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buying meat: saltwater solution or none?
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ericdc
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you all like buying the packaging meat containing up to a certain amount of solution or not?
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I prefer non-enhanced. Be careful with the salt in your seasoning otherwise.
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yea i don't like the thought of the extra salt, but haven't cooked enough to notice. last weekends ribs and shoulder were not enhanced.
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I'm not a fan of the salt solution. If there is a lot of salt in the solution the meat can taste funny - kinda hammy if it is pork.#1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February 2013 • #3 Mini May 2013A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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Flavor enhancers, salt and water and almost any rub are no bueno. Sams and Wally World are notorious for selling enhanced pork. I won't buy it.flavor1 Large BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Minimax BGE, Original wife and 3 dogs living in the heart of BBQ country in Round Rock Texas.
"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
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About six months ago I started buying fresh meats and poultry from a local butcher shop! I was shocked at the difference in our food tastes! Sam's Club meats and poultry are frozen and loaded with water and too much waste fat and scraps! Between the water and scrap weights it almost compensates for the extra cost involved in buying fresh products from my local merchant. The chickens are smaller,fresher and more flavorful...
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just found a local meat market that I didn't know about, about 40 minutes away. #excited
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I don't want all that crap injected into my meat. I want to add my own (superior) crap.
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Our local store just started selling non-injected chickens for about a $.75 lb more. You can tell the differance. Put me down for a NO.Salado TX & 30A FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.
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how long do y'all allow your meat to sit in refrigerator before cooking or freezing?
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I don't like freezing meats or poultry unless totally necessary. The fresh chicken's color is bone white, the Sam's Club double packaged frozen chickens are yellow? Then look at the excessive amounts of fat under the skin and hanging off the frozen birds! Then check out the liquid water and blood inside the vacuum packed double pork butts sold at Sam's Club? We are paying for this waste bypayingbythe pound. I have seen a big increase over the past four years in the amount ofwaterbeingpackaged in meats and poultry???
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ericdc said:how long do y'all allow your meat to sit in refrigerator before cooking or freezing?1 Large BGE, 1 Mini BGE, 1 Minimax BGE, Original wife and 3 dogs living in the heart of BBQ country in Round Rock Texas.
"The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."
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No - just like Cen-Tex says, No. Brine/inject at home if you want.Meat in the fridge in the original wrapper, up to the date on the label, usually a sell before date. If brined or salted, maybe a day longer.Delta B.C. - Whiskey and steak, because no good story ever started with someone having a salad!
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That is the first time I have seen a hash tag on here.... Oh lawd....ericdc said:just found a local meat market that I didn't know about, about 40 minutes away. #excited
Columbia, SC --- LBGE 2011 -- MINI BGE 2013 -
No solution for me.I know all the rules, but the rules do not know me.
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No solution as well. Not my thing.
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Definitely no solution. I actually had an issue on the old weber when I was having friends over where the water from the chicken was putting out the fire. I'm now VERY careful when I buy to ensure no solution. So much tastier and easier to cook.
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A weber puts out my fire as well.blueinatl said:Definitely no solution. I actually had an issue on the old weber when I was having friends over where the water from the chicken was putting out the fire. I'm now VERY careful when I buy to ensure no solution. So much tastier and easier to cook.
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If I want a brine I want to do it myself. Put me down as a NOLBGEGo Dawgs! - Marietta, GA
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pretty much all pork ribs here in the supermarket are enhanced, even the ones marked fresh in the supermarkets own package were taken out of a cryo of hormels and they dont have to put that on their own labels. i cant stand them and have to pay double at the butcher shop. one other thing ive found is that frozen turkeys are usually enhanced, look for one marked kosher, they usually just rub salt on the inside, much better
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egger ave said:ericdc said:how long do y'all allow your meat to sit in refrigerator before cooking or freezing?
I guess I should have asked it differently. How long do you feel safe letting meat sit in the refridgerator thawed while waiting to cook it?
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I guess I should have asked it differently. How long do you feel safe letting meat sit in the refridgerator thawed while waiting to cook it?Bx - > NJ ->TX!!!All to get cheaper brisket!
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