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Old 21-01-2010, 15:48
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After seeing Britain's Really Disgusting Food on BBC1 on Monday. Even the good makes and Finest are made with some mechanically separated chicken. Tesco Value are made totally from this and the chicken was a brownish colour. Showed how they do it, by pressing the carcass against a wire wall. All the remaining meat, gristle, skin etc etc falls off like a slush. Disgusting. Also tinned hot dogs. Won't ever eat those again.
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Old 21-01-2010, 15:52
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After seeing Britain's Really Disgusting Food on BBC1 on Monday. Even the good makes and Finest are made with some mechanically separated chicken. Tesco Value are made totally from this and the chicken was a brownish colour. Showed how they do it, by pressing the carcass against a wire wall. All the remaining meat, gristle, skin etc etc falls off like a slush. Disgusting. Also tinned hot dogs. Won't ever eat those again.
and this is news to you?
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Old 21-01-2010, 15:54
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and this is news to you?

Well I thought it was chicken breast and not this mechanically recovered stuff.
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Old 21-01-2010, 15:55
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I've seen a clip of mechanically removed meat before and I still eat chicken nuggets.

I've seen a clip of the process of making a bog standard takeaway donner kebab (Elephant Leg).

I had a kebab the other night and the leftovers last night. Lovely stuff



As for Hotdogs.....
http://www.boosman.com/blog/images/2003-08-15-02.jpg

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Old 21-01-2010, 16:19
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I agree that Tesco Kiwevs are hideous , awful creations that should not be described as food.

Lidl kievs however are made with chicken breast, are delicious and cheaper!
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Old 21-01-2010, 16:33
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i would not by preference eat any chicken (or indeed any meat) ever described as "chopped and shaped" - this is reclaimed stuff

we never buy minced meat - if i want to make a lasgne or a chilli, i buy braising steak, and mince it in a food processor

M & S, and Tesco do very nice whole join/breast kieves, with a bone in. They cost a bit more, and its worth it
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Old 21-01-2010, 16:40
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Make your own! They're easy enough.

I usually make mine to a Weight Watchers recipe - slit the chicken lengthways to make a pocket and stuff with 50g low fat garlic and herb soft cheese. Roll in seasoned flour, egg wash and breadcrumbs and bake in the oven (about 180C) for 25 minutes.

Gorgeous!

Or, just use your own garlic butter, bread them in the same way and oven bake or deep fry them.
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Old 21-01-2010, 16:51
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There is something queer about folk who complain about this sort of thing yet are happy to eat pieces of animal which are recognisable as pieces of animal.
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Old 21-01-2010, 18:13
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Make your own! They're easy enough.

I usually make mine to a Weight Watchers recipe - slit the chicken lengthways to make a pocket and stuff with 50g low fat garlic and herb soft cheese. Roll in seasoned flour, egg wash and breadcrumbs and bake in the oven (about 180C) for 25 minutes.

Gorgeous!

Or, just use your own garlic butter, bread them in the same way and oven bake or deep fry them.
Hi, they sound great, could you let me know the point per potion value. Thanks
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Old 21-01-2010, 19:53
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Just make your own. They're a doddle.
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Old 21-01-2010, 22:06
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Lidl kievs however are made with chicken breast, are delicious and cheaper!

How much do they cost just out of intrest?

Years ago I bought some from Lidl that said 'MADE from chicken breast' but once you have a proper look at the ingredients it turned out that they where bog standard shite and they where twisting the truth a bit. Also if they are under 2 quid its usually a dead giveaway that they are just as bad or even worse than yer average Kiev.
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Old 21-01-2010, 22:15
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On Monday it's seafood. Fish fingers with hardly any fish and fake prawns. What the hell is a "fake prawn" made out of?
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Old 21-01-2010, 22:31
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Were there feathers in the chicken kiev? I bought a whole chicken a couple of months ago and there were feathers in it.
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Old 21-01-2010, 22:36
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Were there feathers in the chicken kiev? I bought a whole chicken a couple of months ago and there were feathers in it.
In a whole chicken? Like, inside it?

Do you mean, still left on the skin?

Simple, pull them out, takes a few seconds.
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Old 22-01-2010, 00:50
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Surely chicken is chicken, it's how it's raised that's the problem, not how the meat is taken off.

The mechanically reclaimed stuff is no different than boiling a carcass for stock, it's just getting the last bits of meat off the bones...
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Old 22-01-2010, 08:13
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Surely chicken is chicken, it's how it's raised that's the problem, not how the meat is taken off.

The mechanically reclaimed stuff is no different than boiling a carcass for stock, it's just getting the last bits of meat off the bones...
i guess when people get disconnected from cooking they are easily shocked.

stock is most basic of cooking, and every last bit of goodness is cooked out of a carcass, and is quite healthy stuff in fact.
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Old 22-01-2010, 08:27
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I've never liked cheap chicken products, they're all awful as the texture isn' there but I have nothing against Mechanically reclaimed meat and still love hot dog sausages. Cheap and bloody tasty.
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Old 22-01-2010, 09:16
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I don't buy any think like that any more. I get my meat from a local butcher and the quality is always very good. I sometimes make my own chicken kiev type things and they are always so much nicer than the cheap ones you can buy.
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Old 22-01-2010, 11:07
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It's stuff like this why I love my butcher.

It does cost more but it seems to go further and all free range etc.

Am I the only one who gets stomach upsets from over processed food?
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Old 22-01-2010, 12:21
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They must be fit for human consumption.
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Old 22-01-2010, 14:55
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On Monday it's seafood. Fish fingers with hardly any fish and fake prawns. What the hell is a "fake prawn" made out of?
I don't know, but Scampi used to be made from Monkfish a lot so perhaps it's something similar.
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Old 22-01-2010, 20:49
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I agree that you should make your own but Birds eye do a good Kiev and it is proper chicken breast - I had one the other day and it was proper chicken breast and was delicious!!

http://www.birdseye.co.uk/fresh-froz...rlic-and-herb/
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Old 22-01-2010, 21:06
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The standard Tesco ones should be OK. It's just the value ones that are best avoided.
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Old 23-01-2010, 03:34
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I echo the sentiments of those who say make your own!!!

I try and avoid (what I call ) computer generated food as much as possible.
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