Cow bladder IS real beef!! My grandmother NEVER added ammonia to the soup stock she made with beef bones! Good grief! The manufacturers of DDT employed many people, too. That is NO reason to kill or sicken many others!! Paula, 97 days and counting Home of BIS, BISS, Multi-Group Winning, 2 Time AKC JAM/AOE, International Champion, Canadian Champion (pending CKC confirmation), & American Silver Grand Champion, Asgard Harley Davidson, HT, PT, CGC, TC, HIC, OFA CHIC #64047 (Original Version), 1st male GSD Grand Champion. 2010 #1 GSD in California, Lifetime #1 GSD in Michigan, 2010 #1 GSD male in USA (AKC GCH Stats), 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Invitee, Lifetime AKC Eukanuba Invitee. 2 Time Cruft's Invitee. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Stormy Hope <Stormy435@xxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ]LFTB Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2012 11:48:00 -0700 It IS real beef. It is called Lean Finely Textured Beef, LFTB, and before a Celebrity Chef wanted to make headlines and before the MEdia jumped in and created a hysterical reaction, the manufacture of LFTB employed a few thousand people and gave 2 cities a factory that employed them. And gave a less expensive product for those who have a hard time making ends meet. Nothing different than using the meaty soup bone to make delicious beef stock. It's scraped off the bones and made 'sanitary' (for want of a better word), and added to ground beef, which is already that which is left over from the steaks and chops. If one doesn't want to eat that, then don't use the beef bones (or chicken/turkey bones) for that great tasting soup that uses every last bit of the dinner so as to waste no, want not. That's as far off topic that I'll probably go today.. Happy 4th of JULY!!!!! Stormy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================