Chinese Chicken

readytosnap · 29-11-2016 03:28PM #1

It could just be me but I'll ask anyway, does anyone have an issue eating chicken from China? I have to admit I have bought many things from China (mostly sh*tey electronics and gadgets) But I would be awful weary of the controls in place for producing chicken products.
Dunne's and Tesco's sell several chicken products that are produced in China. I think they are called Diggers in Tesco, cannot remember the Dunne's name. I wonder how many people bought these products and are unaware of their origin, I mean most people probably don't read the info on the back of food packages, they probably just see the price and go with it.
I, like many,have eaten beef curries out of Chinese take away's here (though not for a few years) and I have never actually had beef (if that is what it is) that tastes similar anywhere else, ever.
So needless to say I wont be eating chicken that has been processed in china and shipped here.

me_irl · 29-11-2016 03:29PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC_q9KPczAg

_Brian · 29-11-2016 03:47PM

People stuff themselves on a whole raft of over processed foods, that is the major problem with Irish eating habits.

People need to get back to actually preparing and cooking real foods from raw ingredients.

Something like the beef from a take away must surely account for maybe 1% of what we consume. It would be more prudent to look at the other 99% and ensure that's good wholesome food sourced locally where possible and cooked from scratch as much as possible.

Unpossible · 29-11-2016 03:47PM

afaik any food sold into the EU has to comply with EU standards. They mentioned this in the book "fastfood nation", aparently the beef sold to the EU is better quality than that sold within the USA.

TeaBagMania · 29-11-2016 03:49PM

I couldn't think of a better reason to become a vegetarian

Effects · 29-11-2016 03:49PM

Unpossible wrote: »

afaik any food sold into the EU has to comply with EU standards.

I'd highly doubt that's actually the case.

Outlaw Pete · 29-11-2016 03:50PM

Great bunch of birds.

gramar · 29-11-2016 03:54PM

I've heard that the chicken from China is fowl.

readytosnap · 29-11-2016 03:58PM

gramar wrote: »

I've heard that the chicken from China is fowl.

Where did you pluck that one from?

ScumLord · 29-11-2016 04:02PM

I wouldn't trust any food from China.

The flying mouse · 29-11-2016 04:04PM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Great bunch of birds.

gramar wrote: »

I've heard that the chicken from China is fowl.

readytosnap wrote: »

Where did you pluck that one from?

Don't ya have to love After hours :pac::D

The flying mouse · 29-11-2016 04:05PM

I love me chicken from china.

gramar · 29-11-2016 04:29PM

The flying mouse wrote: »

I love me chicken from china.

It‘s probably full of horse meat.

Yamanoto · 29-11-2016 05:43PM

Wal-Mart recalled its "Five Spice" donkey meat from stores in China a couple of years back, after it was found to have traces of Fox.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-walmart-china-idUSBREA0103O20140102

Widdershins · 29-11-2016 07:08PM

Irish labeling can be deceptive. Packaged in Ireland can mean imported from elsewhere. I'm not sure if they can use the Irish logo in that case.

Chancer3001 · 29-11-2016 07:25PM

Please tell me the products that get their chicken from china

readytosnap · 29-11-2016 07:28PM

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Please tell me the products that get their chicken from china

The Diggers brand

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/product/browse/default.aspx?N=4294953263&Ne=4294954028&lvl=3&icid=GDP_Frozen_4C_Meat_Fish_Poultry&Nao=40

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=291894112

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=294270500

super_furry · 29-11-2016 07:29PM

Chickedy China the Chinese chicken?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd4XaLwXpLQ

readytosnap · 29-11-2016 07:31PM

I cannot remember the name of the Dunne's one but they are large mainly clear bags with blue or black print on them they are something like €5.50 a packet (goujons etc)

Chancer3001 · 29-11-2016 07:35PM

Thank god ive never bought that brand

readytosnap · 29-11-2016 07:41PM

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Thank god ive never bought that brand

I bought and ate the Dunne's one and it tasted like normal goujons, however i do have them swimming in Frank's sauce so probably wouldn't be able to taste the chicken either ways.. It was only after we finished eating them I thought to myself, They were fairly big lumps of chicken breast for the price, so i just wanted to check the ingredients then I spotted "Product of China" I couldn't believe it, it just never occurred to me that Chinese chicken would be stocked in any shop in Ireland.

Hande hoche! · 29-11-2016 07:43PM

Saw them inn Tesco about a week ago and was tempted. Glad I didn't bother now.

Yamanoto · 29-11-2016 07:45PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i17pORf_iE4

stimpson · 29-11-2016 07:49PM

In fairness, Irish factory farmed chicken is nothing to be proud of. They have an awful life. Free range chicken from Aldi is feckin gorgeous and guilt free.

meeeeh · 29-11-2016 07:53PM

Do people over 12 still eat goujons?

Hande hoche! · 29-11-2016 09:12PM

meeeeh wrote: »

Do people over 12 still eat goujons?

Tenders are popular among some reddit users.

whoopsadoodles · 29-11-2016 11:15PM

I can't imagine buying food named "diggers" no matter where it was from tbh.

HS3 · 29-11-2016 11:25PM

I now have chickety China the Chinese chicken stuck in my brain

Mister Vain · 29-11-2016 11:35PM

I got a Chinese chicken once. It was so tough it asked me outside for a fight at one stage.

Roger Mellie Man on the Telly · 29-11-2016 11:51PM

A chicken is a chicken, whether it has slitty eyes or not

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Effects · 30-11-2016 11:53AM

stimpson wrote: »

Free range chicken from Aldi is feckin gorgeous and guilt free.

I doubt it's guilt free. Just another label to stick on something to pretend it's guilt free but probably not that much better than battery farmed chicken.

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