To rinse my mince

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I felt like it would be nice to see a normal MN debate on AIBU this evening so am I? Gets all the fat off and leaves your mince nice and clean.

You want fat with your mince. It should be a fatty cut. Only a fool would rinse it.

My mum always boiled the mince then leave it overnight. The fat would rise to the top, cool, set and then she'd then scrap it off.

I think there’s a sizeable minority of mnetters who just love thinking up pointless tasks to feel superior about doing.

Nope, I don’t rinse my mince, wash chicken or iron bedsheets. Busy work.

I rinse my mince, in cold water.

Ugh - SIL does this. Fries it off, then sticks it under a tap. Let's just rinse all the flavour and meat juices away, shall we? And then douse the mince in some horrible fake-tomato jar of sauce. Mmmmm.

Rinsing any raw meat is dangerous as it potentially splashes bacteria around the area.

Brown, drain fat off and use. My mum rinses cooked mince with boiling water and it has literally no flavour afterwards.

FFS. Fat gives flavour and a sense of satiation. Why would you get rid of it?

It depends...YABU to use water, you need to rinse your mince with Dettol to be absolutely sure it's clean.

Ewwwww!

WTF? Rinsing mince sounds bizarre. Do you do it before or after cooking?
If before, it’s pointless because it will be cooked at high temperature which will kill any bugs and will render the fat which can be spooned off as required.

If after, it’s a waste because much of the caramelised flavour from the Maillard reaction in the cooking process will be rinsed away.

Nope, I don’t rinse my mince, wash chicken or iron bedsheets. Busy work
Tsk I bet you don't even wash your door frames and skirtings.

I soak mine in Milton alongside the strawberries

Could always bleach it lol

But you cook both the fat and germs off and drain... your method just splashes both onto other things.

I wipe it with a diluted bleach solution. Even though it’s Quorn.

I didn’t have a shower this morning, so I gave my mince a quick rinse instead

Surely lotsado you soak yours in Zoflora after an overnight bleach

Tom Kerridge advocates roasting mince on a tray to brown it instead of frying, then continue making your cottage pie or whatever as normal. No rinsing required!

AIBU To rinse my mince

If you have recently done this under a blanket, while your wife was feeding the baby, you need to say sorry and buy her some flowers.

If you have recently done this under a blanket, while your wife was feeding the baby, you need to say sorry and buy her some flowers. 😂😂

Read the title of the thread as ‘rinse your mice’ and was having visions of rodents having a bath. Ok, as you were! More innocent than rinse your minge....

No but I drain the fat off

roasting mince this sounds a bit cheffy.

I didn’t have a shower this morning, so I gave my mince a quick rinse instead
Showering daily vs strip wash is another classic aibu debate I have been missing. Apparently some MNers can smell the difference.

Does rinsing the mince before cooking not remove all the flavour?