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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Sixpence on April 22, 2004, 11:22:36 AM
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I pay an arm and leg for hamburger at the store, and I chomp on pieces of crap in the meat. I'm sick of paying top dollar and getting crap. I have a magic mill assistant and I can purchase a meat grinder for it. I was wondering if anyone else grinds their own meat and the pros and cons.
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I dread the responses that this will surely bring...
:rolleyes:
sixpence, my dad used to do it years back, was some of the best burgers ever... ahh the memories of a juicy moose pattie!
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Originally posted by Bodhi
sixpence, my dad used to do it years back, was some of the best burgers ever... ahh the memories of a juicy moose pattie!
Hey!, I didn't think of that, a dear meat burger( i've never tried moose)
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Go to a decent slaughter or a store that can provide you some good stuff (fresh)
then make youre own burgers using a food processor or simular,
add your favorite flavour, wheter its hot or not.
and mix it with 1 egg, a little water and fry it in the pan.
no fat no stinky feeling and just good old food.
can do that with fish too :D
It wont take you more than 20 min to finish it actually.
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deer meat mixed with some lipton's onion soup powder before cooked mmmmmmmm.... makes a fantastic burger!!
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Make sure you keep that equipment clean!
And another thing, if you already have good quality steaks to grind, why not just cook them up as steaks?
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Good Eats (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_10214,00.html)
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Originally posted by Samiam
Good Eats (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_10214,00.html)
Excellent, I was just searching to post the same link. :D
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Make sure to add something to the venison when you cook it, as the lack of fat will cause it to burn easier.
Ohh, and FYI, I still have 12 pounds of Buffalo burger in my freezer, will be filling it with moose this November!
Yummy Yummy Yummy!
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At what height would the meat girnder be mounted??
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MORE EVIDENCE OF THE UNSEEN HAND GUIDING THE UNIVERSE.
Praise the unseen hand!
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Obligatory Beat Your Meat Post!!!
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Probably the easiest way to get good quality hamburger is to buy chuck steak from the butcher and get him to grind it on the spot. Real lean is not good for hamburger as you want around 20% fat or the hamburger will be too dry.
If you want to grind it yourself then buy a Kitchen Aid mixer and get the meat grinder option. This is a commercial strength mixer that has a dough hook and mixing blades and a big aluminium bowl as the standard package. You can attach accessories to it on the front top and the meat grinder is one that is available.
Once you gind the meat remember these few tips. Thin burgers are better than thick ones as it is hard to get the inside the right doneness without overcooking the outside. Also if you overcook at a slow heat the fat will liquify and run out of the burger and it will be dry and crumbley.
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Dont eat beef... especially when they feed cows a mixture of , sawdust,concrete chips, and the remains of other processed cows, and cow feces all at a temp hot enough to harbor bacteria.
Saw it on 60 minutes and it grossed me out, the farmer denied interviews of course.
I've gone with ground turkey ever since.
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Originally posted by Habu
Probably the easiest way to get good quality hamburger is to buy chuck steak from the butcher and get him to grind it on the spot.
There is another way to have burger ?
I mean except the Frozen crap ?
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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.
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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.