Comments on: They're judging your hardbone.

They're judging your hardbone.

Mo Nickels — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:11:20 -0800

At colleges across the country, students judge meat. Eighty-plus years of meat-judging contests.

By: grouse

grouse — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:22:02 -0800

Intercollegiate judging is the prime training ground for U.S. meat companies Interesting word choice. I wonder if they selected the word specifically for a pun, or if that is a standard adjective used by a commercial newspaper such as the Wall Street Journal. It certainly is a word with a lot of utility.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:23:17 -0800

This is a whole world of which I was unaware. Thank you, Mo Nickels.

By: Meatbomb

Meatbomb — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:26:11 -0800

I wish there had been more meat judging when I was at university.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:27:50 -0800

They're judging your hardbone. That'd be the high-class hookers at The Emperors Club VIP comparing notes about Eliot Spitzer.

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:32:29 -0800

These students would kill on David Letterman's 'Know Your Cuts of Meat! Quiz.'

By: GuyZero

GuyZero — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:39:34 -0800

I could swear this is a double... maybe it's just deja-vu. Anyway, judge not meat lest you be judged as meat.

By: DU

DU — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:54:39 -0800

Dear Penthouse Forum....

By: rusty

rusty — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:19:56 -0800

Meatfilter.

By: dersins

dersins — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:38:29 -0800

Doublish.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:51:50 -0800

I'll bet meat judging is impaired by marijuana use.

By: Dr. Wu

Dr. Wu — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:57:07 -0800

My partner's uncle (or second cousin, or something) is a meat-judge. He's always coming to family gatherings with samples of some new bacon and passing them around. I refer to him as "The Bacon Guy." Needless to say, he is my favorite of her relatives.

By: jamaro

jamaro — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:26:07 -0800

The defect in that one is bleach.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:27:53 -0800

I find the rump roast guilty as charged.

By: bitter-girl.com

bitter-girl.com — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:47:15 -0800

How very perfect, given what today is (NSFW).

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:13:04 -0800

"Hey you, quit looking at that piece of meat like it's some sort of..... piece of meat!" and don't you dare let me catch you treating objects like women!

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:22:42 -0800

The defect in that one is bleach. Ah, brings to mind the brou haha that followed ABC's "Primetime Live" segment in which undercover reporters and hidden cameras were used to expose Food Lion employees using bleach and other methods to resell spoiled meat.

By: tommasz

tommasz — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:34:19 -0800

I worked in the dining hall as a student cook at college. The meat was carefully chosen by a panel of nutritionists and other experts in the field for its price. The full time cooks (most of them veterans of the grand hotel era) were masters at turning this gristle into edible meals. The students used to complain the food didn't taste "like mom used to make" but then they never got to see what we started with.

By: jamaro

jamaro — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:46:32 -0800

Food Lion employees using bleach Wow, I missed this one, thanks for the link ericb. One of the most awkward dining experiences I've had was the time my so and me were treated to dinner at a fancy-schmancy highly rated local restaurant and I was served a fish filet that tasted strongly of bleach and rot. The awkward part was our hosts at the table had ordered the same dish and both were raving about their meals so either I got the Food Lion filet or they have no tastebuds. I ended up pushing my filet around my plate instead of sending it back and making our friends uncomfortable but yikes, the memory of that taste has never left me.

By: sour cream

sour cream — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:48:22 -0800

At colleges across the country, students judge meat. And here I was expecting wet-T-shirt contests. Only without the T-shirts.

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:13:56 -0800

I actually did this in high school. Yes, I am from Texas. Why do you ask?

By: porn in the woods

porn in the woods — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:44:33 -0800

I remember the Food Lyin' investigation on PrimeTime Live, but I'd forgotten about the bleach-based method of "revitalizing" the meat. Jiminy. Thank goodness I've never set foot in a Food Lyin'.