Calling all gs meat eaters

[Lucy]

Hi all,

Would like to know what meats you all have found to be safe these days in terms of the common allergens amongst us?

Actually, I've forgotten how the gluten gets inside of beef, pork, etc. Is it also injected, like fowl are? What about restaurant meats, etc.? Was it just the marinades and seasonings we had to worry about or the meat the way it's delivered before those things ever touch it?

(I already posted this in the dietary treatment section, so thought I'd just ask here to see if anyone would like to answer here.)

Thanks!
Yours, Luce

[annie oakley]

Hi Luce.....I eat mostly deer meat. And the place that processes it does not put preservitives in it. can't spell to save my life today. We do eat fish and salmon. Mostly deer. Love Oma

[moremuscle]

Hi Lucy,

Injected meat is a no no, that's for sure - so always check the label to see if it has a solution of any kind added. I find that turkey almost always has something injected (that's because turkey is lean, dry, and tasteless without the injection - they add the moisture and flavor in order to sell the turkey).

I have found Smithfield brand pork to be an excellent, clean and well tasting product. I can buy ground pork, baby back ribs, and bacon from Smithfield at my local grocery store - all very good.

Be careful with chicken as well as with turkey - the leaner the cut the higher the chance of finding injections or additives.

Again, lean beef is also often injected - even lean ground beef has flavor enhancers added. Be very careful if you shop for meat at Walmart - the beef is not w/o additives. I don't know about other meat products at Walmart.

There is Shelton's turkey which is available frozen at the HF store - no additives or injections.

It is a good idea to talk to the butcher at your grocery store to make him/her tell you which of the products are clean w/o additives - they are usually proud to tell you and love the attention.

Happy eating.

Love,
Karen

[tex]

Luce,

Many/most of the big-name chicken processors inject their chickens, also. If you will look on the plastic wrap that they come pre-packaged in, you can see an ingredient list which shows the amount, (in percent of total weight), and type of ingredients, in the injected solution, (which is usually called "broth").

Wayne

[Lucy]

Hi everyone,

Actually, what raised the question again in my head has to do with restaurants. I have a very difficult time finding out about the meats used at many restaurants, and therefore, end up getting unmarinated seafood.

I had thought I remembered that Sam's meats of all kinds were off the gf list, so when I checked again with my local dinner, and he said that he now gets his pork chops from Sam's, I figured I couldn't eat them, so guess since Walmarts is off the list, meatwise, that would likely mean their counterpart, Sam's would be as well, right?
I wish I knew for sure.

Does anyone know if Sam's or even Walmart pork chops or other meats are starting to put the main eight allergens in plain language on their labels? In the past, the labels were so wet, damaged, and fine print with lots of words, that I couldn't figure out what was in 'em. Are they any clearer now?

If not, guess I'll just forget eating out there so much. I'm so careful with what I eat here, meatwise (uninjected entirely), that there's no point in taking a chance eating the same things I avoid when I shop for myself.

Thanks, this is what I thought, but was second guessing myself. I need to do a better job keeping up with the local restaurant information that our local celiac newsletter puts out. They do an excellent job of reporting, and they investigate thoroughly each restaurant.

Thanks again,
Yours, Luce