Buying Ground Beef

[thezan]

"I love the foreman, but the smell from cooking on it is almost intolerable for girls i bring back, i dont notice it but i guess its cause i smelled it everyday. The nonstick has worn off good ol' george, so maybe i'll go looking for a good deal on a foreman in the next week."

Haha, i hear ya man, if you dont clean georgio right away, those things get filthy and stink ass!!! Chicks dig that dont they?.....

 

[IceShadow]

lol, the smell is embarrassing and my roommates hated me when i was using it. I'm gonna go back to using it soon, i've just been having so much fun cooking the meat in a pan. i can mix ground beef with anything.

 

[EnderJE]

Okay, this might sound stupid; but when you say 93/7...does it actualyl say 93% on the label? Most of the meat that I buy says 90%. I'd go for the 95%, but that's a little more then I'm willing to pay for given how much I eat (or at least should be eating).

 

[IceShadow]

Yeah, it says 93/7, theres some 96/4, 90/10, 85/15, etc. They are normally different cuts. The 90/10 is normally groun sirloin, 85/15 is ground round.

 

[Lee]

fattiest beef ill buy is 88/12. and even then, when you brown it in a skillet you dont see much fat in the bottom of the pan.

 

[IceShadow]

I have been sticking to the 96/4, I can get it at wal-mart for 3.48/lb. After eating clean for a while, your tastebuds get used to it.

 

[pintoca]

buy GOOD QUALITY beef and have it ground. Only way you will know for sure what is in your patties.

Hey, nobody said this was cheap

 

[Roofus]

stop buying the fatty shit, and buy the 93/7...

I'm on a grad school budget, which is shite. I'm almost forced to buy the 85/15 at Publix because of the price. 2lbs of 93/7 runs $10-12 for 2lbs, which 2lbs of 85/15 is $5.
One thing I do though is drain the fat. After I cook the meat, especially if I have cooked it ground up taco style, I throw it in a drainer to drain off the fatty juices, and then use some paper towels and press it to soak up some of the fatty juices as well.
I did a science fair project on this in HS. You do loose some fat when cooking, especially if you drain and press it. If you are interested, do a pre-cook weigh in of the meat, and a post cook weigh in. The meat looses alot of weight. There are some calculations you have to do with mass as well, which I don't remember, but I guarantee you are loosing some fat to cooking.

 

[Afgrl]

buy GOOD QUALITY beef and have it ground. Only way you will know for sure what is in your patties.

Hey, nobody said this was cheap

I've honestly never thought of buying it and then having it ground, great idea; thanks! Yes, I agree keeping a good diet is not cheap, but I'll sacrifice other things to try to keep my diet up to par the best I can.

 

[needtogetaas]

buy GOOD QUALITY beef and have it ground. Only way you will know for sure what is in your patties.

Hey, nobody said this was cheap

bigo.and it will tast much better to.and you will know it was fresgly ground.