On 2014-04-23 23:49:23 +0000, Julie Bove said:

> "Oregonian Haruspex" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.

It's good that we found out though. I'd rather know about this sort of
thing and be grossed out than remain blissfully ignorant.