So what about Mad Cow Disease?

[Greg]

I hope the industry doesn't get desemated for our health and the economy, but I'm hoping the price of beef gets back to reality?

Anyone else think beefs been too expensive lately and this may put it in check? I expect a spike at first and then prices to drop to drive up sales.

I haven't been shopping since the scare. Any opinions or observations?

[Dave420]

I think that doubling the price of beef because a diet is popular is almost criminal.I could understand 10-15% from a business stand point but when rib steaks go from $5.99/lb to $9.99 (yes beef was that cheap around here ...lol)that is greed.

[Greg]

It was here too. My dad manages a meat dept at a major dept store and he says that chicken and pork are the hot sellers.

Big beef has always been greedy. Remember, these are the same jerks that went after Oprah and lost!

[JoeCool]

They can have my Prime Rib when the pry it out of my cold dead hands.....uh err...um.....wrong thread.

[Scarecrow28]

Beef price's rise and lower with the price's of fuel, as do many other products. Think back, when gas price's were lower, so was beef.

[Greg]

Originally posted by Scarecrow28
Beef price's rise and lower with the price's of fuel, as do many other products. Think back, when gas price's were lower, so was beef.

Gas is reasonable here and beef has doubled in price...I don't see the correlation.

[Dave420]

we have a lot of cows in florida-so fuel is not the issue,the atkins diet is........

[Shan]

I just wish they would get over the humming and hawing about where the beast came from..if it was Canada it was...just amazed me how that was jumped on so fast..and is still being pushed even after the discrepencys about the ages of the animals.....

but..stop and think for a moment..the highest number of cases EVER reported for the human variation of mad cow ( I dont know the name and too lazy to look) was in England when the first "outbreak" occurred. Look at what the English eat. Kidney stews and pies, hearts, tougne, stuff that just isnt normal...in my books anyways. Its called parts from the nervous system. Who eats animal guts anyways?? yuck...

If you MUST have beef, stay away from hotdogs...ground beef, cuz they do throw odds and ends in that too, any processed meats...like balony...blah blah...

I dont know who can afford to eat the stuff anyways at the prices they are charging ..go figure..here we are trying to get rid of excess meat from older animals that were butchered last summer and they are charging $9.00 for ONE t-bone steak?

I guess everyone needs to make a buck.

[clodhopper]

Hmmmmmmmm...Sure am glad I raise my own. The freezer is always full going into winter. As for mad cow, I had one that was always ****ed off at me. It's the one in the freezer now.:D

[Fred Raud]

I like meat,,,

Fred Raud

[Shan]

Originally posted by clodhopper
Hmmmmmmmm...Sure am glad I raise my own. The freezer is always full going into winter. As for mad cow, I had one that was always ****ed off at me. It's the one in the freezer now.:D

I like that line of thought :D

we did too for years..I dont believe I've ever had beef so tender as the ones we raised ourselves since I left home.....*sigh*....

[clodhopper]

Originally posted by Fred Raud
I like meat,,,

Fred Raud

That's nice Fred........

But I don't think there's a forum here for that:rolleyes:

[brent]

Personally, I prefer ostrich and bison to beef anyway.