MN Jury please say I am not bu!

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Rinsing mince, yes really.

I think that the idea of cooking a packet of mince, rinsing it (using a colander) then putting it back in the pan is well, weird.

Fair enough skimming the crap that comes off it, but rinsing it takes away all the flavour of the meat.

This has been a long-standing argument between me and dp.

I appreciate your input

grimma isn't that the basis for The US military staple SOS, mince cooked in condensed or evaporated milk?

Binfull SOS (Shit on a Shingle) is finely sliced salt beef in cream on toast.

Does he boil foil?

Does he roast toast?

Does he clean his beans

Hahahaahaha this thread's hilarious :)

Does he shred bread?

(Rinsing mince is beyond weird, YANBU)

Yuk Yuk Yuk! That is truly revolting. Please don't tell me he uses hot water from the tap for this purpose? What ridiculous reason does he concoct for this culinary habit?

Does he freeze peas?
Or bake hake?

'cos I do

My mum does that, very odd I have chosen not to use that tip from her.

Maybe its advice that was given years ago?

Does all beef give him grief?

Good god, so my DP isn't the only person to do this!

I think it's a BIZARRE thing to do and the first time I saw him do it I honestly thought he was having some sort of cerebral episode.

His argument is that it gets rid of all the fat. My argument is that it gets rid of all the flavour and you might just as well eat those tiny polystyrene packing balls instead.

Ugh.

I bet he washes squashes...

Does he wash all his nosh?

Does he slice mice?

Nope, unless it is fresh from the cow it has enough water in it already.

Has he shaken bacon?

Rinsing in cold water would introduce more bugs to the mince, solidify any fat making it stick to the meat and render it pretty tasteless I should think.

Rinsing in luke warm water would introduce LOTS more bugs to the mince, remove almost no fat and render it tasteless

Boiling water is porbably your best bet but would still remove all the flavour I would have thought.

Nope, can't understand why anyone would want to rinse mince.

And Mme and the others are right, rinsing chicken is totally pointless and jut increases your chances of food poisoning. As long as the meat is cooked through, all bugs are going to be killed anyway - the rinsing does nothing but spread the bugs round your kitchen

Does he lather his guava?

Does he forsake cake?

Rinsing Chicken risks Illness

I buy lean mince steak and would never ever rinse it - very strange - I would never have occured to rinse it. I just cook it with herbs and spices and tomatoes (whatever the reciepe requires) and eat it.

Oooh all the rhyming stuff is making me giddy with laughter.
To be fair, I AM very tired tonight!