Re: Menu roulette

On Wed, 23 Oct 2024, Hiram Freeborn wrote:

On 10/23/2024 8:52 AM, Dave Smith wrote:

I had never before seen beef or any other meat with that weird, bubbly sort of texture.

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"Arby’s roast beef is primarily made from beef that is typically cooked and sliced for sandwiches. The meat used in Arby's roast beef is usually a combination of different cuts, often including top round and other cuts of beef. The process involves slow-roasting the beef at low temperatures to enhance flavor and tenderness.
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The roast beef is often seasoned and may contain additives for flavor and preservation. While the exact recipe and preparation methods are proprietary, the meat is generally known to be low in fat and is often served with various sauces and toppings to enhance the flavor in their sandwiches."
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"Yes, Arby’s roast beef is actually beef. According to Arby’s the ingredients are: beef, water, salt, sodium phosphates. But your beef sandwich is not sliced from a chunk of roast beef like top round, bottom round, or sirloin; it is not whole-muscle meat. Therefore, it is a processed meat. It is 95% beef muscle tissue and 5% other ingredients. You can think of it like this: it is sliced roasted beef, but it is not sliced beef roast.
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Arby’s roast beef is created by the emulsification method, combining finely processed beef with water, salt, and sodium phosphates. The added ingredients are found on the ingredient label. According to an employee who actually pulled the lever to fill the bags in a production plant (Monfort is or was one such plant), the beef is cut, processed and cooked, creating a slurry that is pumped into heavy plastic bags 6 inches in diameter and 22 inches long. The filled bags are described as looking like huge pink hot dogs. The tubes are then frozen at -40 F, and shipped to restaurants frozen. In the restaurant, the tubes of processed beef are cooked for an additional four hours, then sliced and served. He further states that you can accomplish the same at home with a knife, pressure cooker, and a KitchenAid grinder."
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https://www.quora.com/What-is-Arbys-roast-beef-really-made-of
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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1Ex_jP3T7Ww?feature=share
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https://youtu.be/-IpykwQ96N8?t=71

Hmm... I'm skeptical. Aren't there any places where I can get a roastbeef sandwich with _real_ roast beef? I'd gladly pay the premium!