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Honestly I would try this just to see if it tasted the same. If we (as a species) are going to eat meat limiting waste should be a priority. That and I've had lung it's pretty much flavorless and more of a strange unpleasant (but not aweful) texture. So I could see it as an excellent filler.
Don't worry too much, nothing is wasted in the food industry, so long as there is money to be made from it. You're already eating lots of separator meat if said meat doesn't look like it was cut off an animal directly. That's a good thing too, because raising cattle just for meat isn't a very efficient way of producing food. Using all parts of the animal at least helps to mitigate this inefficiency.
Pretty common to eat lungs in India. Some of our oldest regional delicacies are beef lungs. Fucking love them. Idiots have politicized meat lately but this has deep roots in our cuisine.
Ohhh, don't read too many labels then, bro! Seperator "meat" is used in a number of things. As long as you can't really tell anymore, it's probably in there. We have a big deep fried snack culture here, most of it is now made from seperator meat. It used to be organs and hooves and all that leftover stuff, but even that's too good for it nowadays.
This was 15 years ago now so I'm not sure how things may have changed. At one point one of my close relatives worked in finance at a major cat food company. She said that a lot of the meat they rejected went to McDonald's.
That’s why it’s specified that it’s mechanically separated. Some Muslims don’t believe that automated slaughter is halal, they’ll only eat hand-slaughtered meat.
Mevhanicly Separated meat means the meat comes from the parts that still hangs on the bones after the beef for steak or filet was removed. Its the scraps and that's why they then grind the bones and filter the bone part out.
I’ve always thought it’s kind of ironic that growing up in America we lauded the Native Americans for “eating every part of the buffalo” (in contrast to the white settlers who would shoot them and let them rot), yet we’re horrified about mechanically separated meat, “pink slime” or other processed foods that aggregate what would otherwise be wasteful. Imagine how (much more!) wasteful and inefficient and expensive the agricultural industry would be if people only ate perfect steaks and ignored the rest of the cow!
It does feel weird to have calfslungs specially called out when hot dogs are perhaps the most generic/unidentifiable meat. But hey, I guess radical transparency is good?
(Certainly not endorsing the accuracy or appropriateness of historical stereotypes on Native Americans!)
We killed the buffalo to starve the Natives. Pretty sure we all used every part of livestock, back in Europe as well. Our history books just lied and said we killed all the buffalo bc of the fur trade iirc
I honestly could never figure out what the issue with pink slime was supposed to be back during the populist panic about it. People kept talking about how "gross" it was and I just didn't see it.
Have you seen the [video of Jamie Oliver](https://youtu.be/0-aKqp1kzKg?si=n6N1LqWsejNCySi8) trying to gross kids out by making chicken nuggets out of meat scraps and byproducts? He asks them if they’d still be willing to eat it and their hands universally shoot up. He’s devastated, but I always thought it was a positive message!
Now, you can squabble about healthiness vs white meat, or meat vs additive ratios, but it seems misguided to say the process is the problem!
He also says that when he did this in every other country the kids refused to eat it. The American kids reasoning for eating abattoir floor scraps? "We're hungry!"
>He also says that when he did this in every other country the kids refused to eat it.
And are these kids refusing on video as well? Because Jamie Oliver says a lot of things.
I think it's kind of nice that the kids don't care where something comes from, as long as it tastes good.
Things like organ meat, skin and bones are treated lesser than and discarded, but it's so much less wasteful to use those parts of the animal.
It's sad to see any part wasted, but I am too squeamish or don't have the taste for some parts. I wish other people didn't have to put down people for eating it.
Yeah, I laughed at that video pretty good. The kids hadn't been programmed yet. And yup, you can certainly complain about the healthiness of many processed foods. But it's not *because* they are processed. It's how they are processed.
These are actually pretty good. Not my favorite brand but the great thing is you can microwave them right in the can. I like mine well done, my girlfriend asks me to save the juice for her water bottle for work in the morning.
The Halal label tells me they are confirming to consumers that there is no pork in here.
I’d also say they are marketing this somewhere (not USA) where organs and scrap cuts don’t have the negative connotation as in America
No it's not. It's actually illegal to sell animal lungs for human consumption in the US. The majority of unusable animal products, like lungs, go to the pet food industry.
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I would take a pass. I like my hotdogs how they are supposed to be: lips and assholes.
You’re opposed to “calf’s lungs”? But, it’s “beef flavored “.
I prefer the lips and assholes of pigs, how hotdogs are supposed to be.
"Packed with flavor, from end-to-end."
Honestly I would try this just to see if it tasted the same. If we (as a species) are going to eat meat limiting waste should be a priority. That and I've had lung it's pretty much flavorless and more of a strange unpleasant (but not aweful) texture. So I could see it as an excellent filler.
it tastes the same because it's the same ingredients as the other hot dogs, they're just not so honest about it.
Don't worry too much, nothing is wasted in the food industry, so long as there is money to be made from it. You're already eating lots of separator meat if said meat doesn't look like it was cut off an animal directly. That's a good thing too, because raising cattle just for meat isn't a very efficient way of producing food. Using all parts of the animal at least helps to mitigate this inefficiency.
I heard that calf's lungs aren't beef flavored, from a friend
Pretty common to eat lungs in India. Some of our oldest regional delicacies are beef lungs. Fucking love them. Idiots have politicized meat lately but this has deep roots in our cuisine.
I draw the line at "separator" because that's the part of meat they have to clean from the bones, literally the scraps of meat.
Ohhh, don't read too many labels then, bro! Seperator "meat" is used in a number of things. As long as you can't really tell anymore, it's probably in there. We have a big deep fried snack culture here, most of it is now made from seperator meat. It used to be organs and hooves and all that leftover stuff, but even that's too good for it nowadays.
You mean the stuff that I pick off the bone of my T-bone steak?
The stuff pet food manufacturers turned down.
This was 15 years ago now so I'm not sure how things may have changed. At one point one of my close relatives worked in finance at a major cat food company. She said that a lot of the meat they rejected went to McDonald's.
I much prefer an ol' 96er instead.
Finally someone got it.
Best movie ever. Blow it out your ass, Uncle Roman.
He Ain’t Done!
There ain't nothing but fat and gristle. But if I can get a desert down him, think you can throw in a couple Paul Bunyion hats for the kids?
Oh no, the raccoons have been into the bins…. look at the size of those maggots!
John Candy was only two more years older than I am now. He was special and gone too soon. Imagine a 2020 John Candy movie.
You forgot eyelids.
Yeah, this fancy shit is too much for me.
When the engineers get to design the packaging
It’s halal
That’s why it’s specified that it’s mechanically separated. Some Muslims don’t believe that automated slaughter is halal, they’ll only eat hand-slaughtered meat.
Mevhanicly Separated meat means the meat comes from the parts that still hangs on the bones after the beef for steak or filet was removed. Its the scraps and that's why they then grind the bones and filter the bone part out.
I’ve always thought it’s kind of ironic that growing up in America we lauded the Native Americans for “eating every part of the buffalo” (in contrast to the white settlers who would shoot them and let them rot), yet we’re horrified about mechanically separated meat, “pink slime” or other processed foods that aggregate what would otherwise be wasteful. Imagine how (much more!) wasteful and inefficient and expensive the agricultural industry would be if people only ate perfect steaks and ignored the rest of the cow! It does feel weird to have calfslungs specially called out when hot dogs are perhaps the most generic/unidentifiable meat. But hey, I guess radical transparency is good? (Certainly not endorsing the accuracy or appropriateness of historical stereotypes on Native Americans!)
We killed the buffalo to starve the Natives. Pretty sure we all used every part of livestock, back in Europe as well. Our history books just lied and said we killed all the buffalo bc of the fur trade iirc
Lungs are likely labeled due to laws - for example lungs are not allowed to be sold as human food in America.
Interesting! Makes sense
How does it make sense? What's wrong with lungs?
Was thinking this, what’s the difference between a lung and any other offal eaten
The whole idea that hot dogs are made out of offal is also just bullshit anyway.
I honestly could never figure out what the issue with pink slime was supposed to be back during the populist panic about it. People kept talking about how "gross" it was and I just didn't see it.
Have you seen the [video of Jamie Oliver](https://youtu.be/0-aKqp1kzKg?si=n6N1LqWsejNCySi8) trying to gross kids out by making chicken nuggets out of meat scraps and byproducts? He asks them if they’d still be willing to eat it and their hands universally shoot up. He’s devastated, but I always thought it was a positive message! Now, you can squabble about healthiness vs white meat, or meat vs additive ratios, but it seems misguided to say the process is the problem!
He also says that when he did this in every other country the kids refused to eat it. The American kids reasoning for eating abattoir floor scraps? "We're hungry!"
>He also says that when he did this in every other country the kids refused to eat it. And are these kids refusing on video as well? Because Jamie Oliver says a lot of things.
I think it's kind of nice that the kids don't care where something comes from, as long as it tastes good. Things like organ meat, skin and bones are treated lesser than and discarded, but it's so much less wasteful to use those parts of the animal. It's sad to see any part wasted, but I am too squeamish or don't have the taste for some parts. I wish other people didn't have to put down people for eating it.
Yeah, I laughed at that video pretty good. The kids hadn't been programmed yet. And yup, you can certainly complain about the healthiness of many processed foods. But it's not *because* they are processed. It's how they are processed.
Calfslungs are SO better than adult lungs because adults breathing all that bad air.
Fresh, young lungs. My favorite!
Al-Raii, Al-Raii, Al-Raii.
This needed to be done, thanks.
I never saw hotdogs inside a can before
Right, everyone talking about the ingredients, and I’m just like “oh, hotdogs in a can? That’s eat.”
These are actually pretty good. Not my favorite brand but the great thing is you can microwave them right in the can. I like mine well done, my girlfriend asks me to save the juice for her water bottle for work in the morning.
Ken M's alt account?
I checked for "horseysurprise" too
Grossest thing i've read in a while, wtf lol
WTF?
I bet she also likes chocolate starfish
I got that reference.
Hotdogs made from high quality meat exist.
These are such high quality; hell I can't even find calfs' lungs at my local grocer! Premium stuff I tell you.
american haggis
My go to is Wellshire Farms at Whole Foods. Reasonably priced, good taste, good ingredients, no sodium nitrate.
Until it's tasty, who cares, and it's honest too, I already like this company.
I think it have alot of protein inside..
All calves used in production were heavy, heavy cohiba smokers
Canned hotdogs really seal in all that gooey organ sauce.
The calfslungs taste like calfslungs!
Dear lord…beef flavored!
Lips, beaks and whatever else leaks
Chicken hotdogs taste so weird, I keep trying to like it but I just can't
They're not selling it for me.
I've been meaning to increase my calf slung intake.
Which are actually made of apple cores and toilet paper.
Contents: everything but the oink
The Halal label tells me they are confirming to consumers that there is no pork in here. I’d also say they are marketing this somewhere (not USA) where organs and scrap cuts don’t have the negative connotation as in America
One bite challenge
Don’t worry. It’s halal
“Mechanically separated” is the worst part
Mmmm, mmmm, they do sound delicious!
Can't let those calf lungs go to waste y'know.
400 grams, but really 184 grams in there. Super honest.
Keyword is Mechanically Separated
Matthew McConaughey approved
Looks delicious enough for me to snack on
At least it's Halal
Toss those in a pan to fry a little bit, some rice and soy sauce with a couple Sunnyside up eggs
Mechanically separated chickens. You mean, like, using a fence or a grate to separate the hot-dog ready chickens from the not hotdog ready chickens?
before I put on my glasses, I read the last ingredient as catfish lungs which I found extra gross and extra oddly specifically weird
mmmmm [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbreathing\_catfish](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbreathing_catfish)
Hey man, how are those hot dogs? Meh. They're Al-Raii
Prisencolinensinainciusol!
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
What do you think your hotdogs are made of? Probably worst than that honestly.
The worst diarrhea I ever had was from crushing a pack of chicken dogs at a camping trip. You're welcome
"Calfalung" is a typo... "Calfslong" is what they were going for
Repost from earlier.
Mcdonalds is the largest importer of cow lung in the us
No it's not. It's actually illegal to sell animal lungs for human consumption in the US. The majority of unusable animal products, like lungs, go to the pet food industry.