Rhode Island Rep. Joseph McNamara is currently trying to pass legislation that would make fried squid the official state appetizer. Since Rhode Island is the squid capital of the world – hey, they have to be good at something – chances are the fried rings served there are exactly what they claim to be. Elsewhere, however, they may be serving you deep fried pig anus and calling it calamari.

In January, National Public Radio told a storyabout a multi-state pork processing company selling pig rectum – referred to, by the industry, as “bung” – as imitation calamari. NPR’s Ira Glass did everything possible to refute his source on the story, but dozens of experts could not shoot down the possibility that people are ordering squid and getting pork bung instead. He went so far as to have his sister, a chef, serve a plate of fried bung next to a plate of fried calamari.

No one could tell the difference.

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I don't believe a word

sounds like a paranoid bullshit article

anyway, if one cannot FEEL/TASTE the difference between a real squid and fried pork anus then he/she should stop eating altogether and survive on serums...

JoeTyler said:

I don't believe a word

sounds like a paranoid bullshit article

anyway, if one cannot FEEL/TASTE the difference between a real squid and fried pork anus then he/she should stop eating altogether and survive on serums...

I bet they serve bung at your local italian food place.

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I don't know what all the fuss is about!

Horsemeat is as good as any I say

A guy I know who worked at Cadbury says the Cherry Ripes are made with pumpkin and carrot (I've also heard from someone else that it's ALL cherries but no more than 100 bees are allowed per "bucket" of cherries )

Commercially made apple pies made with apple flavoured potatoes or chokoes.

ZombieKitten said:

I don't know what all the fuss is about!

Horsemeat is as good as any I say

A guy I know who worked at Cadbury says the Cherry Ripes are made with pumpkin and carrot (I've also heard from someone else that it's ALL cherries but no more than 100 bees are allowed per "bucket" of cherries )

Commercially made apple pies made with apple flavoured potatoes or chokoes.

yikes!

calamari? more like calasorry... like i am calasorry i came into this topic!

but hey if i save $5 a pound why not

boneless

XxAxX said:

boneless

BONELESS

XxAxX said:

boneless

nice photoshop

Cuddles said:

JoeTyler said:

I don't believe a word

sounds like a paranoid bullshit article

anyway, if one cannot FEEL/TASTE the difference between a real squid and fried pork anus then he/she should stop eating altogether and survive on serums...

I bet they serve bung at your local italian food place.

[Edited 3/11/13 16:08pm]

I don't know, I'll keep coming there, the maître is way too hot (pure italian) and someday (soon) I know we'll bang

JoeTyler said:

Cuddles said:

I bet they serve bung at your local italian food place.

[Edited 3/11/13 16:08pm]

I don't know, I'll keep coming there, the maître is way too hot (pure italian) and someday (soon) I know we'll bang

then you will know the true meaning of bung

Cuddles said:

JoeTyler said:

I don't know, I'll keep coming there, the maître is way too hot (pure italian) and someday (soon) I know we'll bang

then you will know the true meaning of bung

JoeTyler said:

I don't believe a word

sounds like a paranoid bullshit article

anyway, if one cannot FEEL/TASTE the difference between a real squid and fried pork anus then he/she should stop eating altogether and survive on serums...

You think it sounds paranoid?

That is just the tip of the iceberg. There are tons of fake foods out there. There are differences from country to country and no country is perfect, but some have stricter food regulations and some almost support food fraud.

Most European countries are rather strict, sure, there are scandals every now and then (horsemeat declared as beef, free range organic eggs that are not really organic etc.) but all in all, they are pretty strict over here but they still allow fake cheese. It´s called "analog cheese" and consists of plant based fat, salt , a bunch of additives and absolutely no cheese. It´s not dangerous but it is not nutritious either. They use it on pizzas and baguettes because it´s cheap.

Some food frauds seem to be just rumors or urban legends though.....like those fake eggs in China. I think they are way too expensive to make compared to real eggs....at least I hope so

I´m still not sure what to think of those "fake eggs".

There are some fake foods that I really enjoy, and they are good for what they are as long as they don´t claim to be something that they´re not.

Surimi for instance. I really like some brands of surimi, and as long as the companies don´t claim that it´s real crab meat I´m ok with it. It´s a good snack and good substitute, and it is pretty accepted in Japan without even tryin to be the real deal.

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JoeTyler said:

XxAxX said:

boneless

nice photoshop

KoolEaze said:

JoeTyler said:

I don't believe a word

sounds like a paranoid bullshit article

anyway, if one cannot FEEL/TASTE the difference between a real squid and fried pork anus then he/she should stop eating altogether and survive on serums...

You think it sounds paranoid?

That is just the tip of the iceberg. There are tons of fake foods out there. There are differences from country to country and no country is perfect, but some have stricter food regulations and some almost support food fraud.

Most European countries are rather strict, sure, there are scandals every now and then (horsemeat declared as beef, free range organic eggs that are not really organic etc.) but all in all, they are pretty strict over here but they still allow fake cheese. It´s called "analog cheese" and consists of plant based fat, salt , a bunch of additives and absolutely no cheese. It´s not dangerous but it is not nutritious either. They use it on pizzas and baguettes because it´s cheap.

Some food frauds seem to be just rumors or urban legends though.....like those fake eggs in China. I think they are way too expensive to make compared to real eggs....at least I hope so

I´m still not sure what to think of those "fake eggs".

I don't know, myabe the situation is that bad, frankly it doesn't concern me, since these days I barely eat meat anymore, not that I'm a vegan now, but other than bacon, eggs, and fresh fish I don't eat as much animals/meat as I used to...

Texture and taste should be different...

calamari is sweet, while pig anus is savory... and I've eaten enough sancocho to know!

all kinds of tripe and intestinal meats in that stew.

Besides, any decent restaurant serves the tentacle with the head rings... if you ONLY get rings, then its suspect.

paintedlady said:

Besides, any decent restaurant serves the tentacle with the head rings... if you ONLY get rings, then its suspect.

head rings and tentacles as opposed to rectum rings and testicles?

but like you said above: the meat should be way different. I have had both good and no so good calamari as well as tripe and yes rectum...the tripe meat is not something one would mistake for squid.

I hate calamari, I just know a lot of people slurp it up like its a bag of potato chips.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

paintedlady said:

Besides, any decent restaurant serves the tentacle with the head rings... if you ONLY get rings, then its suspect.

head rings and tentacles as opposed to rectum rings and testicles?

but like you said above: the meat should be way different. I have had both good and no so good calamari as well as tripe and yes rectum...the tripe meat is not something one would mistake for squid.

I REALLY hope folks can tell the difference between fried testicles and fried tentacles.

and yes.... pig anus is a bit more gamey than squid.

Like cuddles I am not a big fan of squid... but I LOVED octopus. My guilt will not let me eat it anymore. I appreciate those animals too much now.

But pigs..... they need to die, bacon is too damned good to not kill for.

XxAxX said:

boneless

Fuck sake. Boneless. Could knock up a pate? Brrrr.

paintedlady said:

I REALLY hope folks can tell the difference between fried testicles and fried tentacles.

and yes.... pig anus is a bit more gamey than squid.

Arghhh...