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Elk lasagne for dinner anyone?

(10 Posts)
Bags Sat 06-Apr-13 16:57:00

Ikea has removed 17,600 packets of elk lasagne from its European stores after traces of pork were discovered, it has emerged.
(Sky News via Twitter).

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Seriously though, couldn't they just relabel the packets? Pork is edible.

Galen Sat 06-Apr-13 17:06:32

Think I'm turning vegetarian.
After I've eaten the lamb shoulder I've got for tomorrow!hmm

absent Sat 06-Apr-13 17:14:33

Italians will shoot just about anything that runs or flies but I don't think elk is widespread in the country – so why? Nevertheless, I'm sure it makes a perfectly edible meal – although a "ready" meal is not necessarily edible. Why not label it lasagne al forno and just list the ingredients on the back? Well, probably because the packaging costs more than the product itself.

Bags Sat 06-Apr-13 17:19:03

Elk meat is no doubt a traditional food in parts of Scandinavia (and the food in question was for sale by Ikea) just as caribou is what kept Eskimos going in Alaska, and probably still does in some cases.

I just can't help laughing at food being withdrawn, and possibly wasted, because it has the wrong label. Mind you, the laughing is close to crying.

Human beings are mad.

Movedalot Sat 06-Apr-13 17:19:09

Bags I have been wondering why they haven't done that with all this mislabelled food. What have they done with it? Have they just thrown it all away?

Bags Sat 06-Apr-13 17:21:04

Wish I knew, moved!

Nelliemoser Sat 06-Apr-13 19:23:30

I agree! if your going to eat meat dont be speciesist? Just lable the packet properly.

Bags Sat 06-Apr-13 19:33:47

We always read the label, but if it is something like sausage or burger we have a catch phrase: "it could be horse of course." wink

Ariadne Sat 06-Apr-13 21:24:31

It's all meat, anyway, so what's the problem - unless, of course, it is contaminated by drugs fed to the animals. NellieM is spot on!

Deedaa Sat 06-Apr-13 22:10:06

When my husband was driving in Sweden he ate a lot of elk and always tells me it's a really nice meat.