Reply to: Tesco Ready Meals

[Gittins Gal]

Back in the day an OND was a pretty respectable qualification before grade inflation struck.

Thank you.

Yes, I did mine in the 80s and it got me into university.

[TheBigD]

Yup.

But only 17 tonnes out of 25 was actually toxic.

Pretty good for China, I'd say.

Their beef is supposed to be good though...

Michael Rogers blames failed drugs test on contaminated Chinese food | Sport | The Guardian

[d000hg]

Oh dear. Resorting to class hatred now are we?

I am middle class myself. So try again.

And, for the record, little boy, I have an OND in Food Technology so I at least know what I'm talking about here.

Oh my. An OND? I stand corrected in awe of your academic gloriousness. That's almost as serious a qualification as Nail Technician.

[Gittins Gal]

Did anyone listen to that lovely R4 documentary the other day about the 17 tonnes of chicken sourced from China that was riddled with salmonella?

It was perfectly documented under EU rules of course, no problems at all with the paperwork

We're importing chicken from CHINA?

I've heard it all now...

I won't touch anything unless it's locally sourced, free range and organic.

[SueEllen]

The irony is you've been brainwashed by the "chemicals are bad fascists" but spout self-congratulatory nonsense about not being brainwashed by the "health fascists".

Just another middle class "it's not 'natural'" fool. Like that woman on Dragon's Den rambling on about how the health drink was terrible because it wasn't using all-organic fruits and "you can't possibly claim organic isn't better".

Stop being mean....

Though it is worth pointing out everything is made of chemicals.

[Gittins Gal]

The irony is you've been brainwashed by the "chemicals are bad fascists" but spout self-congratulatory nonsense about not being brainwashed by the "health fascists".

Just another middle class "it's not 'natural'" fool. Like that woman on Dragon's Den rambling on about how the health drink was terrible because it wasn't using all-organic fruits and "you can't possibly claim organic isn't better".

Oh dear. Resorting to class hatred now are we?

Still, that's what I expect from meddlesome, weasel faced busibodies like you.

And, for the record, little boy, I have an OND in Food Technology so I at least know what I'm talking about here.

[d000hg]

The irony is you've been brainwashed by the "chemicals are bad fascists" but spout self-congratulatory nonsense about not being brainwashed by the "health fascists".

Just another middle class "it's not 'natural'" fool. Like that woman on Dragon's Den rambling on about how the health drink was terrible because it wasn't using all-organic fruits and "you can't possibly claim organic isn't better".

[Gittins Gal]

Is that another opinion or are you agreeing with the healthy goody-goodies' findings now?

While what I sometimes eat doesn't always chime with the views of the health fascists because it may contain a greater or lesser degree of (shock, horror) fat, sugar or salt, I do at least like to choose what I use to poison myself with.

[d000hg]

Is that one which comes back to bite you if you aren't nice to other people?

Many curries do come back to bite you in the arse the next day.

[DirtyDog]

I looked at the label on a chicken karma ready meal.

Is that one which comes back to bite you if you aren't nice to other people?

[VectraMan]

Ready meals have moved on a LOT in the last decade or so. Many are quite pleasant, especially the more expensive ones - advances in food science and the customer's desire for "prepared meals" rather than "ready meals" i.e. something that's proper food you didn't cook rather than just cheap TV dinner stuff.

Plus the infrastructure. If it was made in a factory the day before and kept refrigerated, there's no reason to think it won't be as good as food you'd make yourself and reheat, or even a takeaway. The image of "ready meals" is that they're weeks old and full of processed crap to make them pass food safety tests.

[vwdan]

Ready meals have moved on a LOT in the last decade or so. Many are quite pleasant, especially the more expensive ones - advances in food science and the customer's desire for "prepared meals" rather than "ready meals" i.e. something that's proper food you didn't cook rather than just cheap TV dinner stuff.

Yep - I picked up some stuff in the Tesco Finest range the other day and, to be honest, it was as enjoyable as most things I'd cook from scratch. It was an oven meal rather than microwave, though - not that it's any healthier.

[Scrag Meister]

" chicken pieces from Thailand and various EU countries"
I think they are refering to
Mechanically separated meat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

HTH

or Geographically separated meat?

[d000hg]

The chicken jalfrezi is actually not bad.

I didn't ask the chicken where it came from though.

Ready meals have moved on a LOT in the last decade or so. Many are quite pleasant, especially the more expensive ones - advances in food science and the customer's desire for "prepared meals" rather than "ready meals" i.e. something that's proper food you didn't cook rather than just cheap TV dinner stuff.

[VectraMan]

The chicken jalfrezi is actually not bad.

I didn't ask the chicken where it came from though.