Re: Wagyu ground beef tacos

On 2025-06-01, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

On 6/1/2025 5:29 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-05-31, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

On 5/31/2025 5:40 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-05-31, Jill McQuown <j_mcquown@comcast.net> wrote:

On 5/31/2025 10:56 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-05-31, songbird <songbird@anthive.com> wrote:

Jill McQuown wrote:
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and canned (presumably) re-fried beans?  It doesn't make fiscal sense.

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     fools and their money...
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Doesn't make sense in terms of flavor, either.  You get just as much fat
from cheaper 80/20 ground beef.  Doesn't have the fancy name attached,
though.

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     ours has the fancy name of ground chuck.

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You can make 80/20 beef from nearly any cut if you're willing
to add additional fat.
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The term 80/20 infers a 20% fat to lean ratio.  No need to add
additional fat.

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If you grind beef that has less than 20% fat, you must add additional
fat to achieve the 80/20 ratio.
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I wasn't talking about grinding a chuck roast and adding extra fat to
it.  I was talking about 80/20 ground beef you can buy in a store.  I'm
not sure but I doubt Bryan ground this Wagyu ground beef for tacos
himself, which still would have been a ridiculous price for beef to make
tacos.

 
Allow me to rephrase:  If the meat processor grinds beef that has
less than 20% fat, they must add additional fat to achieve the
80/20 ratio.
 
You can make 80/20 beef from nearly any cut, including offcuts.
 
Unless the label says "chuck", 80/20 beef at the grocery store
might be from any part (or multiple parts) of the cow.  Here's
an example:
 
https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-8020-ground-beef-roll-1-lb/0001111097971
 

Thanks for the clarification.  The label on the ground beef I buy says
"chuck".  It's not sold in chubs.

That was just one example.  You can get 80/20 ground beef that
isn't guaranteed to be chuck and is sold on a styrofoam tray
under polyethylene wrap.

You can get ground chuck in a chub, as well.  Although I don't
know why you'd want to.

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Cindy Hamilton