Rinsing ground beef?

annebaum41912
annebaum41912 Posts: 87 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I like to buy crappy ground beef because of cost factors (like 80/20 or even 73/27) but I drain all the grease and even rinse it with water. Would you still log this as what it is or do you make it a bit better since the fat was drained off?
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  • annebaum41912
    annebaum41912 Posts: 87 Member
    anybody?
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,259 Member
    I drain the fat, but I log it simply as a cooked meat. Better to err on the side of more than less. :)
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    You rinse cooked meat with water? :noway:
  • jorasims
    jorasims Posts: 75 Member
    I have NEVER heard of rinsing ground beef! You mean with water? That sounds...interesting. To answer your question, I use ground beef all the time and just make sure to let it drain for awhile and then press down hard with the back of spoon to get out as much fat as possible. Seems to do the trick.
  • judykmmg
    judykmmg Posts: 56 Member
    I Do a light rinse on my ground beef, too. I buy 80/20 for the taste. Any leaner and it chokes me because of the dryness. I don't even like 90/10 for spaghetti. If I am going to eat red meat, I'm going to eat the kind for taste! I prefer chicken, but my husband prefers red meat. Therefore, we eat a lot of red meat. Fish and chicken are still my favorite meats.
  • pet1127
    pet1127 Posts: 572 Member
    I also rinse ground beef after its cooked before I add to casseroles and soups stews sauces

    I usually count it as lean ground
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    I rinse all of mine - Like another poster - I leave the calories as they are.

    I thought everyone rinsed their ground beef.

    Learn something every day! :drinker:
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I am so shocked and offended that you all mistreat your meat. I bet you all press your burgers on the grill too. ADMIT IT!
  • howardheilweil
    howardheilweil Posts: 604 Member
    Not sure there's anyway to accurately log that. I always like to be conservative anyway, so log it as 80/20 or whatever it was and know you have a little built in buffer.
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    I drain it, but don't rinse. I usually season mine as it's cooking so it makes no sense for me to wash all the yummy off of it. I do think I saw an entry in the data base when I was putting stuff in for a recipe that was something like ground beef, rinsed. Not sure what the difference calorie wise is.
  • peggymoney
    peggymoney Posts: 126 Member
    I've always rinsed ground beef, turkey and sausage to get fat off!! Funny that this is weird to some people! :) guess you cook like you're taught haha
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    I am so shocked and offended that you all mistreat your meat. I bet you all press your burgers on the grill too. ADMIT IT!

    Nope. Burgers are different - ground beef goes _in_ stuff. If you don't rinse it - then it's all greasy.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I am so shocked and offended that you all mistreat your meat. I bet you all press your burgers on the grill too. ADMIT IT!

    Nope. Burgers are different - ground beef goes _in_ stuff. If you don't rinse it - then it's all greasy.

    What do you know? You rinse ground beef.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    I like to buy crappy ground beef because of cost factors (like 80/20 or even 73/27) but I drain all the grease and even rinse it with water. Would you still log this as what it is or do you make it a bit better since the fat was drained off?

    is it still beef or does the molecular composition change once you've put ground meat in contact with running water?
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    I am so shocked and offended that you all mistreat your meat. I bet you all press your burgers on the grill too. ADMIT IT!

    Nope. Burgers are different - ground beef goes _in_ stuff. If you don't rinse it - then it's all greasy.

    What do you know? You rinse ground beef.

    Touche
  • Bearbrat
    Bearbrat Posts: 230
    I am so shocked and offended that you all mistreat your meat. I bet you all press your burgers on the grill too. ADMIT IT!
    :laugh:
  • annebaum41912
    annebaum41912 Posts: 87 Member
    I like to buy crappy ground beef because of cost factors (like 80/20 or even 73/27) but I drain all the grease and even rinse it with water. Would you still log this as what it is or do you make it a bit better since the fat was drained off?

    is it still beef or does the molecular composition change once you've put ground meat in contact with running water?

    just figured removing grease has to remove calories lol but i think erring on the side of caution is always good.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    People seriously rinse their ground beef? Talk about clean eating
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    If you drink the water you used to rinse it, does it still count as water?
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I like to buy crappy ground beef because of cost factors (like 80/20 or even 73/27) but I drain all the grease and even rinse it with water. Would you still log this as what it is or do you make it a bit better since the fat was drained off?

    is it still beef or does the molecular composition change once you've put ground meat in contact with running water?

    just figured removing grease has to remove calories lol but i think erring on the side of caution is always good.

    Considering fat isn't water soluble, how much fat is actually being removed?
  • gigglybeth
    gigglybeth Posts: 365 Member
    I've never heard of rinsing ground beef in water either.
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,259 Member
    I guess to each his own, I wouldn't rinse ground beef...for me, draining well is enough. Part of the flavor of the meat comes from the fat. So unless you eat ground beef a LOT (I have it a couple times a month), I wouldn't be too concerned about the little bit of fat left after draining.
  • MarisaDLS2
    MarisaDLS2 Posts: 108 Member
    A WW group leader told us as well to rinse cooked ground beef, however, I do not do this ever.
    It removes ANY beef taste from your food, totally not worth it.
    Just drain the fat away.
  • applek730
    applek730 Posts: 2
    why not just drain it well and put it on paper towel to get excess grease off. water seems so strange and flavor removing, even if you are putting it IN something.
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    Considering fat isn't water soluble, how much fat is actually being removed?

    Not all of it - but if you use hot water it gets a lot.

    You don't need it to be in solution to rinse.
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    I like to buy crappy ground beef because of cost factors (like 80/20 or even 73/27) but I drain all the grease and even rinse it with water. Would you still log this as what it is or do you make it a bit better since the fat was drained off?

    is it still beef or does the molecular composition change once you've put ground meat in contact with running water?

    Do i log this as water? Or just as ground meat? Or as a meat/water slurry composition?

    If you just dumped it onto some paper towels, you can get rid of the excess fat without completely destroying the flavor. I do this with Italian suasage all of the time.
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    why not just drain it well and put it on paper towel to get excess grease off. water seems so strange and flavor removing, even if you are putting it IN something.

    It still tastes like beef. I season afterwards.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Considering fat isn't water soluble, how much fat is actually being removed?

    Not all of it - but if you use hot water it gets a lot.

    You don't need it to be in solution to rinse.

    You removing all of the fat, flavor, and spices you used to cook the ground beef. It just seems pointless to me. Why not just forget the ground beef at that point?
  • realme56
    realme56 Posts: 1,093 Member
    Incredibly weird..... Over estimate your food numbers. underestimate your exercise. If you try to take calories off your food for odd things like rinsing ground beef then you probably aren't measuring as well as you should and those calories can add up.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    And for the record, why is 80/20 considered crappy ground beef? That 90% lean tastes like crap. If I don't want fat and don't care if my meat taste like crap I'll just buy ground turkey.

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