Lou Decruss wrote:
> On 21 Jun 2009 14:09:37 GMT, "Michael \"Dog3\""
> > wrote:
>
>> Lou Decruss >
>> : in rec.food.cooking
>>
>>> Since I started grinding my own again I've not noticed a savings.
>>> Just a drastic improvement in quality.
>> I grind my own quite often. I'm fond of using chuck. I've never tracked
>> the savings end but the taste of the burgers are better than the usual
>> supermarket ground beef. Besides, I can control the fat content when I
>> grind my own. Straub's is definitely not your usual supermarket. Not by
>> any stretch. Their meat department is a butcher shop, not the assembly line
>> set up most supermarkets utilize.
>
> I don't know about Straub's but I'm sure it's like several places here
> that do the same. I can think of two that have a window to the back
> and you can see them grind it for you. My question would be how often
> the grinder gets cleaned. Once a day isn't enough.

I have seen how my buddy operates their market and what my nephew told
me how the large market he worked at operates. When they grind chuck or
sirloin etc thats what they actually grind. Then they clean the grinder
and run another batch when necessary. They also make great sausage too
and its also done the same way. It isn't made from a pile of junk.


There's a chain
> in northern Illinois/southern Wisconsin called Woodmans. They were
> advertising 5 pound tubes of ground beef dirt cheap. It was packaged
> like breakfast sausage in a plant somewhere. There's no way I'd buy
> that. But a place like Straub's or the one's I'm familiar with I'd
> buy from. But I'd still rather grind my own.
>
> Lou
Doesn't take much imagination to know thats were all of the trimmings
and junk go.

If you want to see disgusting there is a local plant that makes various
packaged beef products. Their most popular being a "steakum" type
product. My buddy owns a commercial refrigeration business and I get to
see various locations where they may be working. The plant sells under
its own brand and makes various other labels for big box. They use real
beef to make their version. The big box version is made from big frozen
cubes of "meat and meat by products" that they buy from somewhere. It
has a weird pink color and doesn't really look like meat.