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brooklyn1 wrote:
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> "Pete C." > wrote in message
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> > sf wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:08:09 -0500, "Pete C." >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> >We know that much of the flavor is in the fat, that's why commercial
> >> >hamburger mix is 50/50 (yeow!).
> >>
> >> <laugh> It is not! 80-20 is good.

> >
> > Yes, it is. I saw a program once with a segment in one of the processing
> > plants which showed the guy forklifting into the grinder "2,000# of lean
> > and 2,000# of fat" and "yes, it is 50/50" and that was the guy with the
> > forklift speaking, not a voiceover.

>
> That was for sausage.


No, the forklift driver stated it was standard hamburger mix.