On Jan 29, 5:45 pm, "Julie Bove" > wrote:
> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
>
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> > At 15 psi, to be exact. :-)
>
> > Tomorrow morning I will visit a young mom I've been helping out
> > occasionally (broken hip, 2 littles, husband who has been home taking
> > care of her and the littles for 3 months). Her sister will be there,
> > too.
>
> > Early on after her accident I delivered a meal of beef stew. My Alex,
> > you'd have thought I'd brought in the crown jewels! <g> Yesterday she
> > asked me for my recipe for the stew. I just laughed at the word,
> > 'recipe.' I offered my services with them tomorrow and will show them
> > just how handy a pressure cooker can be. I'd be in a jam (or possibly a
> > pickle) without mine and I know how some people are squeamish around
> > them.
>
> > I thought I was onto something when I hit Target this morning and
> > noticed they have USDA Choice boneless chuck roasts available for $3/lb.
> > I was set to put three into my cart and then read the fine print about
> > the meat including up to 12% "patented solution."
>
> > DammitallToHellAndBack!! I will not knowingly buy injected meat. I've
> > pretty much made up my mind about it. And why does USDA Choice need it,
> > please? It doesn't. The dirty rat*******s! So I went over to
> > Rainbow (considerably out of my way) and discovered that they have their
> > boneless chucks on sale for the same price and without a "patented
> > solution" that makes up 12% of the weight of the slab of meat.
> > Hoo-rah!
>
> > I bought three roasts there, one weighing more than 6# (i have not seen
> > a chuck roast that big in 30 years). We''ll use that one for our
> > tutoring session and we should have enough meat for at least four to six
> > meals for two persons.
>
> > When I make my beef stew I cook the meat separately, under pressure,
> > before cooking the vegetables in some of the broth (stovetop cookery
> > here), then adding back the meat, thickening the juice, and serving it
> > up. I would bet that in the long run it's faster than cooking
> > everything together on top of the stove for a couple three hours and has
> > the added benefit of providing cooked beef chunks available for other
> > use.
>
> > So there.
>
> I didn't know Target sold food! They don't in this area.
>
> AFAIK, we don't have any meat in this area with injectible solution in it.
> I haven't seen it on any labels but perhaps I should check further. I


If you're in the U.S., probably any Hormel meat that you buy already
in a package is injected with something which adds appreciably to the
cost per pound. Check the labels.

However, injected meat sometimes has better flavor than that which is
not - you just need to know how to cook the un-injected to get a
superior result.

N.