worried about GMOs! Chomp chomp just became clop clop. Actually, it's about of bunch of neigh sayers who won't admit that what burgers are really made of. By the way, Romeo (the dog, not the person) may be a regular consumer.
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Comment by Linda Seccaspina on February 3, 2013 at 1:00pm
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It got the point across though gary:)
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Comment by Gary on February 3, 2013 at 12:34pm
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""blended" random animals" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I must have read that with my ears!
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Comment by Linda Seccaspina on February 3, 2013 at 11:13am
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I knew that..:)
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