If so, you may want to consider taking it back to the store and buying from a different company. A hidden video has found workers at one of their sites performing acts of severe animal cruelty - and because I know there are some in OT who have a 'who cares about anything that doesn't impact me personally?' streak - ignoring and even bragging about the spread of maggots and diseases among their birds. Warning: Graphic contentHidden camera video
Disgusting. And why? Where's the benefit in treating these animals this way? Surely it affects the taste of the meat, and more of a humane approach would be better for the Turkeys AND the consumer.
I saw the video and I agree it is disgusting. The problem here is not so much that they are doing it purposely or doing it to gain a self gradification, but because its a job. Like any other job people tend to get lazy, or lose focus on what they are doing, they become complacent. I think that is what is happening in these videos.
[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]Not sure if I want to watch that video. I won't be having a Butterball anyways. The quality is about as low as it gets. Put a couple onions inside the turkey. Season and let it sit all night. Tastes great.
lol choose a vegetarian diet? The the creators of this video can go fvck themselves.Jebus213
Nothing for nothing, but really at the end of the day its about having respect for life. You may think a turkey is nothing more than a meaningless creature on this planet, but its providing you food to eat, at least they can do is be respectful to the creature while it is alive.
If my mom buys a butter ball Turkey for Thanksgiving I'll gladly post pictures of it cooking in the oven and sitting on my plate. I'll have the organs and neck bone on plate also.
[QUOTE="Jebus213"][QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]Not sure if I want to watch that video. I won't be having a Butterball anyways. The quality is about as low as it gets. Put a couple onions inside the turkey. Season and let it sit all night. Tastes great. It'll still taste like crap.
[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"][QUOTE="Jebus213"][QUOTE="sammyjenkis898"]Not sure if I want to watch that video. I won't be having a Butterball anyways. The quality is about as low as it gets. Put a couple onions inside the turkey. Season and let it sit all night. Tastes great. It'll still taste like crap. Bull. It's tender, moist, and tons of flavor.
[QUOTE="sammyjenkis898" It'll still taste like crap. then you're cooking it wrong...most meats (unless it's just horrendous)...really come down to how they are cooked....
so are all butter ball plants like this or just these few asshat employees?....if it's system wide you have a problem..Omni-Slash
Last year they found another Butterball site doing the same thing. So, who knows if it is company wide, but that is two different sites in two consecutive years.
I usually avoid videos like that. I went ahead. All I can say is that I've seen much worse, but that if Butterball were still on my menu these days, I'd definitely take them off after seeing the video. The problem is -- I don't know if any standard brands of Turkey would be any different at this point. Applying assembly line methods to slaughter houses has had a very negative effect on the treatment of animals overall.
I usually avoid videos like that. I went ahead. All I can say is that I've seen much worse, but that if Butterball were still on my menu these days, I'd definitely take them off after seeing the video. The problem is -- I don't know if any standard brands of Turkey would be any different at this point. Applying assembly line methods to slaughter houses has had a very negative effect on the treatment of animals overall.
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I mean it sucks that they have to go through it, but I mean its mass producing, it happens in every other industry that mass produces something. Unfortunately this is a live creatue that we are talking about. I don't think there is any real humane way of doing it.
Where in that video did you get that they were bragging about spreading maggots and disease? They mentioned it but I didn't see any bragging. But I guess you get what you pay for. Mass produced crap will be mass produce crap. Cook it to 165 degrees fahrenheit and bacteria won't be a problem. I always get my Turkey from a local farm. These turkeys from big companies probably have a bunch of chemicals and crap pumped into them.
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