Grab the Pepto

Your gonna need it.
Have you ever seen the site Totally looks like? Their site features celebrities and other famous people that look kinda like something else. They have some pretty cool pics like this:

see famous look-a-like faces

and this


see famous look-a-like faces


Cute huh? Ok here is one for the news buffs:

see famous look-a-like faces

Prepare yourselves........

Funny right? Then I saw this:

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Did you see that??? The pink stuff on the right is strawberry soft serve ice cream, the one on the left is mechanically separated CHICKEN!!!! Gross!! Then I got to looking into it , because surely it don't look like that does it? I mean come on, I read labels it didn't sound that bad- ok well maybe it did but I was tired and fed it to my family anyways, and besides Slim Jims tastes good and my kids like Vienna sausages. Then I read what the USDA said about it:

MECHANICALLY SEPARATED MEAT
is a paste-like and batter-like meat product produced by forcing bones with attached edible meat under high pressure through a sieve or similar device to separate the bone from the edible meat tissue.

OK that is gross. Then I came upon Damn Interesting a pretty interesting site- here is what they had to say:

A primary ingredient in Slim Jims and many other food-flavored solids, the name conjures images of plucked chicken carcasses being tossed into a giant machine that rips the flesh from its bones, and grinds the remains into mush. And coincidentally, that's EXACTLY what it is. It comes out the other end as a gooey paste. No doubt it will be the same consistency when the hospital's stomach pump mechanically separates the chicken from me.

Then I read some of the other things on their site - gross but interesting. Right now I am pretty grossed out.

I think I will show it to the boys when they get home. Knowing them they will say "cool" while looking at it and ask where the slim jims are and if we can grill hot dogs for supper. Teenagers!

Happy dining!