Think twice before eating beef in Thailand

[Brunolem]

Yesterday, my neighbor lost one of his cows, which had been sick for a few days.

 

As usual, when there is death in Thailand, there are lamentations, not about the victim, mind you, but about the money!

 

Death costs money, in the case of a cow the loss of a potential rewarding flip.

 

A flip, because there is an ongoing Ponzi scheme in which farmers buy cows with the only objective to find a greater fool who will buy it at a higher price.

 

Indeed, these cows are otherwise useless, producing no milk and a meat requiring the lucky eaters to have the dentition of Jaws (the infamous killer in James Bond movies).

 

When asked about this scheme, farmers come up with the argument that cows make babies, which give them value...certainly, but so do rabbits, and at a much faster pace, so why not trade rabbits instead?

 

Now back to our dead cow.

 

As is usual in the case of a major event, a small crowd had gathered in my neighbor's garden...soon enough the dead animal was moved into the back of a pick-up, and there, right in front of me, a guy not from the village paid a few thousand baht to my neighbor.

 

Always looking for an explanation, I quietly asked what was that about..."what do you think?" was the answer, "the guy is going to sell the meat!".

[bert bloggs]

Dont say that ,the wife just bought a load of beef sausages .

[kannot]

Story in the news yesterday like this except.................some locals carved it  up and ate it........then they found out it died from Rabies afterwards.

[Jonathan Fairfield]

7 minutes ago, kannot said:

Story in the news yesterday like this except.................some locals carved it  up and ate it........then they found out it died from Rabies afterwards.

 

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30355101

[Tchooptip]

I do not think the Australian beef I buy from Macro is any more dangerous than anywhere else 

[dotpoom]

I always needed a hammer and chisel to break a Thai steak into mouthfull size portions.

[dotpoom]

Sorry....double take?

Edited September 26, 2018 by dotpoom

[marcusarelus]

Google cows, downer. 

[Andrew Dwyer]

My ex brother in law, always one for a bargain, heard from a friend that a cow had strayed onto the road, was knocked down and killed. He gathered his buddies together and they set off, a couple of hours later they came back triumphant !.
In the back of his pick up were several black bags ( containing the trophy ) and a strange array of tools all covered in blood including a hacksaw, an axe several machetes and a chainsaw !!

It really was a sight to see, I avoided eating at his house for a long time [emoji51]

[unamazedloso]

Yep, happens way to often and the rabbies cases of this have happened a few times.

I love beef. My dad died from mad cow disease  25 yrs ago and i still cant stop eating meat. Makro loves me.

[oldlakey]

4 minutes ago, unamazedloso said:

Yep, happens way to often and the rabbies cases of this have happened a few times.

I love beef. My dad died from mad cow disease  25 yrs ago and i still cant stop eating meat. Makro loves me.

I remember reading about a butcher somewhere in the UK many years ago who had a sign in his shop that said "The only mad cow in here is the wife"

[jgarbo]

On 9/26/2018 at 9:58 AM, Jonathan Fairfield said:

 

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30355101

If the meat is well cooked the rabies will be destroyed. No problem. However "yaa kin neua dip" อย่ากินเนื้อดิบ, if your maid's from Isarn.

[jgarbo]

10 minutes ago, oldlakey said:

I remember reading about a butcher somewhere in the UK many years ago who had a sign in his shop that said "The only mad cow in here is the wife"

An honest man but harassed.

[jgarbo]

22 minutes ago, unamazedloso said:

Yep, happens way to often and the rabbies cases of this have happened a few times.

I love beef. My dad died from mad cow disease  25 yrs ago and i still cant stop eating meat. Makro loves me.

First BSE is not a disease, it's a condition, like a fatal bullet wound (in the brain).  Second, excessive consumption of red meat will probably shorten your life. But it's your life not mine, so I don't give a damn. Will Makro pay for your funeral, or does their love not extend that far? 

Edited September 26, 2018 by jgarbo

[Gandtee]

1 hour ago, marcusarelus said:

Since scorpions are no more dangerous than a bee sting and poisonous snakes are daily food for pigs what really happened?

It could have been a centipede. I was told by a Thai farmer that a centipede bite can bring a buffalo down.

[kickstart]

9 hours ago, kannot said:

Story in the news yesterday like this except.................some locals carved it  up and ate it........then they found out it died from Rabies afterwards.

Some years ago in this area, a dairy cow died, so the owner chopped it up and gave /sold the meat to the locals, 1-2 day later a lot of people where at our local hospital feeling sick, after some research and testing  and asking about, the animal died of Anthrax, luckily no one died . 

[jrjrjr]

Who eats beef anyway cannot be really normal, hum ?

 

 

[Lacessit]

27 minutes ago, jrjrjr said:

Who eats beef anyway cannot be really normal, hum ?

 

 

There's a very common bumper sticker on vehicles in the Northern Territory of Australia. It reads:" You are in Cattle Country. Eat beef you bastards".

[marcusarelus]

1 hour ago, Gandtee said:

It could have been a centipede. I was told by a Thai farmer that a centipede bite can bring a buffalo down.

Look at a pig skin compared to a buffalo.  My pigs used to eat rattlesnakes and copperheads for breakfast.  Centipedes rarely kill a man so don't see how it could penetrate a pig hide ask a pig farmer what killed your pig.   

[Lacessit]

2 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

Look at a pig skin compared to a buffalo.  My pigs used to eat rattlesnakes and copperheads for breakfast.  Centipedes rarely kill a man so don't see how it could penetrate a pig hide ask a pig farmer what killed your pig.   

Agree. If you look at a wild pig that's been shot with a 0.22, the bullet is still stuck in the skin.

[Suradit69]

11 hours ago, Brunolem said:

A flip, because there is an ongoing Ponzi scheme in which farmers buy cows with the only objective to find a greater fool who will buy it at a higher price.

 

I don't think you fully understand what a Ponzi scheme is. 

 

Buying things, whether real estate or supposed antiques or cattle  or gold or corporate stocks/shares or ... with the intention of selling the item(s) on to someone else at a profit is pretty much the essence of capitalism.

 

A Ponzi scheme depends on accumulating more and more investors and using the money collected from newer investors to payout to earlier investors, thus creating the fraudulent illusion that the enterprise is producing impressive profits, thereby attracting even more investors.

[jgarbo]

5 hours ago, Tchooptip said:

I do not think the Australian beef I buy from Macro is any more dangerous than anywhere else 

Not, just frozen for months, giving the bacteria a holiday, before they attack. Bon Chance...

[Tchooptip]

1 minute ago, jgarbo said:

Not, just frozen for months, giving the bacteria a holiday, before they attack. Bon Chance...

Not, just frozen for months, giving the bacteria a holiday, before they attack 

Another human being with a weak immune system... but OK you have a good heart since you told me Bon Chance  ( By the way its Bonne Chance)

No problem I used to live dangerously for decades, between you and me but do not repeat it to anyone, I push the madness to eat it raw sometimes it's called tartar. 

 

[marcusarelus]

21 minutes ago, jgarbo said:

Not, just frozen for months, giving the bacteria a holiday, before they attack. Bon Chance...

Don't they have a best used by date on all meat?  I know Australia a bit primitive but think they have modern labeling laws. 

[tifino]

9 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

Don't they have a best used by date on all meat?  I know Australia a bit primitive but think they have modern labeling laws. 

Aussie beef is just about the only product,

 that wouldn't have a label:

"Grown and Packed in Australia, from Imported product"

[CharlieH]

Post in "french" has been removed.

 

This is an English only forum.(with specific thai exceptions)

[jgarbo]

4 hours ago, dotpoom said:

I always needed a hammer and chisel to break a Thai steak into mouthfull size portions.

Thai beef is usually retired buffalo or brahmin cow, neither bred for "gourmet consumption". In Thailand, I'd suggest chicken or pork (if Allah's not your current god). Cheap, tasty, good protein. 

[SteveK]

I still prefer to eat meat from a neighbour's dead cow than stewed pork with sinews, cartilage and bones still attached.

[CharlieH]

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[Ron19]

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