On Friday, August 9, 2019 at 5:36:14 AM UTC-10, A Moose in Love wrote:
> On Friday, August 9, 2019 at 4:05:03 AM UTC-4, Julie Bove wrote:
> > Bought some at Winco today but did not see it at first because it came in
> > chubs. I rarely buy food in chubs. I asked the butcher and at first he told
> > me that it was the same as lean ground beef. I don't think so as it doesn't
> > taste quite the same. Then he saw the chubs. Am starting to think the meat
> > people at the Everett location don't know their products. Last time I was
> > told that the Carne Asada was organic steak. Same guy couldn't answer
> > another person's question about pork product.
> >
> > Looking online was no help as there were so many conflicting answers.
> >
> > So... What's your take on what this meat is?
>
> I bought chub ground beef twice in my life, and both times I've been very disappointed. My local deli grinds their own beef and pork, and so does the one semi-super-market. It's better, much better. The chub stuff seems to have pink slime in there.

I have seen this pink slime in those chubs. It's some very funky stuff. I have seen pink slime on the Beyond Burger in the meat case. It might be that pink slime is an important part of the hamburger experience.

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