Thread: are hotdogs safe to eat? (mad cowie)

I am stocking up on all the beef I can buy as the prices drop. I am not scared in the slightest of mad cow disease. IF and its a HUGE if there was infected meat then I have to die from somethiong don't I? Seriously my family is not worried at all and we eat a lot of beef.

Eat your hot dog mightyman...you'll be fine..lol

The contaminated meat did come from one cow, and this meat was distributed to 8 states and one territory (Guam) The cow was purchased as part of a herd of 70 or so. And I think they're trying to trace down the rest of the herd.

Most cuts of beef come from muscle meat. "Mad cow" infects spinal and brain tissue in bovine. It's confined to this tissue. NOT muscle meat. There's been no instances of BSE found in muscle cuts of beef. ALTHOUGH, t-bone steaks sometimes have a bit of spinal cord attached. The United States banned the use of brain or spinal cord products years ago (this has been used in the past as additive for feed, to fatten the herds) Whether or not all cattle farmers do this, isn't know.

Organ meat is safe as far as I've heard. If you're hungry for liver or heart. Ground beef can be taken from ANY part of the cow. If you want to be safe, buy ground chuck or round, or buy a piece of meat and have it ground for you. Hotdogs are made from just about any by-products left laying around. Most use turkey, chicken etc., as filler now because it's much cheaper than all-beef weiners. To be safe, eat just turkey weiners.

I really don't think this is the time to panic - yet. But then again, I'm not a beef eater.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/12/24/cnn...man/index.html

here's how to tell
http://viswiz.imk.fraunhofer.de/~ste...cow/madcow.htm

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA dragon i laughed out loud - that was funny i needed that

thank you!

Mightyman, eat the hotdogs,
if you begin to start barking like a dog
or mooing like a cow,
please let us know.

what about quacking like a duck?

Originally posted by YankeeMary
Sorry sometimes I can't help myself...I for sure didn't mean to offend you or hurt your feelings

Same here. Didn't mean to offend u, op.

heheh you didnt i was just jokin with ya

i didnt realize that twinkies had a mom -- hrm do ding dongs too? what about ho ho's? OMG IM BORED

Originally posted by mightyman
heheh you didnt i was just jokin with ya

i didnt realize that twinkies had a mom -- hrm do ding dongs too? what about ho ho's? OMG IM BORED

Yeah . . . my twinkies have a mom (twins) They are both ding dongs too!!

I found this here:
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/sto...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Your guide to beef

The safest? Beefsteaks, roasts and hamburger ground from labeled cuts.

What's riskier? Ground beef, hot dogs, taco meat and luncheon meats that are made from several sources of meat.

Why? Mad cow disease is found only in the brain and spinal cord. The U.S. Department of Agriculture requires any processed meat using those parts to be labeled as such, but there is no guarantee that it is happening.