jmcquown wrote:
> On 1/8/2013 11:09 PM, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>> In article >,
>> "Ophelia" > wrote:
>>
>>> "Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
>>
>>>>
>>>> My kid cooks and freezes ground beef all the time. Easy to thaw
>>>> and use for a busy person.
>>>
>>> Hamburger/ground beef. Are they interchangeable terms?
>>
>> Pretty much, O. Ground beef is the $3 word for what used to be
>> referred to as hamburger. Although hamburger also refers to the
>> ground beef formed into a pattie. It's complicated. "-) Ground
>> beef comes in varying percentages of fat and lean, too. I buy
>> ground chuck roast (it's in the fresh meat case and ground by the
>> butcher for their counter) which is, I believe 80% lean. Not sure
>> what "ground beef" is for lean/fat.
>>
> I believe "hamburger" (aka ground/minced beef) is typically 70% lean,
> 30% fat.

I think what you call it depends on what part of the country you live in. I
always say ground beef. So when my MIL's caregiver told me to pick up some
hamburg at the store I had to ask her what she meant. I thought she meant
hamburger patties. They also have something there called Bulky rolls which
to me look like a Kaiser roll.