"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> Peter > wrote:
>
>>Is it worth my time in effort to grind my own meat with it? I was
>>thinking
>>a coarser grind would be nicer compared to the usual store bought ground
>>meats for many dishes. Does anyone here do this regularly and can comment
>>or
>>offer advice? I don't envision buying a proper meat grinder anytime soon.
>
> This is secondhand, but according to Julia Child, a meat grinder works
> better because you do not end up with chopped gristle in the meat.
> Instead, the gristle stays in the screen of the grinder, where
> you can manually remove it from time to time.
>
> Steve

That makes sense. I would probably take care to properly cut out any
gristle and such first though.