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Whats in my food

Postby Markdini » Sep 16th, '07, 12:17



Yesterday while in a rather well known supermarket I wont name it but Jamie Oliver Advertises it and there is a lord with the same name.

I was walking around past the steak and noticed a little sticker on it

"This product contains a security device that is not microwaveable"

Two questions come to mind :

1. Who would microwave a stake
2. What is this security device is it in the stake it self?

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Postby Pcwizme » Sep 16th, '07, 12:26

its normally a metal based sticker on the packaging, and lots of people microwave in the packaging..


as for microwaving a steak, thats scarolige (and thats me not being able to spell)

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Re: Whats in my food

Postby The Keymaster » Sep 17th, '07, 15:31

Markdini wrote:Yesterday while in a rather well known supermarket I wont name it but Jamie Oliver Advertises it and there is a lord with the same name.

I was walking around past the steak and noticed a little sticker on it

"This product contains a security device that is not microwaveable"

Two questions come to mind :

1. Who would microwave a stake
2. What is this security device is it in the stake it self?


Jst doing a bit of "research" eh :wink:

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Postby Lawrence » Sep 17th, '07, 15:37

and you spotted this during one of your weekly 'loitering round the chilled food section of sainsbury's' i take it? we all know what you're doing there! don't deny it!
just don't eat anything for the "be good to yourself" range, it might taste nice, but other than that you're being a total b@$t~~D to your body by eating it!

as for random things on packages: why does a packet of peanuts say "may contain nuts"? it does seem to imply there's a chance of there being no nuts inside it!
and why is Sea Weed called sea weed when it's not? mad! blatent false advertising that is (right up there with "the never ending story")

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Postby I.D » Sep 17th, '07, 15:52

Around the world there are some very strange warnings on products.. makes you wonder what caused them to put the warning there in the first place..

me thinks its time for another thread :twisted:

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Postby bronz » Sep 17th, '07, 17:28

Only t'other day I purchased half a dozen extra large eggs from Asda. I got home and decided to fry the heck out of them, and whilst they were sizzling away I passed the time by reading the information proffered by the inside of the carton.

Hmm, what about these eggs then? I thought as I read. "These eggs have been laid by hens that are allowed to roam freely," good stuff "These eggs comply to British Health and Safety standards blah blah waffle.." excellent "These eggs have been stamped with a code that enables you to determine when and where they were laid etc etc," nice one "Allergy advice: contains egg."

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Postby David The Cryptic » Sep 17th, '07, 18:00

Only the British and Yankees would Microwave a Steak.

We dont mess with our Steaks or any other meat by putting security devices in them.

I buy them straight from the Butcher most of the time any way.
I am a serious chef. Some of you already know that.

Though it sounds like something Walmart would do. But I dont shop there.

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The Japanese cook them on their special grills, I forget the name.
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Postby Part-Timer » Sep 17th, '07, 19:28

David The Cryptic wrote:British broil or now micorwave.


How dare you! We grill our steaks.

(Yes, that is a joke.)

Actually, we also barbecue them and my father's recipe calls for frying.

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Postby Lawrence » Sep 17th, '07, 19:59

very few british people actually know what Broiling is anyway, they'd probably think it's some fancy way of boiling something.

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Postby Lady of Mystery » Sep 18th, '07, 12:00

I'd never heard of broiling until I bought an american cookbook. I had to look it up.

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Postby seige » Sep 18th, '07, 12:06

Nobody in their right mind would microwave a steak. The sticker is generic, and will probably only apply to foods being thawed.

Secondly, all this talk of steaks is doing my head in... all this talk of 'broiling' (Flame-grilling, for those non-Americans) etc. is really getting away from the point of the question or 'how do you like yours' is irrelevant.

NOBODY ACTUALLY SAID THEY MICROWAVE STEAKS!

The answer is simple. It's as generic as the label I recently saw stuck to a lime which said "Plastic bags can be dangerous to small children". No bag was evident.

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Postby IAIN » Sep 18th, '07, 12:11

i deliberately don't cut up those plastic rings that keep beer cans together, as i absolutely despise swans...

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Postby Lady of Mystery » Sep 18th, '07, 13:31

Abraxus that's horrible and I'm going to pretend that you didn't just write that!!!

As for steak, rubbed with fresh herbs and cooked in red wine has got to be te best way! yum yum :D

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Postby seige » Sep 18th, '07, 13:35

David The Cryptic wrote:The French Saute.
The Japanese cook them on their special grills, I forget the name.
Southern use open flame.
British broil or now micorwave.


Correction:

The British mostly pan-fry their steaks. But being a 'bit of a chef', you already know that. :roll:

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Postby IAIN » Sep 18th, '07, 13:35

:lol: surely by now you know when I'm joking lomster...

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