beef label, what does it mean?
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beef label, what does it mean?
so my wife and i were at walmart today shopping, and i noticed on the beef products on the pricing label it says "enhanced with up to a ten percent solution" what does it mean?
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That 10% solution is water and sodium. It is used in some pork and beef. It mainly serves as a tenderizing agent. Most of the beef sold that way is ungraded low grade beef. Smart money is to shop where they do not sell this product.
Someone who uses very little salt will notice the salt in this meat when it has been cooked.
Someone who uses very little salt will notice the salt in this meat when it has been cooked.
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Beef labels...
The USDA Grade is supposed to reflect the quality and amount of marbling in beef, which has the biggest affect of how it tastes.
Prime is the best, but cost $30+ per pound.
Choice is next best. You can find it in some grocery stores and Sam's Club.
Select is what you find in most grocery stores, including Walmart.
Everything else is what they make canned stew and Chef Boy-R-D.
Anything labeled "Self Basting", "Enhanced", "Injected", "...Up To A X% Solution" is enhanced which means it's soaked or injected with a salt, phosphate or flavoring solution. It makes it saltly. You can't make good BBQ with enhanced pork or beef.
Here's a <a href=http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/enhancedmeat.html target=_blank>article on the Weber Virtual Bullet BBQ Forum</a>.
The USDA Grade is supposed to reflect the quality and amount of marbling in beef, which has the biggest affect of how it tastes.
Prime is the best, but cost $30+ per pound.
Choice is next best. You can find it in some grocery stores and Sam's Club.
Select is what you find in most grocery stores, including Walmart.
Everything else is what they make canned stew and Chef Boy-R-D.
Anything labeled "Self Basting", "Enhanced", "Injected", "...Up To A X% Solution" is enhanced which means it's soaked or injected with a salt, phosphate or flavoring solution. It makes it saltly. You can't make good BBQ with enhanced pork or beef.
Here's a <a href=http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/enhancedmeat.html target=_blank>article on the Weber Virtual Bullet BBQ Forum</a>.
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i knew it! after my trip overseas for the holidays, i was noticing that there, the meat i bought tasted so darn good compared to here, i guess this is why?
now i wish i could find coke, pepsi or any soft drink with real sugar, it taste so much better.
thanks for the info.
now i wish i could find coke, pepsi or any soft drink with real sugar, it taste so much better.
thanks for the info.
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coke is still made with pure cane suger in mexico, got any mexican friends or employees?
Originally Posted by bf250
i knew it! after my trip overseas for the holidays, i was noticing that there, the meat i bought tasted so darn good compared to here, i guess this is why?
now i wish i could find coke, pepsi or any soft drink with real sugar, it taste so much better.
thanks for the info.
now i wish i could find coke, pepsi or any soft drink with real sugar, it taste so much better.
thanks for the info.
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> now i wish i could find coke, pepsi or any soft drink with real sugar,
> it taste so much better.
Stock up on kosher at Christmas time.
> it taste so much better.
Stock up on kosher at Christmas time.
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there is a mexican grocery in my town that carries both coke and pepsi made with sugar. I tried both and couldn't tell a difference.
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Tom-Thumb has a butcher department in their stores which is generally better than other grocery stores and cheaper than stand-alone butcher shops. They also run sales quite often, since it is a national chain, and you can get a pretty good deal on choice beef. They'll even cut it off the wholesale right there for you like a normal butcher if you want em too. If you have a Tom-Thumb in your area I would definitely go there for meat instead of Wal-Mart.
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Yeah, rather than having healthy, red meat, naturally tender and juicy, they take old, dry, pale beef, and inject it with tenderizers, colorings, and "natural juices".
As a side note, to get rid of the salt taste, submerge the steak in fresh water for 24hrs. To clean up chicken, and make it more healthy, soak it in a weak salt water solution for 24hrs, then fresh water for 24hrs. The salt water will come out nasty and yellow, but the chicken will taste much better and be better for you.
As a side note, to get rid of the salt taste, submerge the steak in fresh water for 24hrs. To clean up chicken, and make it more healthy, soak it in a weak salt water solution for 24hrs, then fresh water for 24hrs. The salt water will come out nasty and yellow, but the chicken will taste much better and be better for you.
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion
And here I thought it was the red dye they put in the meat 
You've never had beef if store bought beef is all you've ever had.
Tim
