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"Shaun aRe" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
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> > In article > ,
> > "Peter Aitken" > wrote:
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> > > "Shaun aRe" > wrote in message
> > > eenews.net...
> > > >
> > > > <"alan[rem???????????? wrote in message
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> > > >> I did used a Kitchen Aid grinder attachment to make chopped meat for
> > > >> hamburgers and it was very simple and most of it went into the
> > > >> dishwasher. I was just going to by ground sirloin at another market
> > > >> but it's a zoo there so I decided to get three pieces of sirloin cut
> > > >> for london broil. I ground in everything and didn't trim it at all.
> > > >> I used the metal extruder plate with the small holes.
> > > >>
> > > >> After I was finished, I mixed it all together with my hands not for
> > > >> too long and maybe not long enough. I made hamburgers that were 1/3
> > > >> of a pound each but I felt that I didn't compact them enough.
> > > >>
> > > >> Out of 10 people who were there, 9 wanted their hamburgers medium to
> > > >> well. I should have made mine after everyone else's because I like
> > > >> mine medium rare. I was disappointed with the taste. I don't know
> if
> > > >> it was from one of 3 reasons or maybe all of them.
> > > >>
> > > >> 1. Perhaps I didn't mixup the meat enough after it was ground.
> > > >> 2. Perhaps I didn't compress the patties enough. It seemed as
> though
> > > >> they were to soft and almost flakey.
> > > >> 3. Perhaps sirloin london broil doesn't make good hamburgers as it
> > > >> might be too lean. I had no way of measuring but the meat could have
> > > >> been 95% lean and that is too lean for a good hamburger. .
> > > >> 4. Maybe it was just a little too overcooked but I don't think it
> was
> > > >> only that.
> > > >>
> > > >> Can you make hamburgers out of london broil or meat cut for steaks?
> > > >> Will the fat content be too low and if so, what do you use? Before I
> > > >> saw the sirloin, I was going to try top round and skirt steak. Maybe
> > > >> I should have mixed the skirt steak with the sirloin.
> > > >
> > > > Did you season the meat at all and maybe add some finely diced onion?
> > > > Anything to help it bind?
> > >
> > > Aack, no! Never add anything to hamburger meat except perhaps a bit of
> salt.
> > > If you add other ingredients and a binder you are making meatloaf, not a
> > > burger.
> >
> > Seconded. :-)
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> Shaun aRe
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<smooch> Sorry luv!
I just like my meat plain and prefer to top it with the veggies!

Including fine slice habaneros...

Better? ;-D
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Om.

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