Has anyone else out there noticed that the "Steakhouse" brand of meat from Wal Mart has a funny smell and odd taste?
I'm not sure how to describe the strange smell and taste that some Wal Mart meat has but it is vaguely like some kind of chemical cleaner and rancid butter.
Many years ago, when local Wal Mart's actually had in-store butchers the beef was better, and more locally sourced.
When the "threat" of union labor came along, instead of letting Wal Mart butchers be union members they chose to cut all meats in a large remote processing plant and ship it to the stores so it would not have to hire butchers.
This led to the meat being sourced from the same place for a large number of Wal Mart stores across a huge region.
One possible cause of the odd smelling beef from Wal Mart has been reported by some to be the use of ethanol by-products to feed cattle.
Large ethanol processing plants produce a huge volume of soured grain that has gone through the process of making alcohol which involves grinding, fermenting, leaving the grain sitting in huge tanks for days, removing it, heating and other steps to make it into feed. The use of this grain is controversial since it can cause health problems in cattle including the scours or diarrhea and being more prone to passing on virulent strains of e-coli bacteria.

Something that smells this foul can't be good for you.
This is one possible cause of the strange smelling Wal Mart meat. Has anyone else noticed it? Leave your comment below. If you have bought meat at Wal Mart that has a strange smell complain to your local Wal Mart manager. If enough people do then perhaps they will start sourcing higher quality meat.