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A lot of stuff we love to eat is a scam
Posted on 7/12/16 at 2:44 am
Posted on 7/12/16 at 2:44 am
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Think you’re getting Kobe steak when you order the $350 “Kobe steak” off the menu at Old Homestead? Nope — Japan sells its rare Kobe beef to just three restaurants in the United States, and 212 Steakhouse is the only one in New York. That Kobe is probably Wagyu, a cheaper, passable cut, Olmsted says. (Old Homestead declined The Post’s request for comment.)
Fraudulence spans from haute cuisine to fast food: A February 2016 report by Inside Edition found that Red Lobster’s lobster bisque contained a non-lobster meat called langostino. In a statement to The Post, Red Lobster maintains that langostino is lobster meat and said that in the wake of the IE report, “We amended the menu description of the lobster bisque to note the multiple kinds of lobster that are contained within.”
Moving on: That extra-virgin olive oil you use on salads has probably been cut with soybean or sunflower oil, plus a bunch of chemicals. The 100 percent grass-fed beef you just bought is no such thing — it’s very possible that cow was still pumped full of drugs and raised in a cramped feedlot.
Unless your go-to sushi joint is Masa or Nobu, you’re not getting the sushi you ordered, ever, anywhere, and that includes your regular sushi restaurant where you can’t imagine them doing such a thing, Olmsted says. Your salmon is probably fake and so is your red snapper. Your white tuna is something else altogether, probably escolar — known to experts as “the Ex-Lax fish” for the gastrointestinal havoc it wreaks.
Escolar is so toxic that it’s been banned in Japan for 40 years, but not in the US, where the profit motive dominates public safety. In fact, escolar is secretly one of the top-selling fish in America.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 3:22 am to hawgfaninc
I wish I had a yen for every time a (Japanese) restaurant offered "snow crab" but served a fake crab stick instead.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 4:01 am to hawgfaninc
Wow, next they'll be telling us that the chicken isn't really made of chicken.
It is pretty crazy what companies get away with. It's hard to tell what stores/sources to trust anymore. At least we're lucky in Louisiana with our seafood source, especially shrimp and crawfish.
It is pretty crazy what companies get away with. It's hard to tell what stores/sources to trust anymore. At least we're lucky in Louisiana with our seafood source, especially shrimp and crawfish.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 4:34 am to hawgfaninc
Gotta love the Sushi restaurants that buy escolar and pass it off as "shashimi" grade..
All the while, you barely make it to the can to shite your brains out.
All the while, you barely make it to the can to shite your brains out.
This post was edited on 7/12/16 at 11:07 am
Posted on 7/12/16 at 5:10 am to hawgfaninc
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That Kobe is probably Wagyu
Ate a frick ton of Wagyu cooked on hot rocks Sunday night at Uchi in Dallas and it was freaking amazing.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 6:09 am to hawgfaninc
Easy solution....stop buying industrial food. Local is often cheapest, esp in seafood and often in beef as well.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 6:20 am to hungryone
How much is a potato, relative to the cost of fries? Scam - don't know?
Posted on 7/12/16 at 6:24 am to hungryone
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Easy solution....stop buying industrial food.
Maybe a good solution, but not necessarily easy.
Some foods are not available-salmon for example.
Finding local chicken, beef, and other proteins may be difficult to find and inconvenient to get to.
I'm open to suggestions.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 6:37 am to hawgfaninc
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Escolar is so toxic that it’s been banned in Japan for 40 years, but not in the US, where the profit motive dominates public safety. In fact, escolar is secretly one of the top-selling fish in America
I call it shite your pants fish and stopped ordering it. I substitute it when ordering combos.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 6:40 am to Tigertown in ATL
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Finding local chicken, beef, and other proteins may be difficult to find and inconvenient to get to.
I got fortunate enough that the local college where I live is an agriculture university and they have a meat lab where they sell awesome stuff for a pretty large discount.
However, it's pretty much only poultry, pork and beef. Pretty much nowhere great to get seafood where I live.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 6:50 am to TigerWise
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Escolar ....... stopped ordering it.
I don't think I've ever heard of it. How does one know what it is on a menu?
Posted on 7/12/16 at 6:54 am to Tigertown in ATL
It's usually what's on the menu as 'white fish' or sometimes 'white tuna.'
Posted on 7/12/16 at 7:23 am to hawgfaninc
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Think you’re getting Kobe steak when you order the $350 “Kobe steak” off the menu at Old Homestead? Nope — Japan sells its rare Kobe beef to just three restaurants in the United States, and 212 Steakhouse is the only one in New York. That Kobe is probably Wagyu, a cheaper, passable cut, Olmsted says. (Old Homestead declined The Post’s request for comment.)
I thought everyone knew this
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Fraudulence spans from haute cuisine to fast food: A February 2016 report by Inside Edition found that Red Lobster’s lobster bisque contained a non-lobster meat called langostino. In a statement to The Post, Red Lobster maintains that langostino is lobster meat and said that in the wake of the IE report, “We amended the menu description of the lobster bisque to note the multiple kinds of lobster that are contained within.”
Don't eat at Red Lobster
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Moving on: That extra-virgin olive oil you use on salads has probably been cut with soybean or sunflower oil, plus a bunch of chemicals.
Buy olive oil from California
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The 100 percent grass-fed beef you just bought is no such thing — it’s very possible that cow was still pumped full of drugs and raised in a cramped feedlot.
Buy from local farmer
Posted on 7/12/16 at 8:19 am to Salmon
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Think you’re getting Kobe steak when you order the $350 “Kobe steak” off the menu at Old Homestead? Nope — Japan sells its rare Kobe beef to just three restaurants in the United States, and 212 Steakhouse is the only one in New York. That Kobe is probably Wagyu, a cheaper, passable cut, Olmsted says. (Old Homestead declined The Post’s request for comment.)
This statement is also not true, all beef imports from Japan have been banned for quite some time due to their BSE outbreak a while ago. No one in the U.S. is selling Kobe beef, at least legally.
Wagyu is somewhat legit, in that it was created here in the U.S. when Kobe beef cows from Japan were mated with Angus cows here in the U.S.(prior to their mad cow outbreak) I guess you could say it's a distant cousin to Kobe.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:14 am to Salmon
"Don't eat at Red Lobster" would be better translated as don't eat at restaurants. I'd say many local places cut lots of corners as they try to survive.
And buying from local farmers is a great idea. I wish there was a cost effective and convenient way of doing it.
And buying from local farmers is a great idea. I wish there was a cost effective and convenient way of doing it.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:22 am to Tigertown in ATL
What in the world is fake salmon? Or do they just mean a bait and switch substitution, like steelhead?
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:23 am to Y.A. Tittle
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What is fake salmon?
I'd guess "fake salmon" means farm raised, that's been dyed to look wild. It doesn't have the nutrition content or the flavor of wild salmon.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:24 am to Tigertown in ATL
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And buying from local farmers is a great idea. I wish there was a cost effective and convenient way of doing it.
Google CSA or farmshares and your locality. Many areas have a weekly, "farm subscription" service; you pay a set price and get a box of produce...some even deliver, for a fee. Even suburban areas have farmers' markets these days. Savannah has the Forsyth FM, with at least 4 different vendors selling meat/poultry/eggs. Buy food from actual people, not corporations.
People will spend hours & drive miles looking for the perfect swimsuit, tie, or pair of shoes, but they expect quality, humanely raised/local food to magically appear at the local giant chain supermarket near home. Would you look for handmade clothes or crafts at Walmart? Change your shopping habits; spend a little more time seeking out the good stuff.
I guarantee it is far more pleasant to visit a country meat market/butcher to stock your freezer than going to WallyWorld and buying industrial, tray-packaged meat.
Posted on 7/12/16 at 9:25 am to Tigertown in ATL
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I wish there was a cost effective and convenient way of doing it.
plenty of local farmers sell their stuff in local markets
buying local isn't hard (hell the farm we buy from will deliver to our house)
now cost effective? well that just depends on what that means to you
This post was edited on 7/12/16 at 9:26 am
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