Will it stop you buying frozen ready meals

Popperwell

I had not eaten beef knowingly for decades and now when I have bought some and thought at least it is higher quality beef(yellow stickered)this story breaks about the horsemeat. I thought being the age I am I'll take the risk.

I'll not throw out what I have in the freezer and(if its too late so be it regarding any damage I have done myself over BSE)as for the horsemeat I probably have eaten it or will wghen I go through my store of food.

I tend to stick to chicken, turkey, pork or lamb...usually diced and only occasionally minced which I think is easier to hide nasties in.

After that the only beef I have that I know of are some tins of corned beef.

Rowan9

I feel it's the labelling. If it was labelled correctly people would/ could choose.
I prefer meat that is recognisable as such and I then cook it in some way. Although I do like sausages, I am aware that if I choose to eat them then it is ALL parts of the animal that I'm eating. I find that a bit eek so often choose veggie sausages instead.
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lemontart

Years ago I always made from scratch but shift work combined with now being a carer as well put a stop to that, however since I had accident few weeks ago reducing my income to 600 short fall I have looked again and even made my own burgers for first time in 20 years from value mince (not frozen) very very nice indeed, so much nicer than the frozen ones.

Though to be fair burgers are one of the few things I am a brand snob on simply because I prefer taste to others and used birdseye ones . And having tried some value ready meals would rather eat cardboard

LameWolf

I'm vegetarian, and never, ever buy ready meals in any case.

I don't have a problem with people eating horse meat if they have chosen to eat horse meat. What I have a problem with is people thinking they're eating one type of meat, and it's actually something totally different.

OK, this time it's horse; what if next time it's pig products? Where does that leave our Muslim and Jewish friends?

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Honey_Bear wrote: »

Rant Alert!

I am sick to death of paying regulators who don't do their jobs. The Financial Services Mob allowed the banks to do things that were, at best, seriously iffy like the Libor issue. Shropshire health authority and their auditors didn't lift a finger while patients were dying needlessly- and don't tell me no-one complained to their MPs about lack of care in those hospitals - I used to manage a hospital complaints department and everyone knew where the problems were. (They were tackled.) The Care and Quality Commission allowed the scandalous lack of care to continue at a residential home for adults with learning difficulties and the Food Standards mob apparently think that all they should have done is read the labels. Why, for goodness sake, do I as a tax payer have to pay these leech's salaries for not doing their jobs? They're working hard at the moment thinking about whether something with fat in it should be flagged up as fattening, but not apparently bothered about no-one actually checking that what it says on the tin in actually in the tin.

As to ready meals - I can't afford them because I'm too busy trying to make a living to pay tax for the government to pay people not to do their jobs.

Rant over.

Here ,here I agree with your sentiments too many chiefs and not enough indians IYSWIM

meritaten

I rarely buy processed foods - tho saying that I have one of those huge lasagnas from Aldi in the fridge as I know I will be short of time one evening this week. does the thought of it containing horsemeat put me off? NO, Its an animal and its perfectly edible! its the other carp that gets put in processed foods which put me off!

Nelski

JackieO wrote: »

Hi I have just been thinking if the present hoo hah over the hosemeat will stop you or make you think twice about actually buying frozen ready meals at all.from what I read theis is only the tip of the iceberg (pardon the pun)and many more things may come to light in the processed food market with more testing.I'm not affected as I don't and never have bought processed frozen food as I have found it to be pricy,tasteless and too full of chemicals for my likeing,plus I do enjoy cooking and making my own home cooked food from scratch I can get better value and far more for my money.I was wondering how the big supermarkets and stores are going to work out what to sell to their customers who are used to buying ready to eat meals if they are now going to be scrutinising everything thats sold for horse,or anything else out of the ordinary.
Perhaps Mum won't be going to Iceland anymore and may just go and buy some real meat from a butchers and DIY it.I am not saying that all processed food is suspect as I don't eat the stuff myself but I wonder how many of you may think twice before you buy the next instant ready meal to 'ping' in your microwave
P.S. I too have eaten horsemeat in France where my brother lives but its not something I would choose to eat much as I found it a bit 'heavy' to digest. I don't eat rabbit because I find its just too full of bones for my liking,but lots of folk do and enjoy it

Hey Jackie :wave:

I stopped buying ready meals a long time ago - mostly due to visiting this board and being indoctrinated into slow cookers and pinnys :)
Nothing really to do with whats in them tbh more that I preferred my own stuff. When I was a student I lived off Findus Crispy beef pancakes and vesta meals so its clearly not a ingredient snobbery with me Also ate horse in France with my brother when he lived there - its meat so what

The problem is lack of information and that is wrong - if i fancy a horse lasagne then I should be able to know Im getting one but if I fancy a beef one then same rule

My version of a ready meal is something I have done in the slow cooker and frozen into portions so just as easy and only a wee bit of planning on a saturday as to what gastronomic goody Im chucking in the cooker for the day:)

I am waiting to see how Iceland and Farmfoods come out of this one - for the prices they charge it has to involve some shortcuts.

System

I dont usually buy ready meals for the simple reason you dont know whats in them.... looks like i was right.

I do buy frozen pizzas though.

the_cake

I'm not an expert, but as I live and work with horses every day I am interested in why there is a taboo in this country against eating them, and it seems to date back to the Bronze Age in England - the white horse of Uffington (a huge stylized figure cut into the chalk hillside) being the most obvious trace of previous horse worship. There was also the cult of Epona (worship of a horse goddess) and the Welsh legend of Rhiannon.... also the domestication of the horse has been the single most influential step towards humans being able to travel long distances, transporting their goods - and fighting each other. The invention of the stirrup (which gave a mounted army the advantage) has been compared in importance to the invention of the wheel, and the printing press. Sorry, I seem to be getting carried away! But horses have been crucial, and central, to the spread of civilization; they are also sensitive, intelligent and beautiful, so I for one, will not knowingly be eating them (or cat, or dog). Hopefully!
In the light of the remarks above, perhaps that should read 'WAS a taboo' ...!

Byatt

the_cake wrote: »

I'm not an expert, but as I live and work with horses every day I am interested in why there is a taboo in this country against eating them, and it seems to date back to the Bronze Age in England - the white horse of Uffington (a huge stylized figure cut into the chalk hillside) being the most obvious trace of previous horse worship. There was also the cult of Epona (worship of a horse goddess) and the Welsh legend of Rhiannon.... also the domestication of the horse has been the single most influential step towards humans being able to travel long distances, transporting their goods - and fighting each other. The invention of the stirrup (which gave a mounted army the advantage) has been compared in importance to the invention of the wheel, and the printing press. Sorry, I seem to be getting carried away! But horses have been crucial, and central, to the spread of civilization; they are also sensitive, intelligent and beautiful, so I for one, will not knowingly be eating them (or cat, or dog). Hopefully!
In the light of the remarks above, perhaps that should read 'WAS a taboo' ...!

:T:T that reflects how I feel. But it seems like you say, it WAS a taboo.