asda smart price corned beef?

supermum4

Hi I went to asda today to buy some corned beef and was shocked at how expensive it was (not bought it in ages) anyway i bought asda's own smart price cornedbeef just made a nice pie and sister has popped in for a coffee i told her how expensive corned beef was now and she said well don't buy the smartprice stuff from asda as its from france and they love to eat horse over there and that's what's probably in it:eek: now i don't fancy eating the pie:( now whats your views on this it says corned beef on the tin could it have horse in it?

electrobix99

Check the packagin. If it does not list horse on in then there is none in the tin.

Do you really think ASDA would call it corned beef and then fill the can with Horse - which I doubt would actually save money.

DUKE

Many of us eat pig & cow, so what's the harm in a bit of horse? Although I always believed that the horse meat thing was just a rumour. Eat your pie & enjoy, bet it's lovely!

Stephen_Leak

supermum4 wrote: »

<snip> its from france and they love to eat horse over there and that's what's probably in it <snip>

:rotfl:

http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/search/searchcontainer.jsp?trailSize=1&searchString=corned+beef&domainName=Products&headerVersion=v1&_requestid=80205

Cooked Beef , Salt , Sugar , Preservative (Sodium Nitrite).

However, I suspect that the "Made with 120g of Cooked Beef per 100g of finished product" should either read "120g of Raw Beef", or that the amounts are the wrong way round.

It comes from Brazil so, using your sister's logic, it ought to have guinea pig in it. BTW, how does she explain the lack of corn?

The name comes from the "corns" or large grains of salt, which were originally used to preserve it.

PS. I've eaten horse in France and it was very sweet and absolutely delicious.

strawberry_laces

is your sister like 4 years old. What a bizarre thing to say

Barneysmom

I've never seen fields full of horses being bred for corned beef, have you?
She's misinformed or making it up, eat it, I'm jealous I wish I had some

y5d

Stephen_Leak wrote: »

:rotfl:


However, I suspect that the "Made with 120g of Cooked Beef per 100g of finished product" should either read "120g of Raw Beef", or that the amounts are the wrong way round.


My dad worked in food analysis, and told me the above fact a long time ago. I believe the difference in weight is due to the reduction in water during the 'corning' process.

geordie_joe

Barneysmom wrote: »

I've never seen fields full of horses being bred for corned beef, have you?

I don't know, I've ever been to France. I've seen fields full of horses, but I've never known why they were there, or what happened to them after I passed by.

Barneysmom wrote: »

She's misinformed or making it up, eat it, I'm jealous I wish I had some

She was probably joking.

meg72

It is deffintely Beef, ejoy it and tell your sister to get her facts right.

tori.k

geordie_joe wrote: »

I don't know, I've ever been to France. I've seen fields full of horses, but I've never known why they were there, or what happened to them after I passed by.



She was probably joking.

That was because they use to import them from here (Dartmoor) untill they banned live exports, Dartmoor ponies have always traditional been used for horse meat. if you have eaten salami in Europe you have probably eaten horse.

whats the big deal tho, i can never understand how people are quite happy to eat meat from lambs, cow's and pig's, yet are appalled at the idea of fluffy bunnies/guinea pigs or pony's ending up on the dinner plate,

shellsuit

Country

Country of Origin

Brazil

That's what it says on the can, so God knows where your sister got France and horses from!


http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/search/searchcontainer.jsp?trailSize=1&searchString=corned+beef&domainName=Products&headerVersion=v1&_requestid=60668