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Talk to me about frozen mince please, I saw some steak mince and its ingredients WERE just steak mince

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TrinityRhino · 21/02/2008 16:09

is it ok? Is it lying, why doesn't everyone use it
Is it bollocks and stuff?
WDo you cook it from frozen????

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TrinityRhino · 21/02/2008 16:11

I know its boring but I'm genuinely interested

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hanaflower · 21/02/2008 16:13

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TrinityRhino · 21/02/2008 16:13

thanks hana, hmm that wouldn't be good

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PanicPants · 21/02/2008 16:15

I sometimes use it. It's ok, no different than normal mince imo

ConnorTraceptive · 21/02/2008 16:15

Yes lots of water when you heat it

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TrinityRhino · 21/02/2008 16:16

but connor, that was what thought and I looked at 3 different brands today and 2 of them had water listed in the ingredients and the steak mince one didn't

surely its the added water that would do that and maybe the steak mince one that doesn't have(apparently) added water would be ok

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DualCycloneCod · 21/02/2008 16:18

yes i sued ti as a stooodent

Volkl · 21/02/2008 16:19

its great because its easy to get straight from freezer to pan.. but in reality its just not right. It goes all mushy and has little taste.
I tried it once and went back to fresh mince!

fryalot · 21/02/2008 16:19

trinity... remember that 100% steak mince would also include the fat from the steak.

It wouldn't need to tell you how much was fat.

ConnorTraceptive · 21/02/2008 16:20

Ah maybe when I've used in past then it's had added water.

Is it a lot cheaper than fresh mince then?

nailpolish · 21/02/2008 16:20

trinity havent we had this conversation before? i may well be steak mince but the poor animal it came from probably lived its whole life knee deep in own shit eatings its dead neighbour

thats why its so cheap

PanicPants · 21/02/2008 16:21

Why don't you try it and see?

Or quorn?

fryalot · 21/02/2008 16:21

don't beat about the bush, naily, say what you really think

scorpio1 · 21/02/2008 16:22

err no disgusting!

nailpolish · 21/02/2008 16:22

its not what i think

its true

cows are vegetarian but to save money farmers give them food with dead animals in it. same with chickens. cows should eat grass!

JudgeNutmeg · 21/02/2008 16:23

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nailpolish · 21/02/2008 16:24

lots are kept in barns

ConnorTraceptive · 21/02/2008 16:26

I think cows/pigs are sometimes barn reared.

Also if they are in fields not necessarily lovely lush green ones, more bog ridden stench pits

JudgeNutmeg · 21/02/2008 16:28

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nailpolish · 21/02/2008 16:29

judge, possibly they do go outside, im not an expert. but as connortraceptive says the fields are not exactly lush turf.

nailpolish · 21/02/2008 16:30

not all farms , obviously

expatinscotland · 21/02/2008 16:30

there are some Heilan' coos in the farm that borders on the next-door neighbour's back garden.

i love to hear their mooing in the mornings sometimes.

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TrinityRhino · 21/02/2008 16:31

well, I'm astounded
i thought it was outlawed to feed them other shit since the bse thing years and years ago
also I ggenbuinely hought cows weren'yt kept in barns

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ConnorTraceptive · 21/02/2008 16:36

www.factoryfarming.org.uk/beef.html

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TrinityRhino · 21/02/2008 16:38

so I how do I make sure I eat happy beef then???

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