Is it just me or does it seem that hamburger meat has become increasingly more disgusting? I...

4meAndyou · F Best Comment

A friend of mine and I have noticed this. What is happening is that they are introducing pink slime to hamburger meat. Pink slime is a pink slurry made up of things that used to go into dog food, made up of things you would rather not know about.

The only way to get real hamburger now is to buy a boneless chuck roast, and have it ground by the butcher at the super market.

Heartlander · 80-89, M

A change over the year is that butcher shops and supermarkets once ground their own hamburger meat, so it was freshly ground with no additives. Most hamburger meat is now ground and packaged at the slaughter house, with a variety of additives. Pink slime as 4meAndyou mentioned, preservatives, and who knows what else.

Also .... I grew up in the grocery business and my dad's store had a butcher shop. Referencing the 1950s, I don't recall fresh meat or poultry products ever being frozen, either to facilitate delivery or in-store. Carcasses were delivered from the packing houses to the store in refrigerated trucks, wrapped in cheese-cloth and the sides or quarters were stored in walk-in refrigerators and further butchered as needed. Without preservatives or sealed shrink-wrap, once butchered it only had a day or two shelf life before turning blackish.

Caleidoscope · F

Yes the quality has deteriorated much .People who have sensitive taste buds would detect it quickly.You can add sides to enhance the taste

Viper · M

The body supposedly completely and totally changes cells every 7 years (some are fastest than that, but others take up to 7 years) and so they say peoples taste and other thing changes with it.

Also, it could be the type of hamburger you're getting...

Like what percentage of fat? What was the animal fed, etc.

nonsensiclesnail · F

This is why I started buying meat from small processors. I understand, I’m fortunate to be able to. I’m not much of a meat consumer, but if I’m
Going to eat it, it can’t be disgusting.