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Hank Rogers[_3_]

wrote:
> On Friday, August 9, 2019 at 10:36:14 AM UTC-5, A Moose in Love wrote:
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>> 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.
>>
> It's been years and years and years and years since I bought ground beef in a
> chub pack. If it's the same as what's in the tray why is it hidden in plastic
> where the meat cannot be seen? The last time I bought it, it was simply terrible
> and I returned it as to me, it was not fit for human consumption.
>

It must be variable. Some of the best hamburg I ever got was in
chubs. Like gary said, it's one-pass-ground, so it's a little
chunkier than the other type.

And you can't really judge it by appearance anyway. You might be
able to tell if there's lots of fat, but the average person couldn't
discern much more. Maybe an expert like Popeye could tell you the
farm the beef was raised on, but not me.

Some folks will even pay more for beef that has been treated with
carbon monoxide to give it a nice bright red color. It's all in the
presentation, and the person's mind.