How Rosy is Your Meat?

Another scary article, Which Cut Is Older? (It's a Trick Question), in today's Times about our food supply: this time Marion Burros reveals the carbon monoxide treatment given to some steaks to give the appearance of rosy-red freshness. Another reason for us to learn as much as possible about where our food comes from, and how it is treated.

Comments (6)

why is it ok and accepted to fool around with food like this?

posted by dani on 2006-02-21 11:21:01

ooo, we *just* watched "The Future of Food" on netflix
(since we missed it at Film Forum)

excellent survey of the looming genetic modification of food and what that means in lots of sectors of society -- beautifully photographed, and draws alot of information together

chilling

posted by guido on 2006-02-21 13:05:07

another great reason to buy from farmers and to curate a relationship with your local butcher (as opposed to buying from a huge super-mart)

posted by ann on 2006-02-21 13:48:32

Another reason to go veggie.

posted by YCH on 2006-02-21 14:41:27

You think the vegetable world is immune from weird shenanigans? Just about every single one of them has been genetically re-engineered to do specific things like looking plump and ripe and rosy for as long as possibly possible. A lot of it makes sense, and then sometimes it just goes a little bit overboard.

I spent a summer at the LSU Rice Experiment Station, counting rice weavel larvae taken from the roots of rice plants, because they were probably developing a version of rice plant that naturally repelled them. Or maybe they were developing some bug sprays.

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