The Fast Food Thread

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McCheese

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Is my mom a witch? Why do you all freeze it uncooked as soon as you get it home, only to thaw it and cook it on demand? Because the way I was taught to handle ground beef was to bring it home and immediately brown the whole fucking thing (probably in multiple batches, since 5 lbs or whatever is a lot of fucking beef to brown at once), and THEN portion it out and freeze it. That way you have a bunch of plastic baggies in the freezer just waiting to be defrosted in the microwave for a couple of minutes and then tossed into whatever you are cooking. I daresay there is no difference in taste doing it that way, and I'm not aware of it ever going bad either.

Is this rocket surgery witchcraft? Every single person I have ever spoken to about this subject seems amazed by this revelation.
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If you do that then you can't form it into meat loaf, meatballs, or hamburgers though. Your way is fine if you're just using it as loose ground beef, but if you want to start shaping your meat, you've gotta do it raw.
 
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McCheese said:
If you do that then you can't form it into meat loaf, meatballs, or hamburgers though. Your way is fine if you're just using it as loose ground beef, but if you want to start shaping your meat, you've gotta do it raw.
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Well yeah, shaping your meat requires rubbing it raw. ;)

The majority of the time mine is used for something like spaghetti sauce, chili, Hamburger Helper, or similar lazy meals.
 
Xevy

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Naked Chicken Chalupa pretty good. The fatass that I am, I expected there to be ground beef inside but I guess they thought the entire chicken shell was "enough" meat. Probably not worth 3 dollars, but probably worth more than 2. Chicken was pretty tasty, especially if you like preformed chicken stuff like BK's chicken sandwich.
 
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I do that whenever I make a big ass roast or pork shoulder. Pretty much any meat that I cook in the slow cooker really.
 
Ritley

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I only freeze meat if I'm not going to use it in the next couple of days. I don't think I've ever had something go bad that quick unless it was already markdown. Which you should really only buy if you are going to use that day
 
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I've never heard of browning meat first and then freezing. Even if every dish you make uses crumbled meat, it would fuck up different applications that use totally different spices. I could see doing it for a few applications but I don't think it would really save you time, just frontload the time instead of spending it over several cooking sessions.
 
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Xevy said:
Naked Chicken Chalupa pretty good. The fatass that I am, I expected there to be ground beef inside but I guess they thought the entire chicken shell was "enough" meat. Probably not worth 3 dollars, but probably worth more than 2. Chicken was pretty tasty, especially if you like preformed chicken stuff like BK's chicken sandwich.
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yeah it was ok not getting it again over a regular one but its worth a try.
 
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I've never heard of browning meat first and then freezing. Even if every dish you make uses crumbled meat, it would fuck up different applications that use totally different spices. I could see doing it for a few applications but I don't think it would really save you time, just frontload the time instead of spending it over several cooking sessions.
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Ah, I see the disconnect here. I never cook anything more complicated than Hamburger Helper, because I'm lazy and also not much of a cook. So plain ground beef readily available is a plus for me. You guys actually season stuff and cook with spices and shit. I was talking more along the lines of "fast food" in the kitchen, not the actual cooking thread type sous vide shit.
 
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Based on this one piece of evidence, I am prepared to say, Void Void the way you live your lyfe is weird bro.
 
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chaos

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nobody's too good for some Hamburger Helper, bro. Cheeseburger Mac and Beef Strokinoff ftw
 
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McCheese

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Hamburger Helper is awful. When I was a kid, the only thing worse than hearing "We're having Hamburger Helper for dinner." was hearing "We're having Chicken Tonight! for dinner."

Then again, maybe my mom was such a bad cook that she messed up even these simple things.
 
yimmien

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I love the one just called lasagna. It is nothing like lasagna but it hits my taste buds like artificial bliss.
 
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I haven't had cheeseburger hamburger helper since I was a kid. That shits the truth.
 
McCheese

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So I had a bit of a binge on the weekend, and part of that consisted of 3 bags of these bad boys:
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They are SOOOOO crunchy. Easily my new favorite chip. Must buy!
 
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I'll keep an eye out at the store for those Cheese. Those are my two favorite flavors.
 
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