Why does my pork loin smell like feces?

[Anonymous]

Certain meats are treated with gases do that they look pink and fresh when they're actually rotting. The gases do nothing to preserve, just aesthetics. Look it up and then complain to you provider if your think it's a crappy practice.

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Are you sure it's not rump roast?

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Anonymous wrote:I got a 1.5 lb pork loin from Safeway this morning. It's not past the fresh date. I rinsed/patted it dry before cutting and it smelled just fine. I cut it into 1/2 in cubes and browned it. As it was cooking, an overwhelming smell of feces rolls out of the pot. It smells like a pig pen (having grown up on a farm, I know exactly what that smells like). I thought it might cook off but it hasn't - even DH can smell it. Any idea why? No way I'm putting that in my stew.

OMG this happened to me too! Mine was pork steak also from Safeway. I made my kids, husband, neighbor kids who happened to be over..all smell it. It smelled like when I was a kid and we went to the fair. I cooked it and threw it out. My dad was a butcher and he said that is what pork raised commercially smells like. They usually soak it in a bleach solution to kill the smell a bit. Must have skipped that batch. BTW they also soak fish, beef and other meats in that solution. In fact when you see "fresh" fish packaged at the market and it has an orange or lemon sticker on it, it means it has been soaked in that solution a few times. Do not buy it!!

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Anonymous wrote:It's because pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. You shouldn't be surprised that they smell like feces when they don't have enough sense to disregard their own feces.

Hush, city girl. Pigs are actually very clean. They stink but they're very particular about their habitat. They tend to poop in the same spot and they never root in their poop.

Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal.

[Anonymous]

Oh my god, if there ever were a reason to become a vegetarian. This is so gross. I just googled "boar taint."

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Anonymous wrote:It's because pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. You shouldn't be surprised that they smell like feces when they don't have enough sense to disregard their own feces.

LOL, another Pulp Fiction fan...

[Anonymous]

Have you seen the pork and Coca Cola experiment? Check it out on youtube.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A dog eats its own shit. Is a dog a filthy animal?

I don't know if I'd say a dog is a filthy animal but its definitely dirty. Besides, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A dog eats its own shit. Is a dog a filthy animal?

I don't know if I'd say a dog is a filthy animal but its definitely dirty. Besides, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.

You've obviously never been up close and personal with a pig. As charming, smart and quirky as any dog.

And they're ditsy because mud keeps them cool. Ultimately, they're not filthy like some animals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's because pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. You shouldn't be surprised that they smell like feces when they don't have enough sense to disregard their own feces.

--the ISIS viewpoint.

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Anonymous wrote:I got a 1.5 lb pork loin from Safeway this morning. It's not past the fresh date. I rinsed/patted it dry before cutting and it smelled just fine. I cut it into 1/2 in cubes and browned it. As it was cooking, an overwhelming smell of feces rolls out of the pot. It smells like a pig pen (having grown up on a farm, I know exactly what that smells like). I thought it might cook off but it hasn't - even DH can smell it. Any idea why? No way I'm putting that in my stew.

It's surprising that this came from Safeway. I could believe it from Giant, but Safeway quality is supposed to be better.

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PSA: Every line in this thread that has to do with pigs being filthy animals, any animal (pig or dog) eating its own feces, or comparing the filthiness of various species of animals is a quote from Pulp Fiction. We don't really think pigs (or dogs) are filthy. I love pigs. They're fun to watch play in the mud, they have great personalities, and they taste good. But it's fun to quote Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta.

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Op, you said you grew up on a pig farm. How ironic you are asking the question.

[Anonymous]

OP here. I just read about boar taint and that may be what it is but the 'boary' taste I've experienced in the past was 'boary' not feces-like. I know I'm sensitive to it. I can even taste it in sausage/bacon sometimes. But, this was different. It could be the meat was bad and bleached as the butcher's DD noted. But, I didn't notice anything off about it as I rinsed and cut the meat. And, no, I'm not pregnant (tubal ligation!) and currently have my period so my uber-sensitive period is over. Besides, DH smelled it as well and it's not Mr. Sensitive at any time. He went out last night and got another cut that was fine.

Anyway, I don't eat as much pork as I used to and now when I do, I'll get it from the butcher. Thanks, everyone.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A dog eats its own shit. Is a dog a filthy animal?

I don't know if I'd say a dog is a filthy animal but its definitely dirty. Besides, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.

You've obviously never been up close and personal with a pig. As charming, smart and quirky as any dog.

And they're ditsy because mud keeps them cool. Ultimately, they're not filthy like some animals.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction

Vincent: Want some bacon?
Jules: No, man. I don't eat pork.
Vincent: Are you Jewish?
Jules: Nah, I ain't Jewish, I just don't dig on swine, that's all.
Vincent: Why not?
Jules: Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.
Vincent: Yeah, but bacon tastes good. Pork chops taste good.
Jules: Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy motherfucker. Pigs sleep and root in shit. That's a filthy animal. I ain't eatin' nothing that ain't got sense enough to disregard its own feces.
Vincent: How about a dog? Dog eats its own feces.
Jules: I don't eat dog either.
Vincent: Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal?
Jules: I wouldn't go so far as to call a dog filthy, but they're definitely dirty. But, a dog's got personality. Personality goes a long way.
Vincent: Ah, so by that rationale, if a pig had a better personality, he would cease to be a filthy animal. Is that true?
Jules: Well, we'd have to be talkin' about one charming motherfucking pig. I mean, he'd have to be ten times more charming than that Arnold on Green Acres, you know what I'm saying?