Barfblog.com: Your one stop for all things food.

“Come on computer. Load for goodness sake!” I think as I wait for the internet to load barfblog.com. First reaction… few, thank goodness I thought I was about to have to take this site in glimpses. For such an amateur name it is a very professional blog. The background is plain complemented by muted shades of brown, orange, and green. I guess they believed that the information was revolting enough.

I scroll through the sight I skim the first post. It is concerning a woman’s diagnosis of listeriosis that could be related to a New Jersey restaurant’s cheese. Talk about sniffing the cheese before you eat.  On the right in headed by brown and highlighted by salmon are the topics. The only thing comes to me in this time of panic. What on earth is this pink slime hysteria? From what I have heard it’s spreading faster than One Direction.

In a recent news story pink slime infest about, “70% of the ground beef we buy at the supermarket.” “Pink slime” is beef trimmings. Once only used in dog food and cooking oil, the trimmings are now sprayed with ammonia so they are safe to eat and added to most ground beef as cheap filler. Great we solved the mystery of the mystery meat. No way can the hairnets and the suits can hide this secret any more. So great we know that they are ripping us off and that we are being fed meat filled with the unwanted pieces. If this is what we are putting into our bodies every time we eat a burger. No wonder they call it junk food.

Bar blog’s writers bring a sense of community, knowledge and ethos in their writing. Many are doctors and college students voicing their opinion on the shadowy world of the American food industry. They shed light on the issues and simplify our plates. Pink slime, food poisoning, restaurant inspections, outbreaks, nothing is off the menu. It’s nice to know that we have a competent and concerned neighbor who I keeping an eye on those nets and suits so the rest of us don’t have to take century.  Thanks Barfblog, let’s keep those suits in line for we can’t give up our own safety and quality of living for a mere few dollars savings.  Our world, our nation, and our stomachs deserve so much better.