this is the only thing that I need to hear about stuff that goes into my body. chalk paste? cartilage trimmings? yes! as long as it's human grade, I'll eat it!

[–] [email protected] 49 points 2 months ago (2 children)

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

lol, solid ass bit.

I went to school for like ag and food shit, so I learned the grading system. the real terms are more dystopian, because of course the the optics of anything that doesn't look amazing would be bad for industry.

so, I invite you all to see the beef quality grades in the US from highest to lowest:

prime
choice
select
(if you're at a grocery store and you're buying beef as an ingredient to take home and prepare food, it is one of the ones above this line... below this point is entering the Dark Territory)
standard
commercial
utility
cutter
canner

[–] [email protected] 37 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Commercial

Below Standard

what-the-hell

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago

It reminds me of that King of the Hill joke

Luanne: What's a "food product"?

Peggy: Well, it's something you can eat that's like food

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago

“So anon, why are you vegan again?”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

mmmmm

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Phó is largely cartilage and offal and it may be the most delicious soup in the world.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

I order my pho with extra tendon. Shit's delicious.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I love cartilage and offal. Never really understood the brainworms people have that makes some part of an animal less gross to eat than other parts. It's all just taste and texture.
I only eat meat as a rare treat these days, but when I do I'll often use heart or liver or something.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's classism and racism

Poor and non white people eat those undesirable parts

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah it sucks. I just don't understand why otherwise normal people still have those brainworms. Like I have a lot of leftist friends that will happily eat a steak, but be weird about the other stuff.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Left economic politics are not necessarily mutually exclusive with racism

Much easier to have beliefs that benefit you than beliefs that don't

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

For me it's the texture, gives me the heebie-jeebies (not talking about other parts like offal, just meat-related hard, crunchy, slimy textures etc)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

TIL, the phó places here usually have brisket, beef balls, tendon and tripe (which I guess is offal). haven't really seen cartilage