"Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
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> On 2014-04-23 19:42:51 +0000, Travis McGee said:
>
>> latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-ikea-vegetarian-chicken-meatballs-20140423,0,7144538.story
>> latimes.com
>> Ikea will soon serve vegetarian and chicken versions of its Swedish
>> meatballs
>>
>> By Jenn Harris
>>
>> 10:42 AM PDT, April 23, 2014
>>
>> In an effort to become more sustainable, Ikea has announced it will look
>> into greener meatballs. The store known for its assemble-it-yourself
>> furniture wants to give its most popular menu item, the Swedish
>> meatballs, less of a carbon footprint.
>>
>> The brand is developing new chicken and vegetarian versions of the
>> meatballs, but fans will still be able to order the original meatballs,
>> traditionally served with potatoes, cream sauce and Lingonberry jam.
>>
>> "IKEA is a responsible company and we believe that we can play an
>> important role in the move toward a more sustainable society," said the
>> company in a release.
>>
>> In its 2013 sustainability report, Ikea said its CO2 emissions related to
>> food sold and served at Ikea totaled 600,000 metric tons. They are hoping
>> the new meatballs will lessen that number substantially.
>>
>> "This improves customer choice and should result in a lower carbon
>> footprint than traditional meatballs," reads the report.
>>
>> The new meatballs should appear on the menu in 2015. We reached out to
>> Ikea, but a spokesperson for the company said they have no additional
>> details to add at this time.
>
> Ikea meatballs were implicated in the tainted / adulterated meat scandal
> that rocked Europe a few years back as containing donkey meat. I wouldn't
> mind eating donkey meat, if I knew that I was, and that it was from a
> clean animal.
>
> As it stands, I wouldn't eat them again. One incident of tainting is
> enough to taint my perception of a food brand for good.

Double ew.