Does anyone buy frozen mince...

megsykins

I tend to get the Tesco Healthy Living Lean Minced Steak as it's quite low fat. I buy frozen cos it's easy to pour out what you want. As i'm on my own, if I bought fresh i'd have to portion it before freezing. Also, as a student, frozen is cheaper.
When I do buy fresh, I buy turkey mince as well and use 1/2 and 1/2 for Spag Bol / Lasagne, etc as it significantly lowers the fat % but doesn't taste much different.

ti1980

I wish I could put some steak in a processor but I don't have one.
I don't have any of the wonderful appliances that are mentioned on here such as a breadmaker, slow cooker, blender or anything. There is no space in our kitchen to put anything either. I would love a blender as I love smoothies. Guess I will just have to start making 'roughies' instead but I digress here.

Not used frozen turkey mince but I might get some when the beef mince in my freezer finishes. Got so little space which is a huge problem for me.

Pink.

Hi ti980,

What about using a hand blender for making smoothies. I have this one. It's not quite a smoothie maker but it does the job and takes up very little space.

Pink

Glad

I use one of those Pink
smart-price yoghurt, milk and whatever fruit I have, delish :beer:

smartiepants

Pink-winged wrote:

Hi ti980,

What about using a hand blender for making smoothies. I have this one. It's not quite a smoothie maker but it does the job and takes up very little space.

Pink

But I don't think it will be capable of mincing steak.

Pal

This does raise another OS question... How did people manage to produce their own fresh food before food processors and blenders were invented?


I remember my mum having a manual mincing machine. It clamped to the edge of the worktop and you used to turn a handle to mince meat put through the top. Probably wouldn't get past health and safety these days.

smartiepants

Pal wrote:

I remember my mum having a manual mincing machine. It clamped to the edge of the worktop and you used to turn a handle to mince meat put through the top. Probably wouldn't get past health and safety these days.

There is still one of these in my Late Mums kitchen cupboard and it has an attatchment for shredding the peel of seville oranges to make marmalade. she always made marmalade with its help.

ti1980

That looks pretty good to me Pink.
That would definitely do for smoothies.
Now what do I do about meat?...

Xbigman

You can still buy mincers from smaller shops. A decent metal one from the local 'goodies' is £37 :eek: Expensive hobby this moneysaving lark.
Regards



X

Debt_Free_Chick

smartiepants wrote:

I believe with this product you usually get what you pay for

Whilst I agree with this ....

but why not buy some braising steak and put it through the processor at least then you know what you're getting!

What, exactly, is "braising" steak? I have to admit, that I only buy specific cuts of meat. So, if beef, I would ask for skirt, chuck, shin, flank ... etc ... depending on the dish I'm preparing.

The problem with "braising" or "stewing" meat (is it really steak?) is that you don't know what you're buying, so you don't know whether or not it's good value.

If you don't know about different cuts, then the internet (Google) can help or, the best thing you can invest in, is Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's River Cottage Meat book ... it really will tell you everything you need to know ... and more!