Author Topic: Grinding your own meat  (Read 389 times)

Offline Habu

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Grinding your own meat
« Reply #15 on: April 22, 2004, 02:53:19 PM »
My great uncle raised beef cattle and my wifes uncles still do. The cattle were fed nothing but grain and hay and they were not doped up on steroids or anything like that. I don't know of any farmer that raised cattle the way you describe. I am sure there are bad apples in any field but such practices would only be carried out by the most unethical of people.

The industry in Canada not like that. I guess in the US things like you describe could happen but if that was going on here the press would have a field day.

If you are worried about the quality of you beef go out to a farmer in the country and buy a side from him. Look at his farm and how he conducts the operation. Easy to see if anything not right is going on. There are butchers local to almost any beef producing area that can arrange the slaugher and cutting of the meat.

Offline Habu

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Grinding your own meat
« Reply #16 on: April 22, 2004, 02:57:07 PM »
Most hamburger is made of Chuck (either roast or steak) cut into cubes and ground up. At the store they can add other cuts of meat to this base and cause variations in the quality of the hamburger. But that works both ways, obviously if you add tenderloin you are going to get a better batch of hamburger. But to keep things consistant just use chuck. Chuck comes from the back top of the cow and is fairly tender although it is not one of the prime cuts.

If you have a butcher that has chuck steaks for sale buy a couple of pounds and ask him to grind it up for you. They can do it easily if it is a real butcher and not a supermarket that has not equipment.