[TheForge] OT-soy meat??

[Andy Vida]

Phlip wrote:
> 
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
> 
> > On this topic, my friend Marlene sho is a professional chef
> > said that when she was at the culinary institute in Rhode
> > Island, she was told that McSpooge used worm meal mixed in
> > with the meat.  She swore up and down that she wasn't pulling
> > my leg and that the worms were a very good protein source.
> > I've always wondered about that.  Yes, earth worms, BTW.
> > Nothing surprises me anymore. :(
> 
> Oh, c'mon, Andy, I'm rather surprised at you for falling for another urban
> legend. If she heard such a thing, I rather doubt it was from any of the
> approved curricilum, but was rather some gossip passed along by another
> student.

	I didn't say I believed it, just that I've wondered about
	it.  She seemed very serious about it.

> At the time, earthworms were running more than $4 per lb, and beef
> appropriate for burgers considerably less. Why would McDucks _increase_
> their expenses? They're trying to sell a standardized product, fast and
> cheap. Check it out on an urban legend site.

	Ok, I didn't know this.  OK, urban legend.  Smells like it,
	but I'm always susceptible to extraordinarily cute and
	winsome Irish girls with big blue eyes.  She probably could
	have convinced me the moon was made of green cheese... or
	cream cheese.
> 
> While McDucks isn't my choice got gourmet dining, they do do what they do
> very well, and that's to get a standardized food product into the hands of
> those whose criteria for eating are that they want something fast. Don't
> knock them-

	I'm not knocking them, I just don't like their food.
	The success of their operation speaks for itself.