"john d hamilton" <bluestar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "WM" <w_masters@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> On Tue 02 Sep08 18:53, john d hamilton <bluestar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> As we know some people have a greater density of taste buds
>>> built into their tongues. I have less, but my wife and son have
>>> more than i do and they can detect subtle food flavours that I
>>> cannot.
>>>
>>> Tescos in North London U.K. sometime do meat in their 'reduced
>>> price' section. The other day I got some really good beef and
>>> lamb which was slightly 'darker' coloured from this section at
>>> about 1/4 of the normal price. I fried it up and enjoyed it and
>>> put the rest in the freezer.
>>>
>>> Other members of the family thought this was truly awful. My
>>> view is that although if you smell it closely, it is different;
>>> but that it is basically just a bit of *oxizidation* and it does
>>> not effect the taste. Years ago they used to hang up 'game'
>>> outside for weeks.
>>>
>>> Views on this really seem to divide people. But I cannot believe
>>> that a big store like Tesco would continue to sell this very
>>> slightly off coloured meat, if it represented any health risk.
>>> Any comments on this please, whether one can safetly consume
>>> such meat?
>>
>> You didn't see the TV do***entary about 9 to 12 months ago which
>> featured Tesco and it's hygiene practises on the cold meat counter in
>> its Woodford branch.
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> what happens at Woodford?
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