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seoulsucker
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Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| OBwannabe wrote: |
| Just goes to show that all the fuss was mass hysteria and anti-Americanism. |
It was more about a Korean program with the clout of a 20/20 or 60 Minutes doing an in-depth story on the dangers of US beef, fabricating stories about humans contracting the disease in the US, showing footage of "downer calves" and basically drumming up hysterical protest against the 한미FTA and 2MB's administration as a whole. |
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Swampfox10mm
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Swampfox10mm
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kraggy
Joined: 06 Mar 2011
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According to the BBC, homeplus and lotte mart have stopped sales and that they are the 3Rd and 2nd largest supermarket chains in Korea.
Which is the largest? |
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Captain Corea
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Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:51 am Post subject: |
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| My guess is EMart. |
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Swampfox10mm
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| I can't remember the last time I bought beef in Korea. Anything reasonably priced is as much fat as meat, and the good cuts just keep going up in price. |
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fermentation
Joined: 22 Jun 2009
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| The opposition party is having a field day with this. What a great chance to push your political agenda. |
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Swampfox10mm
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motiontodismiss
Joined: 18 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:44 am Post subject: |
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| definitely maybe wrote: |
I have no qualms with Hanwoo. It tastes just fine. I think some people, and keep in mind that I'm American, get a little too nationalistic about things like beef. That's particularly true in the case of Hanwoo, and in many cases true with a portion of Americans who seem to constantly be on the defensive here.
Regarding lower quality imported beef at Lottemart, etc., I find that you need to request specific fresh cuts from the butcher to get anything halfway decent from the US or Australia. The pre-packaged stuff they have out is generally not what would be considered "steak" anyway. |
I heard from a fairly reliable source that the standard for Hanwoo was "raised in Korea for 6 months or more." So a cow that was born and raised in the US or Argentina or Australia for 2 years and came to Korea for 6 months before slaughter is considered "hanwoo." And there's always the possibility that the beef they sell as hanwoo might not even be hanwoo in the first place. Fraudulent labeling happens all over this country. |
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weebil
Joined: 24 May 2009
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>eating meat
>2012
i seriously hope you guys don't do this. |
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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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| definitely maybe wrote: |
I have no qualms with Hanwoo. It tastes just fine. I think some people, and keep in mind that I'm American, get a little too nationalistic about things like beef. That's particularly true in the case of Hanwoo, and in many cases true with a portion of Americans who seem to constantly be on the defensive here.
Regarding lower quality imported beef at Lottemart, etc., I find that you need to request specific fresh cuts from the butcher to get anything halfway decent from the US or Australia. The pre-packaged stuff they have out is generally not what would be considered "steak" anyway. |
I heard from a fairly reliable source that the standard for Hanwoo was "raised in Korea for 6 months or more." So a cow that was born and raised in the US or Argentina or Australia for 2 years and came to Korea for 6 months before slaughter is considered "hanwoo." And there's always the possibility that the beef they sell as hanwoo might not even be hanwoo in the first place. Fraudulent labeling happens all over this country. |
Plenty of people think they've been eating Korean beef and they've been eating American beef at Korean beef prices. The stupid system creates the profit for fraud all over Korea. |
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motiontodismiss
Joined: 18 Dec 2011
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| Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:24 pm Post subject: |
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| wylies99 wrote: |
Plenty of people think they've been eating Korean beef and they've been eating American beef at Korean beef prices. The stupid system creates the profit for fraud all over Korea. |
This is why I only eat imported beef. There's just about no incentive for fraud. I guess they could import from China, but given that the US has just about the cheapest beef in the world, I don't see why the importers would. |
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