Community Chat

[Melania]

I use ground turkey and it's fine...nor do I even think of it.

Aren't you going to re-shape it anyway?? Just close your eyes and mush it around...LOL

[Surfnturf]

I don't buy ground beef often, but when I do, I buy grass fed beef. It comes prepackaged, and is ground well. My local grocery store no longer has a butcher on site. All meat is processed elsewhere, and trucked in. Yuck!

[brii]

I only buy chicken and meat from a butcher. I never buy it from the grocery store or even Costco.

I'm lucky to have one about 10 minutes from my house, so it's not a problem getting fresh meat and chicken there. My family doesn't like frozen chicken or meat either - LOL

[Irshgrl31201]

I don't purchase beef from stores anymore. We buy a half of a cow with another person and they cut it up for us and if I make meatballs or hamburgers I just grind it myself with my KA.

We used to eat at a bar that had the best hamburgers I ever had and they used to grind their own patties. You can't use low fat meat to make hamburgers, it simply tastes gross, dry and tasteless. We use chuck, brisket and short rib and add fat to that. That makes the best hamburgers hands down.

I don't make hamburgers a lot at my house because it is a little labor intensive but they are worth it. It has gotten to the point where I can't eat any other kind of hamburger.

[Lacey1]

I would grind it myself in my KA meat grinder.

However, FWIW: I have been buying Textured Vegetable or Soy Protein. TVP or TSP. It's a dried vegan product. It's shelf stable, cheap and fat-free. I season it, rehydrate it with hot water. It's great in tacos, lasagna, etc. It's about 1/3 the cost of ground beef.

I wouldn't use it straight to make burgers or meatballs, but it's a great alternative when it's used in a flavored sauce.

No bone chips, hair, e. coli, pink slime, etc. and no refrigeration! Fat-free, and cheap, too.