> wrote
> I happened to catch some tips on "Lean meats" from the Mayo Clinic
> under Food and Nutrition. They said :
>
> "Drain fat after cooking. After cooking ground meat, drain the fat
> from the pan and rinse the meat with hot water. Blot the meat with a
> paper towel to remove the water."

This is why I began doing this, because I was cooking for someone who
had congestive heart failure.