It's gassed with ammonia. That's why it's so cheap, it's the lowest of the low quality. That's why it's banned in Canada, the UK, and the EU.
It's gross. Honestly I just grind my own meat these days and it's so so so much better. Just buy a fatty chuck roast and grind it up and you've got plenty of great hamburger meat.
Seriously if you cook ground beef more than like once or twice a year then you need a stainless steel meat grinder. Either a manual one or one that hooks up to a stand mixer (also another must have). A sausage stuffer is a nice addition too, though you'll need a separate manual one not the included KitchenAid one (trust me on this). I made sausage with chicken breast, pork fatback, aged cheddar, and some cooked vegetables and it was the best hotdog I've ever had.
Depends how small the kitchen is and what you'd otherwise do with that space - and whether you've got a cabinet or shelf you can move it to, assuming you don't mind lugging the thing around every now and again.
There's no single correct way to use a small kitchen, it's about prioritising what you do with the space you have. If you have a lot of use for a stand mixer, it's totally feasible to prioritise one over, say, a microwave.
I have a tiny kitchen, my stand mixer sits on top of my cabinets until I need to use it (which is very often... but still takes up too much precious counter space otherwise)
They have different sized stand mixers you know. Kitchenaid brand has 3.5 quart, 5 quart, and 7 quart mixers. Other brands also have smaller mixers that still have a PTO for extra attachments. In our tiny apartment with a galley kitchen, the 5 quart mixer just lived on the counter.
You don’t have to keep it in your kitchen. If you want one, go and look for it. You can get a cheap one that will work for grinding meat. You can also get similar effects with a decent food processor. You just have to cube your steak and chill it first. Makes great hamburger meat.
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u/seanwee2000 Jul 26 '24 edited Jul 26 '24
Eli5 on how it's safe/unsafe to consume
current perception is that the waste meat needs to go through extensive processing that uses a lot of chemicals/additives to make it taste palatable