Sqwertz wrote:
>
> On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:30:05 -0700, Arri London wrote:
>
> > Lou Decruss wrote:
> >>
> >> On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:42:07 -0700, Arri London >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Some people just have too much time (and minced meat) on their hands
> >>>
> >>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8337182.stm
> >>
> >> I saw that on the news this morning and was wondering how the hell
> >> they cooked it so the center was safe to eat without the outside
> >> turning into charcoal. Think they ground their own meat?
>
> People are starving and all you can think of is how to cook a large
> meatball? Really dude, you need to re-think your priorities.

Oh really! And you spend all your time helping the starving. It was
meant as a bit of comic relief.
>
> > NI, really. The article doesn't give details. Perhaps slow cooked in
> > some way...baked? It's relatively flat, presumably collapsing under its
> > own weight The conditions of being approved just say 'edible' rather
> > than 'safe'. There is a difference.
>
> Since they donated it to a community kitchen, you can bet a lot of
> poor people would suddenly get rich if they got sick from eating it.

Yes of course...easy enough to nuke individual portions if needed.
>
> BTW: I thought this was a UK meatball because of the link cited.
>
> -sw

The BBC covers 'news' from around the world; not just the UK.