Fat in my meat - not happy
zinc6
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So I wanted to get a really lean pork and veal mince to cook with as I had been buying the one from Woolworths which looks really lean but has no nutritional info and could have fat minced in very finely.
I ordered 2.5kg of veal and 2.5kg of pork yesterday to pick up at 7am today, trim myself and then have them mince it for me - I had a long conversation with the butcher about what I was trying to achieve.
firstly when I got there this morning they had no idea what I was talking about - the butcher I spoke with wasn't there. Then they found the veal but it was only 1.7kg and sold me 2.2kg of pork leg with a big fatty rind. Anyhow I went home and spent almost 3 hours removing every scrap of fat from the meat and took it back just in time to be minced.
Well my mince came back full of big white chuncky pieces of fat - and a smaller quantity of meat than I had come with - the butchers explanation was the fat was already in the mincer.
having got it home it's worse than I thought and I'm not even sure if it's my original meat ... to me it looks like they have added a good 500 grams of pure fat right throughout the mince.
So after spending $45 and 3 hours I have 2.5kg of fatty mince which will be even less if I try and pick out the fatty bits which it will be impossible to remove all of ...
I just needed to vent - I am so angry I wasted half my day and considerable money on something I am not going to even use now.
I ordered 2.5kg of veal and 2.5kg of pork yesterday to pick up at 7am today, trim myself and then have them mince it for me - I had a long conversation with the butcher about what I was trying to achieve.
firstly when I got there this morning they had no idea what I was talking about - the butcher I spoke with wasn't there. Then they found the veal but it was only 1.7kg and sold me 2.2kg of pork leg with a big fatty rind. Anyhow I went home and spent almost 3 hours removing every scrap of fat from the meat and took it back just in time to be minced.
Well my mince came back full of big white chuncky pieces of fat - and a smaller quantity of meat than I had come with - the butchers explanation was the fat was already in the mincer.
having got it home it's worse than I thought and I'm not even sure if it's my original meat ... to me it looks like they have added a good 500 grams of pure fat right throughout the mince.
So after spending $45 and 3 hours I have 2.5kg of fatty mince which will be even less if I try and pick out the fatty bits which it will be impossible to remove all of ...
I just needed to vent - I am so angry I wasted half my day and considerable money on something I am not going to even use now.
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Whoa .. hold on ...
Woolworth's is still in business?!
Different countries. Woolworths that you're probably thinking of is entirely different to woolworths in Australia, which I'm assuming is the woolworths mentioned. It's the biggest supermarket in Australia.0 -
Whoa .. hold on ...
Woolworth's is still in business?!
Yikes! And they appear to have branched out from pick'n'mix and last year's chart CDs to butchery... :noway:0 -
Having worked in a butchery I'm calling BS to you butcher's explanation.........the machine should be disassembled and cleaned between uses otherwise the risk of contamination becomes unacceptably high. I wouldn't shop at a place that practiced such poor hygiene (I'd probably report them to the local health dept ......)
My suggestion.......buy lean cuts of meat and grind them yourself.0 -
Thread stolen for a run down the Woolworth's nostalgia journey.0
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Thread stolen for a run down the Woolworth's nostalgia journey.
That's the wonder of Woollies ...... anyway - it's way more interesting than getting into the myth that fat is fattening ... again.0 -
That was a strange tale.
You can take meat to the butcher and get them to mince it for you?
You are concerned about fat content and you buy enormous amounts of meat that doesn't have nutritional info?
You spend hours to remove fat from meat?
I'm sorry that you feel you've been tricked, but please, take a step back and consider if this is the most efficient approach to achieve anything.0 -
misleading.
thread title is misleading.0 -
Go to a different butchers. Really, it shouldn't be too much hassle for a butcher to cut the fat off the outside of a piece of meat before putting it in the mincer. Small independent butchers are probably better for this kind of thing, as they'll have fewer staff who are more likely to be experience, or even part owners of the business, unlike supermarket meat counters where there may be a lot of different staff through the week and most of them not very experienced.0
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Whoa .. hold on ...
Woolworth's is still in business?!
Different countries. Woolworths that you're probably thinking of is entirely different to woolworths in Australia, which I'm assuming is the woolworths mentioned. It's the biggest supermarket in Australia.
USA and UK have different Woolworth's... the UK one went bust. The USA one is still in business AFAIK. Didn't know there was a 3rd one in Australia too.0 -
That was a strange tale.
You can take meat to the butcher and get them to mince it for you?
You are concerned about fat content and you buy enormous amounts of meat that doesn't have nutritional info?
You spend hours to remove fat from meat?
I'm sorry that you feel you've been tricked, but please, take a step back and consider if this is the most efficient approach to achieve anything.
I don't see what's weird about it. You go to a butchers/meat counter, choose a cut of meat, ask them to cut the fat off and then mince it for you... sounds normal to me. What doesn't sound normal is the totally shoddy service, and the fact the OP took the meat home to remove the fat then took it back to be minced... I wouldn't have done that, I'd have only bought what I'd actually asked for, and if it wasn't possible to do what I asked for, they should have told me from the beginning.
In any case, I would go to a different butchers in the future.0 -
Our uk one is still in business online.
And I agree with the above poster, get yourself a grinder. I have an attachment for my kenwood classic mixer. Let's me make my own sausages too. 0 -
Yes, even here in the outpost (Norway) we can ask the butcher to remove fat before mincing. But we can't take it home and bring it back. That would be potentially unsanitary, and I can't understand why the butcher would allow that.I don't see what's weird about it. You go to a butchers/meat counter, choose a cut of meat, ask them to cut the fat off and then mince it for you... sounds normal to me. What doesn't sound normal is the totally shoddy service, and the fact the OP took the meat home to remove the fat then took it back to be minced... I wouldn't have done that, I'd have only bought what I'd actually asked for, and if it wasn't possible to do what I asked for, they should have told me from the beginning.
In any case, I would go to a different butchers in the future.0 -
My suggestion would be to buy a kitchen aid mixer and it should come with the grinder attachment. Buy lean cuts of meat (we get our on roasts and chicken breasts) Then u just cut into chunks or strips and feed thru the mixer and create your own ground meat. Really easy to do.0
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Whoa .. hold on ...
Woolworth's is still in business?!
Different countries. Woolworths that you're probably thinking of is entirely different to woolworths in Australia, which I'm assuming is the woolworths mentioned. It's the biggest supermarket in Australia.
USA and UK have different Woolworth's... the UK one went bust. The USA one is still in business AFAIK. Didn't know there was a 3rd one in Australia too.
US one has been out of business for a while, although apparently it survives in small part as Foot Locker. The things one discovers on the internet. Anyway, nothing to do with grinding meat.0 -
Yes, even here in the outpost (Norway) we can ask the butcher to remove fat before mincing. But we can't take it home and bring it back. That would be potentially unsanitary, and I can't understand why the butcher would allow that.I don't see what's weird about it. You go to a butchers/meat counter, choose a cut of meat, ask them to cut the fat off and then mince it for you... sounds normal to me. What doesn't sound normal is the totally shoddy service, and the fact the OP took the meat home to remove the fat then took it back to be minced... I wouldn't have done that, I'd have only bought what I'd actually asked for, and if it wasn't possible to do what I asked for, they should have told me from the beginning.
In any case, I would go to a different butchers in the future.
Right, same in the US. (I know OP is not in the US.). The explanation by the butcher makes no sense also, sounds like they ground a different piece of meat, if what is stated is accurate.0 -
Thread stolen for a run down the Woolworth's nostalgia journey.
That's the wonder of Woollies ...... anyway - it's way more interesting than getting into the myth that fat is fattening ... again.
The OP never complained about fat being fattening, She was complaining that the minced meat she got was different than what she had ordered and had additional fat added to it. I have several dishes where the meat needs to be as lean as possible.
OP: go elsewhere and also get a meat grinder. There are some good ones that can attach to a mixer but I still prefer a hand grinder that attaches to the counter and has several different parts so I can control the fineness/coarseness of the grind (as you know it, the "mince").0 -
Yes, even here in the outpost (Norway) we can ask the butcher to remove fat before mincing. But we can't take it home and bring it back. That would be potentially unsanitary, and I can't understand why the butcher would allow that.I don't see what's weird about it. You go to a butchers/meat counter, choose a cut of meat, ask them to cut the fat off and then mince it for you... sounds normal to me. What doesn't sound normal is the totally shoddy service, and the fact the OP took the meat home to remove the fat then took it back to be minced... I wouldn't have done that, I'd have only bought what I'd actually asked for, and if it wasn't possible to do what I asked for, they should have told me from the beginning.
In any case, I would go to a different butchers in the future.
yeah I agree, it is... and their excuse that the fat was in the mincer from before also shows a lack of understanding about food hygiene, so with all that and the fact they can't get a simple order right and instead of fixing it and doing it right they gave her excuses and something else that she didn't want would equal me not going back there ever again!0 -
OP, I am sorry you had to go through this. Are there other butchers nearby that you trust to do this process?
I mean, we have thrashed the establishment for being difficult, cheating , and following poor sanitary practices. But the real questions is, for <i>next</i> time, how can you get satisfactory product?
I agree with the poster who said a butcher should never process meat that has left the store and come back. I am not arguing if it is permitted, it is just a very risky practice.0 -
Thread stolen for a run down the Woolworth's nostalgia journey.
That's the wonder of Woollies ...... anyway - it's way more interesting than getting into the myth that fat is fattening ... again.
The OP never complained about fat being fattening, She was complaining that the minced meat she got was different than what she had ordered and had additional fat added to it. I have several dishes where the meat needs to be as lean as possible.
OP: go elsewhere and also get a meat grinder. There are some good ones that can attach to a mixer but I still prefer a hand grinder that attaches to the counter and has several different parts so I can control the fineness/coarseness of the grind (as you know it, the "mince").
^^^^ this
and also lean meat is easier to fit into your macros.... especially if you want to eat other fatty foods the same day as well.0
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