Do people really know where their food comes from?

[Joeaksa]

Give me a forking break! Do people believe that meat and such comes out of a large machine? Is this Soylent Green??

She has now announced that she has contacted her lawyer and that they are going to file a lawsuit against the company for leaving the head inside the turkey.


Family Makes Foul Discovery Inside Frozen Turkey
Unexpected Stuffing Puts Hamper On Holiday Dinner


POSTED: 7:51 am EST November 24, 2004
UPDATED: 8:37 am EST November 24, 2004

BRIDGETON, N.J. -- A Cumberland County, N.J., family made a shocking discovery as it was preparing for their Thanksgiving dinner.

Shocking Discovery Inside Turkey

Diane Hall and her family found a turkey head inside their frozen turkey. "I went to pull it out and it popped out in the sink," said Hall.

At first, Hall wasn't sure what it was but her nephew, Eric Loatman, knew exactly what it was.

"I said, look, there's the head. She said, 'No, it's not.' I said, 'Yes, it is, see the eyes, nose and beak,'" said Loatman. "It's gross, sickening," said Hall.

She checked the wrapper to see who distributed the turkey and called Heartland Foods in Minnesota. Hall was told Heartland was bought out in 1997 and no longer used that label. She said she was told to freeze the turkey and someone would pick it up.

But Hall said the turkey head is a tough image to get out of her mind for Thanksgiving. "We're going to cook but we're going to cook ham. We're not going to cook any more turkeys in our house," said Hall.

http://www.nbc10.com/news/3946433/detail.html

[Clowd]

What the **** is their problem?

"We're going to cook but we're going to cook ham. We're not going to cook any more turkeys in our house," said Hall.

Just buy a new turkey, and get the **** over it.

[Joeaksa]

And she thinks that the pig did not have a head on it either? Where in the world do these people come from?

Joe

[MFAFF]

Well the turkey has its head up its a##, why not the lady.

Afterall if you cannot make the link between a turkey and what ends up on your plate tomorrow its highly likely that's your position.

[VenezianBlau 87]

That turkey's not the only one with it's head up its ass...



edit: MFAFF, AKA quickdraw!

[BlueSkyJaunte]

See, us vegetarians are actually sane. No cognitive dissonance here.

[Joeaksa]

Aaron,

I am told that the veggies scream when they are pulled out of the ground. How in the world can you take that!

Joe A

[concentric]

I believe it's common practice to make soup from the leavings, including the neck. Isn't the neck included in that little bag of giblets, etc. that come inside the turkey?

What I'm kind of curious about is on what basis they have to sue the company:

1. The company appears to be replacing the turkey in question.
2. They didn't even eat it!

[indigowhale]

Somebody better not tell her what hod dogs are made of...I am sure she's had a few.

[gaijinda]

The further we get away from the farm and hunting, the more idiotic we become. I am not talking about being a vegetarian, but being an adult and thinking that food grows inside plastic bags and under plastic wrap.

Have you guys ever had wild turkey or grouse? Our Thanksgiving will be Pilgrim and Indian style with venison and real bird...

[concentric]

Originally posted by gaijinda

Have you guys ever had wild turkey or grouse? Our Thanksgiving will be Pilgrim and Indian style with venison and real bird...

Goose and pheasant mostly... Tasty, tasty. I don't hunt deer for logistics reasons.

[vash]

i was just lurking, but i cant help myself. if she sues and wins, i will be pissed. i know people that love fishsticks, but will scream at the sight of a whole fish. personally, if the world's computers crash and we go back to the dark ages, i wont starve. i would make turkey head soup. some people are idiots. that lady is raising kids to grow up just like her.

[Superman]

I recently heard a story of a guy who deliberately placed a cornish game hen in the turkey along with the stuffing. Then, while carving the turkey at the table, he pulled it out an announced that the turkey must have been pregnant.

[928ram]

That's funny Supe, wish I'd have thought of that; what a way to get the in-laws out of the house sooner.

As for the turkey head lady, isn't she cousins to the grilled cheese lady??

[cstreit]

Let me guess, she's suing?

Just as bad as people who "abhor" hunting, but buy meat at the grocery store.

[legion]

If I found a turkey head in my turkey, I'd just go "huh" and throw it in the trash and cook the turkey. It's not like it's a rat--it was part of the animal to begin with.

I don't hunt, but hunting is popular here in central Illinois. I have no problem when my neighbor across the street parks his truck in the driveway with a stag in the bed....especially since it means he'll be offering me some fresh deer sausage soon.

[304065]

Well, gentlemen, she shall not prevail.

Put on your Scholars gowns, school's in:

The "Foreign Object Rule" with regard to foodstuffs, at common law, provides that if the foreign object is of a type naturally occurring in the food, such as a fish bone in a can of tunafish, there shall be no recovery, as accidents happen in the normal manufacturing process.

Distinguish cases where a rusty staple is found in the tuna can. This is NOT an object naturally occuring in tuna, and therefore, evidence of negligence on the part of the tuna company. Some would apply the doctrine of Res Ipsa Loquitur to this, claiming that unless somebody is negligent there is NO WAY the staple could find its way into the tuna.

Furthermore, even in the second type of "Foreign object case" the plaintiff must aver, in addition to the existence of a legal duty on the part of the manufacturer, a breach of that duty, and actual and proximate cause of injuries resulting from the breach, ACTUAL DAMAGES.

This last part is significant: even IF we hold the turkey company negligent, how has this plaintiff been DAMAGED?

And don't give me that "negligent infliction of emotional distress" horse****. Show me ACTUAL DAMAGES.

Therefore, by the power vested in me by the Pelican OT Forum, it is hereby ordered that:

1) This plaintiff's case be thrown out;
2) She be sentenced to three days working at a factory turkey farm, in the decapitation department; and
3) She be subjected to an extreme makeover before appearing on the local news program.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Cramer, C. J.

[Joeaksa]

John,

Thanks and agree completely, especially with #2. Now go out and get in the airplane and fly upside down for a while and smile!

Joe

[BigD9146gt]

John, well put.

"3) She be subjected to an extreme makeover before appearing in on the local news program."

LMAO!!!

[Owain]

Originally posted by Joeaksa
Aaron,

I am told that the veggies scream when they are pulled out of the ground. How in the world can you take that!

Joe A

There was a song done by Tool on their Undertow album called Disgustipated (actually track #69, I think) that was said to deal with this. The first part is delivered as a sermon talking about the speaker having a dream of hearing screams in a field:

And the angel said unto me, "These are the cries of the carrots, the cries of the carrots! You see, Reverend Maynard, tomorrow is harvest day and to them it is the holocaust."

So the speaker has an epiphany of sorts ("Let the rabbits wear glasses!"). The music goes on for several minutes and then ends. The writer of the piece then says the rest of the 16 minute track is the sounds of the vegetables revolting against their tormentors but actually all we hear is the chirping of crickets.

Through the musical part there's lots of chanting of "this is necessary" and "life feeds on life".

I'm not sure what he was trying to get at