In article . com>,
"Sheldon" > wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > In article .com>,
> > "Sheldon" > wrote:
> >
> > > OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > When one is consuming a lot of meat in the diet (like I am at the
> > > > moment), plain meat burgers are going to get really boring really fast,
> > > > as is plain grilled chicken.
> > > >
> > > > I'm fixin' to start experimenting with mixing stuff with my beef
> > > > (keeping it low carb) to make my "burgers" more interesting. Same with
> > > > the chicken. After seeing the earlier thread on chicken palliard (or
> > > > however the hell it's spelled!) I do want to try pounding spices/herbs
> > > > into the raw chickens breasts and/or thighs prior to grilling them.
> > >
> > > If only you had a meat grinder... you could make your own chicken meat
> > > loaf or chicken patty meat loaf... that's about the only way I do
> > > skinless/boneless chicken breasts... I don't really care for plain
> > > chicken breasts, no matter even if you cook them book-perfect they're
> > > still kinds dry and tasteless.... instead grind them with veggies,
> > > herbs, seasoning... then blend in some crumbs and a few eggs, form into
> > > whatever shape, brush with egg and coat with crumbs and fry, or bake.
> > > Breasts are kind of tender so you don't want to grill yours or the
> > > grill grate will slice into them like they're hard cooked eggs, if
> > > yoose think mamograms are bad... hehe
> > >
> > > If you had a meat grinder you could do the same with any meat, any cut
> > > of beef, pork, turkey, even fish... and you'll know exactly what/who is
> > > in it. Salmon loaf is great... I used to have a really good recipe
> > > where cottage cheese was added to the ground salmon mixture but it's
> > > nowhere to be found, I suppose one could experiment with a small
> > > recipe.
> > >
> > > Sheldon
> > >
> >
> > I may very well have to look into that.
> > The kitchen aid can be a pita to set up for small amounts.
>
> The KA attachment is even more of a pita for large amounts
>
> Sheldon
>

I never thought so. ;-)

I know you don't like kitchen aids, but I grew up with one and we used
the meat grinder attachment for it more than just about any other
function. The sausage cone was great for making link sausages too.

It always worked well for us.

Cheers!
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Om.

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