Termyn8or
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"how then can Aldis sell a pound of ground turkey for $2.49? "
Because you won't wait for it to go down to $1.99. I am not kidding, turkeys are one of the cheapest things to raise for food. They make more money on turkey than almost anything else. And while it is not poison, it is not the most nutritious thing to eat.
Lots and lots of institutions use almost exclusively turkey, like jails and such. They got turkey bacon, turkey ham and all this type of stuff, and it is cheaper, yet sometimes commands a higher price out at the supermarket because it is percieved as being healthier. Those who think so have not done their homework. Turkey does have fairly complete protien, but red meat is better. But then turkey is much lower in fat, so each must decide what is important to himself.
I digressed into sausage, so let me now digress into something else. Hot dogs. It has been said that if knew what was in them you would never eat one, but I have grown beyond that. I mean we are talking eyeballs, BALLS, all kinds of organs and stuff we would never touch. However they have been turned into a palattable form by very fine grinding. There is also a special spice they use, I know we used to have some because I used it by mistake and my sloppy joe's tasted like hot dogs. I can't remember what it's called.
At any rate, my thinking changed because despite the grossness of it, you see all those organs and things, we have them as well. The animals have been fed nutrients to keep these organs etc. healthy. We need those nutrients and they are lacking in most people's diet, and that is why I say it is very hard to be a vegetarian.
So in a hot dog, when you eat part of an eyeball it is quite possible that you are ingesting nutrients that will help your own eyes. Liver, kidneys and so forth all the same. They can't grow the meat without these nutrients, unlike plants that do not move or aspirate or anything of the sort. They require alot less nutrients than the body of a mammal. Ok plants do breathe, but they do not have lungs, which is something else in hot dogs. Everything but the snout they would say.
In fact, the sausage matter, what is the suasage casing ? It is a pig's intestines. Of course all the blood vessels and everything have been removed, and you are left with the membrane but remember this, there is a very similar membrane in your own body. Wouldn't it stand to reason that those nutrients needed to maintain the sausage casing in the animal from which it came might be beneficial to at the very least, the same part of your own body ?
Even ground beef, they are throwing things in that grinder that are not that attractive, and probably wouldn't sell. Like in the case of ground round, do you think they take a round steak that sells for four bucks a pound, grind it up and sell it for around half that price ? They would have to be nuts. But the fact still remains, those cuts of beef they throw in the grinder have nutritional value. Perhaps more than our beloved porterhouse or prime rib.
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