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| Thread ID: 99994 | 2009-05-22 06:22:00 | Watery Meat. | Colpol (444) | PC World Chat |
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| 775981 | 2009-05-22 06:22:00 | Just done a little test. Knowing that most meat is water injected I weighed some mince at 530 grams. Heated it in a pot until all the water was gone and it started to fry. I then measured what was left. It weighed 370 Grams. If My maths is correct it means that 1/3 of the meat was water. If I wanted water with my meat I would have brought a bottle and added my own. :angry |
Colpol (444) | ||
| 775982 | 2009-05-22 06:26:00 | Are you sure it wasn't fat that you drained? Cheap mince is full of fat. :xmouth: | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 775983 | 2009-05-22 06:28:00 | That's probably about right as you will have still left most the water in there, you need a dehydrator to remove all the water. Lean muscle tissue is about 75% water in the human body, other animal meat will be about the same :banana en.wikipedia.org Edit: I don't eat bacon these days, but the bacon wrapped in plasic is just full of water and quite dreadful. I haven't seen cured bacon sides hanging up in the grocers for years, beautiful dry, smoked bacon, sliced on the machine while you wait, great thick slices 1/4" thick, not the shavings offered up here..........Simpkin and James in Leicester, one of the old fashioned shops...........hams and cheeses hanging up........... another world.......... |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 775984 | 2009-05-22 06:39:00 | It was definitly water as it boiled before evaporating. I think that that water I boiled off is the "injected". The water that would be removed by dehydration would probably be the "natural" water content Might be wrong though |
Colpol (444) | ||
| 775985 | 2009-05-22 12:09:00 | That water may be an OSH requirement. The meat is fated to get a bit of extreme heat, and there are no smoke detectors approved for installation on dead critters. Safety first, so the butcher has thoughtfully made the meat fireproof. Aren't they kind to you? | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 775986 | 2009-05-22 12:41:00 | If I wanted water with my meat I would have brought a bottle and added my own.Who buys water in a bottle, are you in Auckland? You do not mention what type of minced meat; beef, pork, goat, lamb, mutton, venison, chicken, and turkey are all types of meat you can buy minced. |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 775987 | 2009-05-22 20:54:00 | Meat without water is called Jerky. It has the texture of an old boot. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 775988 | 2009-05-23 11:27:00 | It was beef mince. I don't buy bottled water I have a filter fitted to my system. The mentioned of "bottle of water" was a sarcastic comment. I have the same problem with bacon. Fry it and the water makes the fat splatter and makes a hell of a mess of the stove. |
Colpol (444) | ||
| 775989 | 2009-05-23 11:35:00 | Use a splatter guard. | pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 775990 | 2009-05-23 11:44:00 | Biltong (en.wikipedia.org) loses half of its mass when it is cured (dried). Its weight loss is evaporation of body water. I am amazes that your mince , sans water, weighed more than half of the original weight, in fact it would suggest that it was sold partially dehydrated. | joemac (9739) | ||
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