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Default Chopped/ground sirloin


"Gary" > wrote in message ...
> 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.

>
> I've got your answers, Julie because I asked a butcher that I
> know well.
>
> The ground any beef that is sold in chubs, comes from somewhere
> else. The do a "1st grind," pack it in chubs and ship it off to
> grocery stores. When you buy a "chub" of beef, usually on sale,
> this is what your are buying and what the grocery stores always
> get. They don't do anything but resell what they bought. When
> you see beef in a tray on shelves, they have taken those chubs
> and run them through a 2nd grind...refining them a bit.
>
> Both lean ground beef and ground sirloin are lean but the sirloin
> has a better flavor. Ground beef can be any part of the cow.
>
> Best hamburgers I ever cooked was 2nd ground sirloin from a
> specialty store.


Thanks!