A keen barfblog reader sent on the below video from ABC news with a new angle on the ongoing pink slime saga.

Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes. Even ironical. In Dec. 1988, then junior minister UK Health Minister told a television reporter the majority of UK eggs were contaminated with salmonella. A lawsuit by UK egg producers led to Curie’s resignation and millions worth of compensation for egg producers. For Peter Webb it was gold.

(although imperfect) Those words, in parentheses, are the most important in a paper by CDC-types about self-reported consumption of pink beef, and impair the conclusions.

For some reason food.com ran this suggestion last year on checking over temperature without a thermometer, and it showed up on the inter-tubes today. Ingredients: granulated sugar aluminum foil (optional) Directions: 1
 To test if your oven is running cold:. 2
 Preheat oven to 375°. (186° C.).