On Oct 25, 4:42?pm, (Steve Pope) wrote:
> 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.

Not true. I never saw a meat grinder with a screen. If you put
gristle in it will grind it... will even grind small bones, will grind
poultry bones easily.