With the price of beef going higher still, a cost cutting effort was in buying ground turkey instead of ground beef.
Might as well try it out, right?

Well...
Ground turkey was a bit misleading. When I opened the package, it was more like Turkey Paste.
On top of that, there were flecks of bone that I could feel within the glob-o-turkey.
Now, I imagine that it's easier to remove bones from beef than the tiny ones in turkey, but still. There were about six flecks of sharp bone in two patties worth. That would have been unpleasant to bite down on. If tuna companies can do it, I figure turkey companies should too. Eh... Anyway...

So I begin squashing the blob into a patty.
Bad idea.
It glued itself to the cutting board. I had to pry it up and after two attempts at trying to get it up without destroying the patty, I gave that up as a bad job and scraped it up to try again.

Good thing that it's actually a paste.

Cellophane placed down before hand didn't work.
I finally oiled the cutting board slightly and that helped- but added extra oil to my turkey. Oh well.
I could use the extra.

The stupid things curled up and shrank like bacon.

Two patties later, made much oversize... my efforts had reduced my desire to get fancy... (HUNGRY! Impatient! FOOD!)
Turkey paste patty thing: Check
A-1 Steak Sauce: Check
Bread: check
Slice Mozzarella Cheese: check
Two slices Clausen Pickle- the crunchy kind you gotta refridgerate: Check

Deadanimalminemustdevourbackoff.

Ok- So I posted about a midafternoon snack and not dinner. Sue me.

If I had seen a texture as you described I would have switched gears to make meatballs instead, basically add flour or bread crumbs and possibly an egg to the paste before frying, that'll stabilize it quite a bit.
On the other hand, with flour you have to let it rest a bit before frying to avoid it tasting of flour

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ohh
Hey- Good idea!

Now- I can do the dinner instead of the snack.
As well as it helps to get rid of the Fowl paste.

Shouldn't be any bones in your rendered fowl. That ain't right.

I like to add salsa to the ground turkey before cooking. Hot salsa. And some teriyaki sauce.

"Deadanimalminemustdevourbackoff" - you crack me up.

I'm reminded of a Far Side cartoon depicting a Boneless Chicken Farm...

I've had one experience with ground turkey...nothing like what you're describing Neverfly. I guess the moral of the story is don't buy ground bird out of the back of an '84 Oldsmobile...

Mine came out very good. The consistancy pre-cooking was a lot like ground beef. Post cooking it was a lot like ground beef. Just softer. I thought adding some rice, or bread crumbs or something next time just to give it a little better binder.

The flavor was awsome and it was much moister than even a medium-rare burger like I usually make.

Though I didn't buy turkey to be cheaper than beef...so the turkey I bought cost the same. Defeats the purpose if your goal was cost; my goal was health.

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"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

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That's Howard E. Butt Grocery.
I think you mistook dead cow for dead bird Fazor...
This is true, it came out finger licking good. I ended up making more- and the rest I tried using to make tacos. I don't use the "classic" style taco seasoning, so they came out excellent.

I don't give a hogs patookus about my danged health!!

I WANT FOOD!!

If it's not made of stone, metal or manages to escape- It's FOOD!
comeheredeliciouspreyandfeedme.

(OT) Wow, neverfly, did you consider responding in the PETA thread on the idea of eating animals? Not that I'm in particular disagreement, mind you.

Tonight?

We're having home-smoked king salmon, crackers, and salad, followed by (I think, if the offspring is remembering to defrost it) homemade red meat sauce on whatever pasta 18 year old decides to cook.

Lacks elegance, but tastes good. Hard to lose weight in a house where 3/4 people like to cook, grill, roast, bake, fry, saute, slow cook, smoke, ... Probably why there is a permanant installation of sage, oregano, chives, parsley, thyme, rosemary, marjoram, garlic, mint, um, a few others in the front yard, eh?

I just thought of something.
And Fazor- don't get mad....

But I have noticed that the higher fat content hamberger (The kind that comes in a plastic tube) has a much gooey pasty texture than Ground Beef.
Ground beef comes out looking like red worms with white flecks- that never changes. It is not pasty in the least.

I use ground beef, normally, so that may be part of why the consistency of the fowl paste was so alien to me.

Me = Carnivorous predator.

Between the obesity thread and the PETA thread...

I've ended up REALLY hungry...for junky meaty food.

Tonight, Homemade handtossed pizza, with Bacon, Sausage, Pepperoni, three kinds of cheese.
Dead cow, dead pork, mechanically separated animals and shamelessly murdered plant matter which had its vegetative corpses processed repeatedly, all mixed together into
Turtle Food.

I'm starting to get confused... (not all that uncommon, if you can imagine).
Why would I get mad? :thinks:

Anyway, I don't buy ground beef from a tube. I like to see the meat I'm buying before I pay for it.

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The offensive insinuation that you buy cheap meat.
I know how your temper is and I tend to walk on eggshells around you.

I have a temper?

*I* have a temper?!!

[grabs a crowbar and some itallian goons] I'LL SHOW YOU TEMPER!!!!!

oh... sorry.

But no, I don't really have a temper. Though it's oft hard to tell peoples emotions via web communiqué... so perhaps I have an unintended implied temper.... or my mom's maiden name is really Banner.

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Is Tinaa your mom?

this all looks great. I've been eating restaurant food for the last two weeks. Can't wait to get home and cook myself a meal.

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I guess back on topic, we made a muffallatta last night for dinner. I didn't take a picture, but I brought some for lunch and I do have a camera here so perhapse I'll upload one later.

The olive salad for this one was basic; a bunch of crushed green olives, pimentos, olive oil, few splashes of white-wine vineager, salt, and pepper. Meats used were ham, hard salami, and pepperoni. Cheese was lacey swiss and munster. Bread was some kinda flat loaf my g/f picked up at Panera bread.

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"In order to increase awareness of the homeless, security have been given binoculars."

I'm currently eating a thin-sliced chicken sandwich on wheat with "light" butter.

Tonight it's meatloaf smothered w/green chili sauce and cheese. No gourmet cooks in this house, just good old-fashioned comfort food.

Nothing wrong with meatloaf (Bat Out of Hell was a great album), especially with chili sauce.

Puddle of Turkey?

You've been gone.

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I seared a pork tenderloin in olive oil, added some onions and red potatoes and finished it in the oven. I picked up some beautiful veggies at the farmer's market today. I stewed up a batch of okra, tomatoes and onions.

I was going to baked a loaf of bread in the machine, but forgot. I think I'll just bake it mañana.

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How Ironic.

I made pork tenderloin tonight, but read this post after Nick and I finished eating.

Wel...

After I finished anyway. Nick's still picking at it whining.

My Breakfast Today:



Pan de sal and Coffee .

last night my dad came into town to show me his new car. Then he took my brother and I out to dinner. Shrimp enchiladas with black beans.

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Yea. 12 days in New Mexico installing seismographs in an array.

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Penne pasta w/ sausage and peppers.

Cholesterol? What's that?

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