On Aug 29, 6:14*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Aug 29, 4:50*pm, jt august > wrote:
>
> > OK, John, since you hit Soulards every so often, have you check out that
> > new Amish store across from the spice shop? *I got some ground beef from
> > them (as well as ground pork). *This stuff is locally raised, hand cut
> > (no bone scrapers), and though not officially certified, they said (and
> > looking at it I have to agree), it is roughly 85/15. *Meat scraps
> > include chuck and sirloin.
>
> > The price is $1.99 per pound. *Better than Straub's sale price. *And
> > this looks to me to be better in price and quality than John's Butcher
> > Shoppe, just around the corner from me.
>
> > jt
>
> Interesting! Thanks for the info JT!
>
> I really don't know the lean to fat ratio of Straub's ground beef.
> Straub's offers at least one, maybe two grades of ground beef leaner
> than their standard, but I always buy their standard (the others are
> price prohibitive for me). But I do know this, when I fry a burger
> pattie or brown some Straub's ground beef, I do NOT get much fat if
> any. in fact, I add olive oil when frying a pattie! Quite lean,
> certainly lean enough for me!

You fry burger patties? I often brown crumbled ground beef, but
frying a burger is not quite an act of desperation, but going in that
direction.
Wife & child would think me nuts if I offered them fried burgers. I'm
anything but anti fat, but I like lean burger because I like the
middle to be rare. One day I might get sick and die from raw,
commercial hamburger. Give me Shop'n Save's Diet Lean Ground Beef
anyway.

Hey, there was a thread about the diff between country fried and
chicken fried steak. How about frying trimmed pieces of chuck steak,
peppered and coated with semolina flour, and fried in 100% rendered
chicken fat? Then I salted them with Diamond Crystal Popcorn Salt.
Diet Superchill Rootbeer.
>
> But I will look into this Amish shop at Soulard, next time I am down
> there.

I am interested in their other cuts, of course strip, but the lean
tough cuts too, flap, skirt, etc.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan