Ophelia wrote:
> Bob Muncie wrote:
>> Ophelia -
>>
>> Are you feeling okay?
>>
>> Just wondering.
>>
>> Back on topic, the store I go to has the butcher shop area completely
>> in the view of the public. You can ask for different cuts then what
>> are displayed, pick out a roast and they'll grind it for you while you
>> watch, etc.
>
> Do you know how much meat/whatever is already in that grinder? Your chosen
> roast could go in and be ground. How much of your 'own' roast do you think
> you are getting, and how much is still in the grinder when he is finished!
>
>
>

True, but if they are doing volume grinding (and they do), you can be
reasonably sure that it is as there's only a couple of inches from the
input chute, to the other side of the blade. If there is a straight shot
down the feeder, that doesn't leave much space for getting previously
ground meat. I'd more worried abut the cleanliness of the grinder, but
since you can observe the process, at least you have a sense about how
they work, how clean they keep the surfaces, etc.

Bob