On Sunday, April 10, 2016 at 12:03:00 AM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> "Roy" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 10:15:18 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> "Roy" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >> > On Saturday, April 9, 2016 at 4:27:52 PM UTC-6, Julie Bove wrote:
> >> >> "Janet B" > wrote in message
> >> >> ...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I bought some boneless, skinless chicken breasts from Albertsons
> >> >> > yesterday. They were $1.69/pound. It was a decent price so I got
> >> >> > what I thought was a package of 8 -- 4 on top and 4 on the bottom.
> >> >> > Not so. There were only 4 breasts in the package. I've weighed each
> >> >> > one. 1.5 ounce was the heaviest and 1.4 was the least weighty. The
> >> >> > cut looks like they are full breasts instead of the halves we are
> >> >> > used
> >> >> > to. Still, at 20 ounces for a full breast that means the halves
> >> >> > would
> >> >> > be 10 ounces and I am used to seeing 5-6 ounce breast pieces. So,
> >> >> > if
> >> >> > it was your chicken, would you figure these were really old birds
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > need a lot of stewing or would you just go ahead and cook as usual?
> >> >> > I
> >> >> > use this meat for enchilada filling and stuff like that
> >> >> > Janet US
> >> >>
> >> >> I learned not to buy meat from Albertsons unless it is some specific
> >> >> brand
> >> >> like their grass fed beef. Their meat is bad.
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Not enough detail Julie...not good to make blanket statements about
> >> > retailers. I'll bet that retailers HATED to see you enter their
> >> > premises.
> >> >
> >> > I used to manage retail grocery stores...some customers are really
> >> > miserable *******s...better off without them.
> >> > ====
> >>
> >> In this case, it is valid and warranted. My mom never bought meat there
> >> when I was growing up. Now I know why. This is the same store where I
> >> bought all that cheap meat and had to put it in the freezer.
> >>
> >> As I said... If it is a branded item such as the organic beef, Foster
> >> Farms
> >> chicken, packaged bacon or ham, fine. I will no longer buy their pork
> >> chops, chicken, steak, roasts, etc. Just not good. And retailers don't
> >> dislike me. Why would they? I buy stuff from them. I rarely return
> >> things. And I am polite.
> >
> > Well, just saying their meat is "bad" tells me next to nothing.
> > Do you mean ROTTEN?
> > Do you mean tough or stringy?
> > Do you mean poorly cut and presented?
> > Do you mean poorly packaged, wet with blood?
> > Do you mean over-priced?
> > Do you mean NOT UP TO GRADE?
> >
> > I was a meat cutter for years before I went into management.
> >
> > If someone described meat to me as being bad it usually meant
> > spoiled/rotten/inedible.
> > ====
>
> I didn't eat the stuff and I didn't ask for specifics. My mom told me it
> was bad. Someone else said they had a sale and the meat was really good. I
> bought some. Both my husband and Angela said it was bad. Those were their
> exact words. The person who had recommended the meat to me had taken some
> to where my dad was living at the time. He complained that the meat was bad
> as did the others that had been served the meat. Again, exact words. That
> was good enough for me. I haven't bought it since.
>
> What I can say that it wasn't poorly packaged. Overpriced? Well, I guess
> so, since it wasn't edible. I don't think it was spoiled. People just
> didn't like it.

Well, that settles it...if everyone uses the word "bad", we'll never know what caused the "bad" meat to be "bad". I would guess that it was just created to be "bad"...probably from bad cows and bad bulls, raised by "bad" ranchers.
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