To rinse my mince

[YangShanPo]

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.

Rinse it and you rinse the taste away.... we'll drain any liquid but not rinse!

The fat comes out after cooking anyway

I rinse it after frying to get all the fat off, haven't considered soaking the raw mince in Milton yet -that is another level of cleanliness.

I don't rinse it but I drain the grease? Same thing?

Thank god I thought I was the only one who rinsed mince, I cant stand fat and the crap that comes off it when you rinse it proves it needs rinsing. My mum thinks I'm mad but I think its healthier to rinse it

Nope, I don't drain or rinse my mince. What is the point? The fat is where all the flavour is. You might as well substitute the mince for lentils. Or that sawdust stuff used for animal bedding.

How does rinsing mince rinse the fat away? Fat needs to be heated and drained, if need be.
You’re also spreading bacteria as the water splashes will have raw mince in micro form. That’s why you’re not supposed to sines chickens.

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Sorry are there actual people who rinse mince after frying it. This is something I cannot fathom .

It's an old slimming world thing, super mince. It's designed to reduce the fat flavour content.

I like this thread. I miss pre-C19 AIBU.
And no, I don’t rinse my mince because I’m not a weirdo - but I am a bit fat which maybe I wouldn’t be if I did rinse it.

I think I’d rather be a bit fat.

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

I have been the the quorn factory- use super strength dettol.

This sounds like a euphemism

This thread is brilliant! Spat my tea out at the first comment.

Thank you for this. It’s almost like normality.

(I soak my mince in pine Zoflora overnight)

WHY does anyone rinse mince??

wouldn't frying it get rid of any nasties?

My mum does this after shes cooked it even though she buys the 5% one. I never do

Given the current state of affairs, you should really be washing it with soap and water for a minimum of 20 seconds, probably longer for mice as you need to get in all those crevices, and then you should rub it with a generous amount of alcogel, or gin if you don't have any alcogel.

Mince not mice. Things aren't quite THAT desperate around here. Yet.

some of the comments made me laugh so much I'm finding it hard to stop coughing.

Is it a continuous cough? It's definitely new.
Is it CV19?
Should Boris write everyone another letter, warning about the dangers of getting CV19 from Mumsnet threads?

I am an absolute slattern, I don't even drain mine! Just use the 5% stuff....

You filthy scum. Really, MNetters are mingers. I put mine through a 90 degree wash with Persil.

or gin if you don't have any alcogel

You know gin is no good instead of alocogel- not 60% proof. However I read that is you down a glass of gin mixed with tonic each time you eat mince that works.

It’s dead fucking flesh, the inside of an animal, which will never be clean. Do you know animals get tumours like us? They just get grinded up into mince.

@Escapeistheonlyoption phew! I'm doing it right then!

I can't believe how scummy you all are, I soak my mince in bleach, it goes a lovely colour and I know there will be no nasty germs.