It's supposed to absorb the blood I think, isn't it SB

OMG that is the weirdest thing ever.  I was just about to do a meat related thread about sainsburys being taken to court for the amount of excess packaging they have in their meat which I agree with as there is far too much.
And then you post this.

It's in case it comes back to life and wants to write a note.

Well it's so thin and surely if someone buys meat they would not be offended/surprised to find a bit of blood in the packet.  Just cannot see the point in it.

I expect it's another European directive.

I like to think of it as a little sanitary towel for your meat.

But is it like......you get what you pay for,  with the more expensive cuts of meat you get a thicker pad......I dunno

Bloody place is rife with them

I buy my meat in the local butchers so don't get the meat pad

So do I. It's good.

Well done you Moonbeams, but a lot of butchers have closed down now because of supermarkets mass producing meat  so not everyone can use a butchers

Thoughtful.

And while we're about it, when was the last time anyone had a pork chop with the kidney in? I used to love them

Hi Isadora, not aware of the court case against Sainsburys.  I think at lot of the supermarkets/companies are guilty of excessive packaging.

It's that pope's fault.

Is it wrong that I am finding a terrorist group of militant street cleaners slightly amusing...

More pricey though.

As long as it doesn't come with PMT

But tastes waaaaaaaaaaaay better and its locally sourced.

My local Butcher is very reasonable. where else can I pick up a pound of steak mince (from a local herd) for £2.50 ?

I refer you to my post above about local butchers being closed down

Its basically like a nappy to absorb the blood, as it is a polystyrene tray and it won't absorb it and then when it is sitting for a while the blood runs out of the meat and around the tray and can sometimes leak.

Thing is, if the meat had been hung for a few weeks, there'd be no need for a 'nappy'.

But if it's hung, does that not drain the blood/juices out of it and make it a bit drier

I work part time in a butchers and we don't hang our meat, pork loins, and the steaks all come vacuum packed in their own juices so they are literally cut from the joint and packaged.

I'm really veering towards vegetarianism after reading this

I sometimes think veggies have a point Karma, but soz.......I can't do without me meat

Good job the thread wasn't about what sausages are made of.

Or saveloys

I have heard rumours about sausages I will eat sausages maybe, twice a year at most. They're not something I buy. But please don't tell me about them, I've just had jelly and I've got a coldy/tummy bug thing as it is and it's already been boke central today. (Whatever connection jelly has with all this I don't know but I mentioned it anyway).

Quorn sausages ain't bad though.

It's to do with lactic acid tenderising the meat. My mother used to get a couple of rabbits each month and would let them hang on the keyboard behind the kitchen door for about a week. It just relaxes everything after the shock of being killed. Actually, writing all this, I feel like becoming a vegetarian myself.

Oops. Hope you're better soon Karma

Maybe its there to collect the juices and be used for a thickener in gravy?

I am quite partial to a well seasoned pork chop. Lamb I can't stand. But I think I could quite happily do without meat if I was barred from eating it tomorrow. I'm terrified of cows (one chased me in a field in Ireland when I was 19 cos I thought it was a bull and started screaming at it) and it was only a few years ago I bothered to find out exactly where bacon came from. The only thing I would miss is me mum's Irish beef stew.

after eating the bacon sold in supermarkets at the mo and seeing the amount of salt water come out when frying i would tend to agree. Not to mention the mess it makes with spitting all over the hob.

Awww cheers Pam x It's been brought in the house by some little scrote who's gone to my boy's school with it. Grrr!!

I'd miss Bacon butties and chicken. Not really miss much else except the odd steak with chips, onion rings and peppered sauce!!

Here..why do  some veggies not eat meat but eat fish? Something I find a bit hypocritical.

Gross, I agree. I don't bother anymore. It's just water. Money, money, money.