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Post by msplatypus on Jun 29, 2017 15:12:43 GMT -5
Hi All!
So I've been frequenting an Asian Market quite a bit now that I've moved to an area that has one, and I have been looking at their meat selections. I noticed there are a ton of pork options and I'd like to feed my wee little ones some pork, but I also remember reading somewhere that pork can be injected with a salt solution or something like that..
How can I tell if there's a solution or something injected in the meat? It doesn't mention it on the package but I'm not sure if listing that is a law or not. Every time I've gone there one of two things happen 1) I will wait for the butcher but no one ever comes or 2) there's a significant language barrier. I've tried asking but after a long and awkward back and forth and neither of us really understanding, I kind of gave up. The butcher I run into is really nice and we smile and nod, but we're having a hard time understanding each other.
For those who feed pork, where do you normally get it and how do you make sure it's ferret friendly?
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Post by Heather on Jun 29, 2017 15:22:34 GMT -5
Fresh pork is usually fine. It's seems to be when it's packaged up in nice little packages in your supermarket or walmart. A lot of our memberships do indeed shop at Ethnic markets without any issues
ciao
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Post by bitbyter on Jun 29, 2017 15:27:02 GMT -5
Check the INGREDIENTS list on the package. Ignore the nutritional label because there is always some salt/sodium in meat (the natural amount). If they add anything to the meat it HAS to be listed as an ingredient (sodium, salt, etc).
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Post by msplatypus on Jun 29, 2017 15:32:43 GMT -5
Check the INGREDIENTS list on the package. Ignore the nutritional label because there is always some salt/sodium in meat (the natural amount). If they add anything to the meat it HAS to be listed as an ingredient (sodium, salt, etc). We got some pork butt and I looked at the package and there's no nutritional label. Same for the kidneys I grabbed. If there's no ingredient list/nutritional label, I'm guessing it's not added? |
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Post by msplatypus on Jun 29, 2017 15:34:24 GMT -5
Fresh pork is usually fine. It's seems to be when it's packaged up in nice little packages in your supermarket or walmart. A lot of our memberships do indeed shop at Ethnic markets without any issues ciao I've been getting my chicken hearts for them there. I've also found the elusive quail and rabbit so I'm excited to try that (once I get a big enough knife to cut the rabbit up). I just want to make sure whatever I'm stuffing in their gobs is safe. |
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Post by Heather on Jun 29, 2017 15:35:14 GMT -5
Guess what Jason, some don't have anything on the package. I just picked up some today. There is nothing on the package at all. I know it's ground beef, that's it. No nutritional mentions at all, not even an expiry date.
ciao
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Post by LindaM on Jun 29, 2017 16:39:23 GMT -5
Pork is a meat that generally gets a tenderizing solution at most places, so it ends up being one that I don't get from the Asian/Ethnic market, especially with a language barrier and a sticker that simply says "Meat". I have been able to manage to find that the pork kidneys and uteri sold at the one we go to doesn't get salt in that, so that's the only pork items we get from there.
I get my pork from a Harmon's store butcher and have asked to get it packaged fresh without solution. The packages in the store for these will say if they have the solution added or not. Walmart also tends to mention if it does or not, as does Smith's/Kroger I believe. It seems to be easier if you can work with a butcher on it.
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Post by abbeytheferret6 on Jun 30, 2017 5:59:14 GMT -5
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Post by bitbyter on Jul 1, 2017 8:26:16 GMT -5
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Post by LindaM on Jul 1, 2017 14:22:02 GMT -5
bitbyter Far as I know, so long as the food being sold is human-grade in the US, they don't seem too bothered with a nutritional label in the Asian/Ethnic markets for produce/meats specifically compared to products. Like I said, I get packages and if I didn't know what the thing I am getting looked like, I wouldn't know what I got because it just says "Meat", and it does sometimes have a salt solution without being listed. I asked about it in the one store. I dunno it's weird. Because I also import a lot of products for my own use, and THOSE products, even though they have the originating country's nutri-label in English, all end up with a new one stuck over it so that it uses US terms and amounts instead.
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