Thanks to the Bourdain/Richman contretemps, the word "douchebag" is on the lips of more food blogs than usual. I think it's a damn shame that Richman gets associated with this product. Unlike Alan Richman, your Summer's Eve or Massengil Disposable never took a shit on a dining mecca struggling to get back on its feet after a disaster. And, a douchebag can be useful if you are feeling not so fresh:
Hormel Foods and Cargill are expected to begin labeling meat sold at Target stores that has been treated with carbon monoxide in order to make it look bright red and appear fresh. Essentially, the label will warn customers against trusting their eyes to assess the freshness of meat which has been doctored to appear fresh by fooling the eye. Wha? The label will read: "Color is not an accurate indicator of freshness. Refer to use or freeze by" date.
Perhaps some of those meat judging wizards from the WSJ could sort out some solution to a situation where you treat meat artificially to make it look fresh. Back in the day, prostitutes would wear merkins to conceal scarring resulting from venereal disease. Caveat Target Emptor.
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