skyhooks wrote:
>
> Gunner wrote:
> >
> > Is it safe? well, it is the same thing we are doing by brining meats. YET
> > it adds 10-12% more water to your meat weight. so you are buying some
> > expensive salted water. a 10 lb roast would be 1 lb of extra water at
> > 5-6$ a lb.
>
> This is the point that bugs me most!!! I shouldn't have to pay the
> "premium" price for injected water! In other words, "where's the
> beef?"!!!!
>
> Sky

Why do you think you're paying a "premium" price? You're paying a low
price for the pre packaged "enhanced" meat. If you buy fresh
"unenhanced" meat from a butcher shop you will certainly pay more per
pound (or kilo) than you pay for the "enhanced" grocery store meat.

I know the "enhanced" part certainly doesn't bother me when I'm buying
pre pack pork tenderloins at $1.29 / lb. It's cheap, it's decent and it
freezes reasonably well for later use. At those prices I'm not expecting
the best pork tenderloin I ever had and what I do get is certainly not
disappointing.

Pete C.