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Meat

What is something at the grocery store you always pass by and would like to try one day? (Prompt courtesy: https://thecoffeemonsterzco.com/en-ca/blogs/midnight-blogging/journaling-prompts)

This sounds super boring but I guess my answer would be pre-made burgers. Not the frozen ones, the fresh ones in the deli case of the meat section. They look really appealing.

I’m not a burger person, have never once in my entire life ordered a burger at a restaurant and at home we eat burgers very infrequently but when we do, I make them myself from ground beef.

Sometimes when I’m watching burgers being made on a cooking show, they make me want to drool. The pre-made patties at our grocery store look similar to the ones I see on tv, much more appealing than my own homemade ones.

But what stops me from buying them is thinking I’ll be judged by my family, or more specifically my partner for buying something pre-made and not made from scratch.

Also, we’re both kind of picky about meat. He grew up on wild meat like elk, moose and so to even have to eat beef is a stretch for him.

I grew up eating our own cattle that we raised and butchered and never had to buy red meat from the grocery store.

But life would be easier if I bought already made hamburger patties instead of having to make them, I feel like possibly they might taste better too. Maybe not.

Honestly, I could care less if I ever ate ground beef again in my life so I don’t know why I’m even talking about it.

Yours truly, many moons ago

9 responses to “Meat”

  1. Don’t bother! Unless they’ve been jazzed up with additional ingredients like cheese or bacon or whatever, they won’t taste any better!

    I’ve always wanted to try limburger cheese, but never worked up the nerve. Or the stomach. 🤪

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    1. Limburger, I’ve heard of it but don’t know what it is, will have to google!

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      1. According to Wikipedia: “Once it reaches three months, the cheese produces its notorious smell because of the bacterium used to ferment Limburger cheese and many other smear-ripened cheeses. This is Brevibacterium linens, the same one found on human skin that is partially responsible for body odor (particularly foot odor).”

        In the 1930s it was often used as a visual punch line in short comedies, like the Little Rascals, where you’d see people running away from someone and then see that he’s eating limburger cheese.

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      2. Ewwww lol

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  2. Life’s too short for guilt trips. Try them!

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    1. Yeah you’re right Mary!

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  3. Your partner grew up on wild elk and moose?!? I didn’t know people like that existed! Yes, it might be hard to impress him with a burger 😉

    Our Fish & Chip shops here all do hamburgers (With The Lot as we say), and they use herbs in the meat to get a nice flavour. Certain shops run by Greek or Italian families have their secret recipes sort of. Maybe do some research into what to put into your patties? And just because the pre-made ones ‘look’ nice in the shop doesn’t mean they taste good, but they might. 🙂

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    1. He did yes lol, so he considers beef sort of suboptimal 😬
      I have experimented with all kinds of seasonings for my burgers but yes you’re right, maybe if I actually tasted the ones made in the store, I’d realize mine aren’t so bad actually!

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      1. Oh, you’re way ahead of me then. It seems no matter what I put in the patties, it doesn’t really make that much of a difference. I suppose it’s everything else that goes in it too.

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