We do not know how for you, but in our country, for example, store minced meat or ready-made, pickled barbecue lying on the counter always arouses some suspicion. Knowledge of Soviet and Russian trade gives unambiguous advice - do not take it, the devil knows what was mixed there. And it seems that this habit has very ancient roots. "That is why," writes V. Pokhlebkin, "the principles of Russian cuisine (of that era. - Approx. authors) turned out to be alien not only to cutlets, pates and other dishes based on minced meat, but also to all kinds of casseroles and puddings, that is, any conglomerates of products."