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Originally posted by michaelgemmell

Tiki, what do you think of buying ground chuck from a local small grocer with a meat department that grinds it themselves onsite? All their meats are some of the best in the city, and their ground chuck tastes MUCH better than what you buy at Safeway et al.

Any GOOD butcher at a local shop is a good idea–as long as the locals actually CUT the meat—alot of places are now buying everything in bulk and THATS where your dealing with automation–that burger may be mixed with 100s of lbs of meachanically harvested bit of meat stripped from bones—lots of nerve tissue–guess where alot of that goes—school lunch programs,,,,,,,,anyway–buy good meat thats actually cut up buy a butcher–besides–any good home food processor will chop exactly how much you want and at what fat content–and to what grind!!!—I like it a little course for burgers—finer for meat balls or meatloaf.