Sainsbury's vacuum packed mince.

[Toddlerteaplease]

Omg what the hell were they thinking.
Just tried making bolognaise with it. It's direct separate in the same way, and is just big lumps. 😬

Wow. I actually prefer it. Less plastic waste,less room in fridge or freezer,tastes the same to us.

Floppy plastic is recyclable at the big supermarkets. My Sainsbury's has a collection point outside.

I hate it with a passion. I've stopped buying it.

Anything I can do to reduce the carbon impact of beef is appreciated. I have it very rarely and don't notice an impact on the texture.

Have sales not dropped? Are they do stupid that they just don't care?

Unfortunately had the same experience with Asda mince on Sunday. Trying to make a chilli con carne. I struggle with wrist pain so trying to break up the lumps was agony. My friend suggested using a potato masher but that also hurt. Needless to say I won't be buying it again - just hope that all supermarkets don't follow suit (have a feeling they will).

Go to the butcher and ask them to mince you actual meat there and then. It's what I do.

I can’t bear the look of it so much that I’ve no idea about the taste as I just switched to Aldi.

Morrisons still sell proper mince.

I've only bought the tiny 250g packets recently which weren't so bad but I was making a large lasagne recently so got the 500g and it was awful.. I had to extrude it from the packet and put it in two batches to break it up - won't do that again

Also agree.

I wasn’t keen when they first changed the packaging but we actually can’t tell a difference. I tend to use it for chilli/bolognese/lasagne and usually cook it for a long time. Breaking it up is a good workout though!

Break it up with a whisk, honestly it makes it much easier. Once it’s broken up the texture and taste is the exact same.

I'm with you on the receipt thing. Seriously annoying.

It’s grim. I won’t buy it. And nowhere here recycles that plastic either.

I find this just goes to paste though. I'm sure they pump it full of water for freezing

Hate it and shop at Waitrose or butchers instead. It isn't "normal mince" in a vacuum pack it's some form of meat slime.

Amazed they are still trying to sell it,

I haven't tried sainsburys but Hello fresh and lidl beef mince is vacuum packed and seems fine to me? I'm intrigued

I hate it too, aldi and home bargains do it in the old style package (not sure if tesco do but Jack's at my local shop does) I still use it but it gives annoying grainy chilli and only really works well in a lasagne

I just use a meat chopper like this Chopper Meat Chopper, Ground Beef Masher with 5-Blade Head, Versatile High-Temp Heat-Resistant Hamburger Masher,Non-Stick Meat Masher for Hamburger Meat, Beef, Nylon Utensil Cookware amzn.eu/d/0jleOS6Y and simmer it well like usual, so no problem.

I don't know why anyone still buys supermarket meat to be honest.

It's actually gross 🤢

We don't mind it now we've worked out the best way to cook it. Don't try and break it up into small pieces to start with. Let it cook briefly and then break it up. Works well and can't tell the difference now

I squidge it around in the packet before opening to break it all up, and can't tell the difference between it and the old style mince once cooked. Happy to be reducing packaging and doing something good for the planet. I can't really think of any dishes that I cook that I wouldn't be either sliding it tight together (meatballs, burgers, koftas), or cooking it for a long time so it became silky (ragu, bolognese, cottage pie, chilli, curry).

I've not noticed a particular issue with it once cooked - I tend to use mince for things I cook for a really long time though.
But I hate it. Getting it out of the packet is disgusting, you end up clawing it out with your hands, and then you have to break it all up and it's all stuck in lumps and takes ages.

And packaging isn't recyclable, whereas before the solid base bit of the packet was, it was only the film on top which wasn't!

I raw feed my dogs and their food.comes.like this!

I can't eat the human version. It's just dog food to me