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Post by werecat on Nov 10, 2011 17:56:10 GMT -5
Ok, so I finally got out the electric meat grinder I bought. Mum looks at it and goes "glad it's you and not me." I guess she is more easily intimidated by stuff than I am. It's a meat grinder, not rocket science. Meat goes in one end and you stuff it in with the plastic stuffer and it comes out the other end. *shrug* no big deal.
Anyway, I am noticing all the sales begining on turkey. Now I don't know about where everyone else is, but some fool marketing person things I'm going to spend $2 plus/lb for ground turkey, when I can get a whole blessed bird for $0.79 per pound??? umn, no! anyone else grind meat for themselves rather than pay out their eyeballs for some one else to do it? At $0.79 a pound that's about the least expensive I have found for meat and I got a nice turkey sausage recipe from food network / emerril lagasse...
Oh and Kroger manager specials rock!
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Post by w8n4dave on Nov 10, 2011 21:01:40 GMT -5
Yes we have and sometimes do.. but turkey and chicken have very little fat and they are not the best ground up. Better to buy cheaper beef and grind that. Just my opinion .... but if you decide to grind it up I say alot of garlic and onion and all that stuff you like. Good luck!! It is not hard just a lil time consuming. Next you'll want one of those bagger thingys.. Sucks all the air out so they don't get freezer burned .... Hey you can make jerky with ground meat ya know
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2011 8:23:16 GMT -5
Fer sausage use the biggest cut (holes) your grinder plate has. Also get the meat cold as you can short of freezing it solid. Um some added fats will make sausage tastier.
Warm meat makes what looks like goo rather than grind.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Nov 11, 2011 11:05:33 GMT -5
Sounds good, I use ground turkey often to make meatloaf and somebody gave me a turkey sausage recipe also.
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Post by auntyemerald on Nov 11, 2011 11:43:40 GMT -5
I have been thinking about the same thing but we only have the little hand cranked meat grinder that we use for bologna salad. I love ground turkey and use it quite a bit and we buy it up with it goes on sale for .99ยข lb. But I can see me buying the whole bird, grinding the breast and thighs up and using the skin/legs/carcass to make stock and soup with if not just brining the legs and smoking them.. I got two turkeys last year (other than the thanksgiving guest of honor) one was $4.50 and the other was $6. They were plenty big.. I smoked one and we are thawing the other right now in the fridge to roast this weekend and make stock for thanksgiving dinner prep(extra gravy and for in the stuffing). Our big box store usually has a sale like "you spend $20 you get a hen turkey(usually the smaller ones) for $9 off, or tom turkey for $12 off" So we split the grocery into two to three separate "sales" and put a turkey with each.. I have often paid my mother or daughter to add one to their cart during this sale too. Keeps my freezer full (which makes it cost less to run) and if you get the smaller turkeys they go great in the big crockpot(slow cooker) to simmer while you are gone most of the day..
I absolutely detest ground beef-every so often I will buy a good ground chuck and add a bit of ground bacon to it for burgers. but I do not buy ground burger meat.. would rather spork my tongue out.. Comes from years of my mother making hamburger helper ever nite!
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Nov 11, 2011 12:22:31 GMT -5
If I were to start hunting again a grinder would come in handy for a deer or wild pig.
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Post by werecat on Nov 11, 2011 14:03:52 GMT -5
Yes we have and sometimes do.. but turkey and chicken have very little fat and they are not the best ground up. Better to buy cheaper beef and grind that. Just my opinion .... but if you decide to grind it up I say alot of garlic and onion and all that stuff you like. Good luck!! It is not hard just a lil time consuming. Next you'll want one of those bagger thingys.. Sucks all the air out so they don't get freezer burned .... Hey you can make jerky with ground meat ya know LOL I already have a seal a meal its going to get a work out tonight. LOL
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Post by auntyemerald on Nov 13, 2011 23:18:16 GMT -5
Meijer stores have the turkey deal going on right now... this years prices are spend $20 and get $9 off a hen or $16 off a tom.. so we just got two big tom's.! one for $7 and one for $6.44 once the sale was taken off the total! Plus the last one that was from last year--tasted mighty fine today... made mash taters and a great gravy and chowed down... got the carcass in the crock pot with celery/carrots/onions and gonna simmer that puppy all night long... looking for stock for thanksgiving and maybe some nice home made pot pie for dinner tomorrow.. so if ya have a meijer store near think about the turkeys on sale.. and hope for an empty freezer.
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Post by w8n4dave on Nov 14, 2011 1:31:17 GMT -5
seal a meal is great even if you don't grind your own meat.. Family packs can sometimes be huge so yea , we use a seal a meal ... Absolutly love the thing!!! Really we do!! Love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by werecat on Nov 15, 2011 16:04:15 GMT -5
If I were to start hunting again a grinder would come in handy for a deer or wild pig. Just think, if you begin hunting again maybe you can find someone to swap homemade bread with for meat. that's how I get my venison. Oh and my grinder only cost about $50
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Nov 15, 2011 16:36:52 GMT -5
If I were to start hunting again a grinder would come in handy for a deer or wild pig. Just think, if you begin hunting again maybe you can find someone to swap homemade bread with for meat. that's how I get my venison. Oh and my grinder only cost about $50 Interesting, I looked around a bit but the only grinder I saw was an attachment for a $450 Kichenaid Mixer. Not in this years budget.
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Post by werecat on Nov 15, 2011 17:42:53 GMT -5
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Post by garrett on Nov 16, 2011 10:34:38 GMT -5
smiles
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Post by zinniagirl on Nov 21, 2011 9:15:53 GMT -5
I have the grinder for the Kitchen Aid and love it. We are still working on the side of beef we bought over a year ago. Really glad that is was well packaged--heavy plastic vacuum pack. We have a chest freezer and can't tell that the meat is over a year old. I have used all the meat that was already ground from the butcher and am now grinding some of the roasts. I don't think I'll ever go back to buying already ground meat again--it is so much better fresh ground. And the grinder with the Kitchen Aid is not much work at all--very easy to clean.
Glad you brought up the idea of grinding turkey--hadn't thought of that.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Nov 24, 2011 11:24:55 GMT -5
I bought 2 FoodSaver vacuum packers yesterday, one for me and one for Mom. Kohls had them at half price plus 15 Koh's Bucks for every 50 spent. I also bought a ceramic knife and ceramic vegetable peeler for another 19 dollars. I'll wait on a grinder.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Nov 28, 2011 18:35:46 GMT -5
As a side note I heard today that my Grandmother Annie Maude was using a handcranked meatgrinder in the depression days. She was poking meat into the hopper with her finger and poked a little too far. That is why her finger was crooked. They also made and smoked their own sausage around hog killin time.
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Post by werecat on Dec 7, 2011 10:40:28 GMT -5
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Dec 7, 2011 18:05:16 GMT -5
I'm probably going to wait till the after Christmas sales and support one of my local stores. BTW did you ever try the pickles or bbq sauce?
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Post by garrett on Dec 8, 2011 13:29:35 GMT -5
bbq pickles?
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Dec 8, 2011 17:19:39 GMT -5
Sure Garret they are great with cornmeal battered deep fried icecycles.
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Post by independent on Dec 23, 2011 2:25:50 GMT -5
about 8 years ago my son bought me a Kitchen Aide.. I LOVE it.. I usually find BEEF on sale I buy whatever is CHEAP (after you grind it it's not tough).. I trim all the fat off and grind.. use a 1/3 measuring cup to keep weight even and make what we call STEAK BURGERS.. I make them up once or twice a year and vacuum pack them after flash freezing on cookie sheets.. they are also good if you make homemade ravoli or perogi .. I usually have left over pot roast or other beef roasts so I freeze them than once a year I defrost them run them through the grinder with onions and garlic and use the meat for filling.. I just got the pasta cutters w/ the roller for the dough.. and the ravoli maker.. the attachments are expensive however if you make a varity of different kinds at once and freeze you only have to do them once or twice a year and have homemade dinner at your finger tips.. great for grinding up left over meats to like left over turkey, pork roast.. etc..
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Post by annclaire on Dec 29, 2011 23:59:36 GMT -5
;D I've got my hand crank meat grinder, grandmother's hand crank meat grinder and great grand mother's hand crank meat grinder ... I don't mind using the hand crank How else am I going to keep those behind-the-arm baggies under control 15+ years ago when we bought this house, I started cutting out as much processed food as I could and while I will buy the 80/20 5# log at the store, I still load up when the local grocery store has their freezer sale and do a lot of grinding then. And, I buy the whole sirloin butt and cut my own roasts and such, too.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Jan 3, 2012 0:08:27 GMT -5
I found a whole pork loin for sale for $2.18 a lb (12.5 lbs). I cut it into fourths and vacuum packed 3 for the freezer. The fourth is very delicious.
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Post by garrett on Jan 3, 2012 15:58:52 GMT -5
sounds awesome. gulf are you turning into a competition shopper?smiles
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Jan 3, 2012 20:20:23 GMT -5
When I get my new android based phone I'll probably put some coupon apps on it. The problem is most coupons are for carp that I don't buy and definitely won't eat.
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Post by garrett on Jan 3, 2012 21:13:41 GMT -5
so they're carpons?
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Jan 4, 2012 0:12:28 GMT -5
Still trying to be Mayberry Opie.
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Post by garrett on Jan 4, 2012 2:31:08 GMT -5
;D I've got my hand crank meat grinder, grandmother's hand crank meat grinder and great grand mother's hand crank meat grinder ... I don't mind using the hand crank How else am I going to keep those behind-the-arm baggies under control 15+ years ago when we bought this house, I started cutting out as much processed food as I could and while I will buy the 80/20 5# log at the store, I still load up when the local grocery store has their freezer sale and do a lot of grinding then. And, I buy the whole sirloin butt and cut my own roasts and such, too. hand cranks are awesome.smiles
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Post by garrett on Jan 4, 2012 2:32:12 GMT -5
Still trying to be Mayberry Opie. thanks buddy preciate ya.
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Post by gulfcoastguy on Jan 10, 2012 0:32:18 GMT -5
My uncle was closing down his grocery store. Mom and Dad went there and bought about a thousand dollars worth of canned or dry food for about 250. Mom also used up the first roll for that vacuum packer that I bought her. You take dry pasta, vacuum pack it and stack it on the book shelf, same with rice and beans ect. Takes up less space and keeps the bugs out.
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