Less meat in pre-formed hamburgers!

Bill

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Apr 13, 2008, 9:24:58 AM4/13/08

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These food producers are getting more and more clever with how they can
place less food in a package...

(In effect raising the price without raising the price.)

I bought some of those "round" frozen pre-formed hamburger patties. But when
I got home and opened that package, I saw they were not round anymore!

They now look like they have bites taken out here and there around the
edges. So they now look sort of like an ink blot rather than being round.

This of course allows them to save a bit on how much meat each patty has.
But then these are mostly fat with a little meat added, so I suppose they
are saving on the fat or whatever...

George

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Apr 13, 2008, 10:45:49 AM4/13/08

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But how would shape matter unless they were sold by count and not weight?

Dave

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Apr 13, 2008, 10:13:01 AM4/13/08

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"Bill" <billnoma...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I've seen those. It's just a different shape. What weight is marked on the
package? -Dave

goa...@fractious.net

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Apr 13, 2008, 12:24:15 PM4/13/08

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"Bill" <billnoma...@yahoo.com> writes:

> These food producers are getting more and more clever with how they can
> place less food in a package...
>
> (In effect raising the price without raising the price.)
>
> I bought some of those "round" frozen pre-formed hamburger patties. But when
> I got home and opened that package, I saw they were not round anymore!

"Some settling may occur"

Just kidding.

Take a look at the package. I can almost guarantee that
the burgers in question are sold by *weight* not by count.

If they wanted to rip you off, they'd put fattier (generally
cheaper) meat in there. Or *wetter* meat. Though both
moisture and fat content is somewhat regulated by the gov't.

> They now look like they have bites taken out here and there around the
> edges. So they now look sort of like an ink blot rather than being round.

Actually, the inspector took a bite out of each one,
but only the packages sold to you.

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rick++

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Apr 13, 2008, 2:51:23 PM4/13/08

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I heard its because climate changes has been causing smaller cows.

Donna

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Apr 13, 2008, 8:21:53 PM4/13/08

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"Bill" <billnoma...@yahoo.com> wrote in
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> I bought some of those "round" frozen pre-formed hamburger patties.
> But when I got home and opened that package, I saw they were not round
> anymore!

You're always better off buying the burger and making your own patties. You
save money and can make them the size you want. Freeze them on a cookie
sheet in the freezer and then put them in a plastic bag when they're
frozen. Voila, your orn frozen pre-formed patties and they'll taste a lot
better too.

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~Donna
http://www.frugalsewing.com
Reduce, reuse, recycle, re-create.

Cheapo Groovo

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Apr 15, 2008, 11:08:23 AM4/15/08

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In article <66eftgF...@mid.individual.net>,
billnoma...@yahoo.com says...

Donna is right on. She is following the cheapo groovo lifestyle!

http://www.cheapogroovo.com

clams_casino

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Apr 15, 2008, 2:37:22 PM4/15/08

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Cheapo Groovo wrote:

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>Donna is right on. She is following the cheapo groovo lifestyle!
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Donna is an abusive spammer?