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pilgrim
07-09-2008, 08:13 PM
The irreverent Mischief documentary series returns with a look at the dark side of British food making.

Geeky northern anarchist Alex Riley goes in search of the most disgusting thing he's ever eaten.

But finds this isn't quite as straighforward as he thought. Apparently food manufacturers are very good at transforming crap ingredients into something that looks and even tastes like food.

Not one to back down, Alex carries on banging on doors in his quest to get answers. After sampling plenty of dodgy sausages, Alex tries his hand at making his very own monster food.

Turning his attention to piemaking, his brief is to create something cheap yet edible that adheres to food safety regulations.

It proves surprisingly easy in the end. All it takes is the right amount of E numbers, a stomach-churning mix of animal parts and something called "sweet fat."

Mmm, sounds tasty.

LINK -

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=8P1TD39R
planetsadhana
07-09-2008, 09:06 PM
the use of pork or beef gelatine in most chilled desserts that you buy in the supermarket is creepy , some of them are even labeled healthy.
pacoquerak
07-09-2008, 09:55 PM
gelatin can be very healthy, it is very good for the places in our body that are made of gelatin, ligaments and such.
but of fuckin course it's disgusting when you randomly find it in some food product, i wont touch that shit with a ten foot poll.

i am even more put off by chemicals and trans fats and the like though
zarah
07-09-2008, 10:56 PM
Does anyone know why beef and pork gelatine is stuck into 'diet' desserts? I dont eat prok and its such a pain in the arse checking everything.
astral_girl
07-09-2008, 11:50 PM
what about the you tube videos about adding cola to pork and the worms coming out

anyone tryed this ?
is it fact or fiction?
miss_splitfoot
07-09-2008, 11:50 PM
zarah, i've asked this elsewhere in the past & was told the gelatine is there for flavour.
miss_splitfoot
07-09-2008, 11:52 PM
what about the you tube videos about adding cola to pork and the worms coming out

anyone tryed this ?
is it fact or fiction?


SNOPES (http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/porkworm.asp)
astral_girl
07-09-2008, 11:54 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2eEw26J0z8&feature=related
miss_splitfoot
08-09-2008, 12:04 AM
it's not true, astral_girl! it's an urban myth, although i believed it myself for years. i'd like to say it was true, to put people off eating meat, but, seems it's untrue.
astral_girl
08-09-2008, 12:05 AM
thanks- i only came across it tonight-so hadnt heard of it before ;)
red_ram
08-09-2008, 10:23 PM
For my part, I used to work in a processed meat slicing and packing facility. One task I had to do for a short time was to take some gelatine from the warehouse, melt it and take it down to the slicing room. The gelatine was like very stodgy jelly that stank of rotten mayonnaise, and to melt it down I had to use the microwave in the staff canteen - just as they were coming in for their dinner.

This gelatine was used to coat legs of ham, which would then be coated in breadcrumbs. Ever wondered how these coatings stick to the ham? Now you know.
kingmonkey
08-09-2008, 10:57 PM
Does anyone know why beef and pork gelatine is stuck into 'diet' desserts? I dont eat prok and its such a pain in the arse checking everything.

I believe it's some kind of binding agent, but I'm not 100%.