Can you still buy mincing machines?

mrsdwhite

Cheekily bumping my message up, in the hope that someone might have an answer to my q!

honeythewitch

I have never found mincing beef any cheaper, apart from the rare occasions I find steak reduced to thirty pence in the supermarket.
I think the problem is that the cheaper cuts of beef that the butchers use for mince are not usually available to buy.
The butcher will probably do it for you if you ask.

heretolearn_2

the mince packs you are buying work out to £10/kilo.

You coulld get value range beef joints or stewing/braising steak for half that and mince it.

And you can mince any meat - lamb, pork, chicken, turkey and it should be cheaper than buying ready minced, on the whole.

mrsdwhite

What I was thinking about mincing my own meat is that with the cheaper cuts they need to be slow cooked if not minced else they are tough, would they work as mince?

mummybearx

We have a cast iron mincer we bought a few years back. Only time we use it is when we are mincing meat with onions, carrots etc to make meatballs or kebab style things.

We have used it maybe 7 times in nearly three years

hilstep2000

At least if you mince it yourself you know what's in it!

honeythewitch

mrsdwhite wrote: »

What I was thinking about mincing my own meat is that with the cheaper cuts they need to be slow cooked if not minced else they are tough, would they work as mince?

Yes it works fine because of it being tiny pieces I suppose.
The cheapest mince contains things like heart.

Steve059

mrsdwhite wrote: »

What I was thinking about mincing my own meat is that with the cheaper cuts they need to be slow cooked if not minced else they are tough, would they work as mince?

Being in very small bits, they'll cook quicker.

Mincing your own stuff is also a great stress-buster. Just imagine that lump of meat is that person who cut you up on that roundabout.

honeythewitch

Steve059 wrote: »

Being in very small bits, they'll cook quicker.

Mincing your own stuff is also a great stress-buster. Just imagine that lump of meat is that person who cut you up on that roundabout.

I have a mincing attachment for the Kenwood (somewhere) but i "mince" meat by pulsing it in the food processor for a few seconds.

Chris25

and you can mince cooked meat. I do leftover beef to make cottage pie or chicken/turkey mixed with a white sauce to pop under a puff pastry lid or into a potato nest.