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Ground Beef Woes :(
Tried Western Meats, and got the same stringy chewy stuff without flavor, but I will try Stewart's I was in thier store back in March and bought some sausages, but didn't think to try their ground beef. I'll stop by the farmer's market tomorrow when I'm in OLY. Thanks agian.
Ground Beef Woes :(
WOW! WOW! thank goodness. I just knew people would jump all over me and call me crazy. I was so releived to hear all those comments that are sympathetic to my problems with the beef here. I thought sure as the world everyone would pounce on me and tell me to go back to Oklahoma. Thank you thank you thank you for the resources and information. Several people who had been out here from OK said they didn't know how to make good sausage out here, but had never mentioned the ground beef. I knew I could make my own sausage if I had to, but found the sausage out here is not bad at all, but the ground beef had me stumped. Last night after I made the post my wife and I decided we were going to go to the store and buy some chuck or sirloin and grind it ourselves just to see if that would work. Now that you guys have given me all these resources, I feel confident I can get some good beef here some where close. Anyone know where to get it closer to Olympia or Shelton? I saw a meat marked off I-5 by Centralia and thought about stopping there, but their building doesn't look too apealing from the outside. Again thanks for the help. OH paulj, I don't think the beef is any higher fat in OK. Matter of fact the beef I used to get would stick to the pan if you weren't careful, and usually didn't require draining. I hate to admit this, but I grew up on a cattle farm in OK and after I left home and my folks sold their cattle, I never had meat as good as we used to get, but still yet the beef from local meat markets in OK was way better than the stuff I was getting out here in the Mega Marts. Can you believe at one time I remember turning my nose up at steak because I was so tired of eating it all the time at home. Man those were the days. John
Ground Beef Woes :(
I moved to Washington State actually Olympia in November from Oklahoma. I was impressed with all the fresh seafood, fruits and vegtables, but the first time I ate a hamburger or bought ground beef I was totally disgusted. I bought it from Safeway, Walmart, Fred Meyers and some of the local butcher shops. Always the same thing, stringy tough and chewy, and sometimes tasteless. My Oklahoma cats won't eat it raw or cooked. In Oklahoma they would dog pile you when you opened a package of fresh ground beef. Here they seem interested until you give them a piece. They sniff it and leave. I have tried making hamburgers, hamburger helper, meat balls and always the same results; chewy, stringy, tough, and dry. I have always cooked hamburger patties the same way gentily form a patty place it in a salted pan and sear it on one side until juice starts to form ontop the flip it over without mashing down or disturbing it in any way. When it juices up again flip it over once again and cook again. Oklahoma beef would just fall apart and melt in you mouth. Washington ground beef will substitute for shoe soles. Dry chewy, strings. And tastes like nothing. What is wrong with Washington Ground Beef??? Where can I buy good non stringy gristly ground beef here in Washington. My mom who grew up in Wa said the beef out here is all retired milk cows. Old dry and stringy. I'm beginning to believe her. I thought the other day I would buy an expensive package of 100% pure Angus beef 80-20. Same chewy stringy garbage. Cats wouldn't eat it. I chewed it until I gave up and just eat my green beans and macaroni. Help Me please. WA has everything I need, but good ground beef. John
