I am not a beef eater and as soon as i opened this package of extra lean ground chicken i knew it looked off…. is this beef?!??!
Bought from Freshco in Edmonton, Alberta, from the best buy value packs…
by LucIamUrMother
44 Comments
scallifez
But ground chicken isn’t red… why would you buy red meat if you don’t eat red meat?
Dangerous_Ad_6101
Spike Protein Chicken?
shaborgan
So the package was covering the meat and when you opened it you still went ahead and cooked it?
ooOmegAaa
maybe they added dye to make it look red? why dont you just smell it or lick it. its not the same as eating.
Much_Information1811
Ground turkey, maybe? Does look like beef though.
QuadRuledPad
That is beef or some other red meat. There is no dye that could make chicken or turkey meat look like that.
A life skill you may want to acquire is never buying meat that you can’t see in the package. I’m shocked it would be sold that way, but there’s some pretty sketchy meat out there. You wanna see what you’re buying.
HastyZygote
200% beef
ProzzySan
likely miss labeled by the meat department. defintely not chicken.
Islandlyfe32
If you shop at Freshco then this is a common occurrence and one of the reasons why I stopped shopping there. Even though I buy directly from the farm and if they’re sold out a butcher shop, you’re better off going to Food Basics, Metro etc
NorthernSwampHag
On the plus side ground beef is a lot more expensive than ground chicken in Alberta currently. You got a deal because of mislabeled packaging.
Less_Relationship459
Dark meat chicken that mooed?
rust_bolt
The chickens are staging an uprising against those American “eat mor chikin” cows.
Knoxius
Why do you eat chicken, and not beef? Just curious.
Fun-Deal8815
Looks like beef
School_North
That’s because it’s beef if you only eat chicken you would know it’s not red
Getting that far before noticing it is beef reminds me of the song Lola.
yumi365
Is chicken, you can see the white stringy stuff are Tendons..
BabaDimples
Let’s hope it’s beef and not some poor factory worker’s minced up hand.
gert_beefrobe
Zoom in. Looks like some kind of poultry to me.
Portland-to-Vt
Equus
TalmidgeMcGurlagher
r/eatityoucoward
Sad_Contact_2140
Ostrich
Glynnii_Farlow
Does it not smell like chicken when you are cooking it?
mike_stifle
It’s a fucking emu!!!
VastMemory5413
Pigeon?
classicnoob2020
Are you going to survive?
Palaeonerd
Emu looks a lot like beef.
RecLuse415
Looks rotten
GeezUp777
That looks gross. Sorry.
Historical-Falcon-79
I cook a lot of ground chicken and turkey. Looks more like turkey imo but very possible it is chicken. Not beef, beef will be much more brown when fully cooked.
Technical-Flow7748
That ain’t chicken I buy massive amounts of ground chicken to feed my dogs and that ain’t it
cm011
Maybe its ground chuck and they labeled it wrong? Chuck (CHK) > Chicken (CHK)
OpportunityCorrect33
It’s ground human baby meat
TyTwoShot
It’s most definitely chief
Ontilt1492
I’m to drunk to taste this chicken.
Patient-Rain-4914
Perfect night to make fajiats!
bilbs017
I guess Food Lion is no longer king of adulterated meat?
ReidErickson
I dunno if it’s beef, but it ain’t chicken
tokyolyinappropriate
100% mystery meat
Sky1496
I’m guessing this came frozen in a tube. It’s almost certainly chicken, but not premium by any stretch of the imagination. Most ground chicken that people buy is going to be breast, as the major selling point of ground chicken is typically that it’s lean. This will be all the off cuts and trimmings, so there is a higher fat and iron content compared to the usual stuff, hence the colour. I think they also grind it way more fine because of all the connective tissue, which is why it’s a more pasty consistency as opposed to the ordinary wavy ramen noodle look you’d expect from ground meat. I’m a cook and this looks a lot like the beginnings of forcemeat when using chicken thigh, often done in a food processor, the colour and consistency are the same. Hope this helps.
Edit: I meant to include that you should check the nutrition on the back and compare the fat to some run of the mill ground chicken, I’m quite confident this will have more and be higher calorie than what you’re used to.
eyezofice
Make lasagna and it will be good either way.
Djaps338
Red meat is the most nutritious food for homo sappiens sappiens. Saturated fat is an essential nutrient and you need more than you think.
If it isn’t chiken, see it as a way to treat your body to some nutrients for once!
44 Comments
But ground chicken isn’t red… why would you buy red meat if you don’t eat red meat?
Spike Protein Chicken?
So the package was covering the meat and when you opened it you still went ahead and cooked it?
maybe they added dye to make it look red? why dont you just smell it or lick it. its not the same as eating.
Ground turkey, maybe? Does look like beef though.
That is beef or some other red meat. There is no dye that could make chicken or turkey meat look like that.
A life skill you may want to acquire is never buying meat that you can’t see in the package. I’m shocked it would be sold that way, but there’s some pretty sketchy meat out there. You wanna see what you’re buying.
200% beef
likely miss labeled by the meat department. defintely not chicken.
If you shop at Freshco then this is a common occurrence and one of the reasons why I stopped shopping there. Even though I buy directly from the farm and if they’re sold out a butcher shop, you’re better off going to Food Basics, Metro etc
On the plus side ground beef is a lot more expensive than ground chicken in Alberta currently. You got a deal because of mislabeled packaging.
Dark meat chicken that mooed?
The chickens are staging an uprising against those American “eat mor chikin” cows.
Why do you eat chicken, and not beef? Just curious.
Looks like beef
That’s because it’s beef if you only eat chicken you would know it’s not red
Issa cow
https://preview.redd.it/4vtrwiketbgf1.jpeg?width=1848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4fa40d384b33ca321878bb2cbf2345abe9daff4b
The package it came from by the way
Getting that far before noticing it is beef reminds me of the song Lola.
Is chicken, you can see the white stringy stuff are Tendons..
Let’s hope it’s beef and not some poor factory worker’s minced up hand.
Zoom in. Looks like some kind of poultry to me.
Equus
r/eatityoucoward
Ostrich
Does it not smell like chicken when you are cooking it?
It’s a fucking emu!!!
Pigeon?
Are you going to survive?
Emu looks a lot like beef.
Looks rotten
That looks gross. Sorry.
I cook a lot of ground chicken and turkey. Looks more like turkey imo but very possible it is chicken. Not beef, beef will be much more brown when fully cooked.
That ain’t chicken I buy massive amounts of ground chicken to feed my dogs and that ain’t it
Maybe its ground chuck and they labeled it wrong? Chuck (CHK) > Chicken (CHK)
It’s ground human baby meat
It’s most definitely chief
I’m to drunk to taste this chicken.
Perfect night to make fajiats!
I guess Food Lion is no longer king of adulterated meat?
I dunno if it’s beef, but it ain’t chicken
100% mystery meat
I’m guessing this came frozen in a tube. It’s almost certainly chicken, but not premium by any stretch of the imagination. Most ground chicken that people buy is going to be breast, as the major selling point of ground chicken is typically that it’s lean. This will be all the off cuts and trimmings, so there is a higher fat and iron content compared to the usual stuff, hence the colour. I think they also grind it way more fine because of all the connective tissue, which is why it’s a more pasty consistency as opposed to the ordinary wavy ramen noodle look you’d expect from ground meat. I’m a cook and this looks a lot like the beginnings of forcemeat when using chicken thigh, often done in a food processor, the colour and consistency are the same. Hope this helps.
Edit: I meant to include that you should check the nutrition on the back and compare the fat to some run of the mill ground chicken, I’m quite confident this will have more and be higher calorie than what you’re used to.
Make lasagna and it will be good either way.
Red meat is the most nutritious food for homo sappiens sappiens. Saturated fat is an essential nutrient and you need more than you think.
If it isn’t chiken, see it as a way to treat your body to some nutrients for once!