Kitchen nightmares Jun 29, 2009
Intellectually, I can deal with other variety meats but my body revolts when asked to eat toilet-stinky andouillette, giblet salad or pig's lung soup. I still crack a sweat at the memory of a perfect set of spongy lungs being lifted, intact and joined, from the tureen of almond soup. (The Age, Australia)
Exports to China, Japan bolster US pork industry Mar 23, 2009
Mexicans favor legs and picnic shoulders; the Chinese prefer variety meats. Federation President Philip Seng said pork exported to Japan and China is often sliced into smaller pieces to make it easier to eat with chopsticks. (Fresno Bee -- Business)
Marketing Briefs: Four railcars of U.S. sorghum destined for Canada Mar 11, 2009
161 million tons of pork variety meats and 764,000 tons of pork cuts. Kenya is waiving its import duty on corn in a bid to ease shortages in the country, where about one-fourth of the population is in need of food aid. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
U.S. welcomes increased beef exports to South Korea Feb 12, 2009
6 million pounds of beef and beef variety meats to South Korea, according to the USDA.. In 2007, an estimated 53. (Minnesota Farm Guide, MN)
Former meat export chairman see Japan as best potential for growth Feb 8, 2009
But I think it could even exceed 100 if we can get variety meats included ... It is estimated that the loss of the NAFTA markets would cost cattle producers 50 to 60 per head, Halstrom said, but I think it would be quite a bit more than that because of all the end cuts and variety meats we would have to absorb into the domestic market. (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
Is meat safe? Feb 25, 2008
Cook or freeze fresh poultry, fish, ground meats and variety meats within two days; other beef, veal, lamb or pork, within three to five days. Perishable food such as meat and poultry should be wrapped securely to maintain quality and prevent meat juices from getting onto other food. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
What to look for in lunch meat Aug 14, 2007
"By-products" or "variety meats" means the product may contain heart, lips, tongue and so forth. Sodium nitrate is a salt that's added to enhance the meat's color and flavor. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
China accuses foreign media of raising unnecessary alarm about its exports Jul 16, 2007
Thad Lively, a trade analyst at the U.S. Meat Export Federation in Denver, said China was a crucial market for animal products like "variety meats," which usually includes things like chicken feet and pig ears. "Losing access to this market would be very damaging to the overall profitability of the U.S. pork industry," Lively said. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Errors, unapproved firm blamed for Korea beef ban: USDA Jun 5, 2007
"That includes boneless, bone-in, offals and variety meats," Schwab said, referring to a recent international ruling that U.S. beef is safe and pledges by South Korean leaders to abide by that decision. Earlier in the day, South Korea said it banned beef from two plants owned by Cargill Inc. and two owned by Tyson Foods Inc. The companies said they produced beef for domestic consumption and it apparently was exported by customers. (Scientific American)
'Hannibal Rising' opens Friday Feb 9, 2007
Suffice to say, with a sigh, that the Nazis are behind Lecter's twisted taste in variety meats, at least indirectly: As German troops pour into 1944 Lithuania, a group of local army deserters take refuge in the home of the Lecter family -- the only surviving members of whom are 8-year-old Hannibal and his even younger sister, Mischa (Helena-Lia Tachovska). There is no food. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Reality Bites: Feb 1, 2007
But they're fun to watch nonetheless: Contestants have a stingy two hours to cook a dish of variety meats like pigs' trotters or oxtails; they must make a classy snack out of a Kraft product. Much of the food looks disastrousovercooked eggs, soggy funnel cakesbut some looks truly well-conceived, or. (Slate)
Looking at food trends for 2007 Jan 11, 2007
They can find much to like in slow-cooked alternative cuts of "lesser" and so-called variety meats ... Batali says, "We use many 'alternative cuts' and variety meats because we respect the tradition of the Italian farm table, where nothing goes to waste. Great recipes are born out of necessity and economics." ... Many people explore further, happily enjoying variety meats (also called innards or offal), such as sweetbreads, tripe, kidney and headcheese, but often they don't talk about it because... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
MSGA: Cattle producers can control destiny using BQA recommendations Jan 7, 2007
Issues to avoid, he said, are lack of uniformity in marbling and tenderness, cuts which are too large for the food service and restaurant trade, excess fat, abscesses/lesions in cuts, trimmings and variety meats and blood-splashed muscle. Other areas that need to be worked on by producers include solving the animal identification issue, lack of uniformity and the lack of traceability. (Great Falls Prairie Star, MT)
