4% Fat Ground Beef

[Johny-too-small]

I went to the grocery store yesterday and all I saw in the meat dept. was top sirloin ground beef at 15% fat (15 grams of fat per 4 oz).

I rang the butcher's bell and asked if there was any ground beef less than 15%. He came back with 4%!

I bought two pounds on the spot.

4 oz ground beef:
4 grams fat
125 calories
25 grams protein

Maybe this is nothing new to some of you; however, I am thrilled to find a somewhat low fat meat alternative to chicken.

[zaggahamma]

just made spaghetti sauce with 4% ground beef....was good...meat was a little tougher than usual 10-15% of course.....yes good change of pace from the bird

[Johny-too-small]

Made spaghetti too. Tossed in 1/2 pound of meat into sauce. mmmmmnn.

[Kärnfysikern]

I can only find 10% :/

[Johny-too-small]

I can only find 10% :/

Did you ask the butcher? Call a meat store like "tony's meats" and ask them.

[Kärnfysikern]

Did you ask the butcher? Call a meat store like "tony's meats" and ask them.

Unfortunaly we dont have any tony's meat around here(I live in sweden).

Some butcher might have it but for some reason the leaner the meat the more expensive. 2.2 ibs of ground beef(1kg) 10% fat costs 6.6$ here if your lucky and usualy over 7$.

The 15-20% can be found for just 5$ though.

[Johny-too-small]

Unfortunaly we dont have any tony's meat around here(I live in sweden).

Some butcher might have it but for some reason the leaner the meat the more expensive. 2.2 ibs of ground beef(1kg) 10% fat costs 6.6$ here if your lucky and usualy over 7$.

The 15-20% can be found for just 5$ though.

The cost issue is the same here in the US. I think its because in the lower %fat meats youre getting more "meat" per weight...?
I bought two pounds of the 4% for around $8. Worth every penny, however, it lasted me a day and a half. Time to go back to the store.

[zaggahamma]

The cost issue is the same here in the US. I think its because in the lower %fat meats youre getting more "meat" per weight...?
I bought two pounds of the 4% for around $8. Worth every penny, however, it lasted me a day and a half. Time to go back to the store.

yeh, no doubt....the fatty stuff is cheaper but when you throw out the fat/grease, you have less....man, i used to eat shiat with the cheapest ground beef and not drain the fat like chili, spaghetti sauce, burgers, hamburger helper

[Johny-too-small]

I ate a whole box of hamburger helper once....
I laid in bed for two days and the bedroom smelled like a dead horse.

[zaggahamma]

I ate a whole box of hamburger helper once....
I laid in bed for two days and the bedroom smelled like a dead horse.

yeh, that hamburger helper with the fat was always rough on my wife, too
i guess i was used to it
we eat the tuna helper mostly now (double or triple the tuna)

[Johny-too-small]

yeh, that hamburger helper with the fat was always rough on my wife, too
i guess i was used to it
we eat the tuna helper mostly now (double or triple the tuna)

Is tuna helper any good? I have not tried any "helper" in over five years.

[zaggahamma]

Is tuna helper any good? I have not tried any "helper" in over five years.

remember how good hamburger helper was? times that by 7
LOL....my kids love it, too...and my wife who doesn't care for tuna fish (sandwiches/crackers) loves it too.

[Johny-too-small]

Im scared.

[zaggahamma]

Im scared.

man, i'm tellin you it's good....now i'm hungry.....oats for now tuna helper tommorrow

[Johny-too-small]

Okay, I'll see if my wife wants to get it. I am going to sit there and watch her eat it, if she does.

[zaggahamma]

Okay, I'll see if my wife wants to get it. I am going to sit there and watch her eat it, if she does.

good idea....love the time i brought home left over aligator and didn't tell her what it was....she ate all of it.....slept on the couch though....shouldn't have told her!

[thekidd]

If theres meat in the sauce then its ""GRAVY""

get your terms right!!

<------(yes im a ginny)

[spound]

I eat ~5lbs of 96% lean ground beef every week...AT LEAST.

It's good shit, you shoulda bought more than two pounds...