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ground beef

Ground Beef – How To Find Top Quality, Great Tasting Burgers

October 17, 2009

A recent New York Times article on ground beef has led a lot of friends, colleagues, and clients to ask my thoughts on the issue. It’s great to see so many of us asking how our food system works but it is complicated territory. Most of you tell me you were disgusted to learn what [...]

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How to Choose Your Burger Meat

May 8, 2009

It’s one thing to talk about artisan steaks. It’s another to understand artisan burgers. If I can give you any advice: Do not buy burger meat from your grocer. The reason cited most often is risk of food poisoning. Please allow me to offer another reason to avoid grocery store ground beef and patties: They [...]

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When The Beef Crumbles

May 8, 2008

Sorry, it’s been a while since my last update. But then today I see this headline in Meating Place: “Chatel Farms launches new beef crumbles.” (free subscription required) Apparently, “beef crumbles” are flash frozen ground beef pieces that come in resealable packages. They are ready-to-use, you don’t need to thaw them before using the crumbles [...]

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What In The World Is Pasteurized Beef?

February 24, 2007

My husband and I were at a burger chain the other day in Toronto and noticed that the menu claimed their hamburgers were made of “lean pasteurized ground steaks.” Neither of us had ever heard of pasteurized steaks and so asked the wait staff. Poor hapless fellow didn’t have a clue (indeed, he didn’t seem [...]

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