On Friday, August 9, 2019 at 1:05:20 PM UTC-10, Terry Coombs wrote:
> On 8/9/2019 5:57 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Friday, August 9, 2019 at 9:38:26 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> >> "dsi1" wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> https://finance.yahoo.com/news/burge...210643438.html
> >>
> >> ====
> >>
> >> I don't trust stores and I prefer to mince/grind my own meat!
> > I understand your concern. OTOH, you'll probably see meat sold at stores that don't have a meat department. Places like Target and Tesco. I believe it to be the future of retail meat. OTOH, meat is probably seeing it's final days.
>
> Â* Not as long as there are deer , squirrels , and rabbits in my woods .
> Feral hogs are in our area too , and those who are afflicted with them
> WELCOME people that want to harvest them .
>
> --
> Snag
> Yes , I'm old
> and crochety - and armed .
> Get outta my woods !

Pre-packaged meats are a reality at these places already. These meats are packaged somewhere else and frozen. They're defrosted at the point of sale. It's kind of a nifty concept. I can't say how good the merchandise is.