Comments on Weighty Matters: My Food Inc. Review

Just watched the movie yesterday. I wish it had s...

2009-11-25T09:25:44.566-05:00

Just watched the movie yesterday. I wish it had some content on how eating at home usually is cheaper (unless it's in the US for a $1 hamburgers with no drink or fries). I think the family that was profilled didn't have time to cook as they stated, maybe then they would consider the $1.29 brocolli more often. Healthy meals can be made at home for ~ $2 per person (ie. $140 groceries per week for a family of four to eat three meals a day)

Whole Foods has nitrite free sausages (Beretta Far...

2009-11-24T14:23:13.442-05:00

Whole Foods has nitrite free sausages (Beretta Farms)

As a child I ate moose and caribou as roasts, stea...

2009-11-24T10:53:57.023-05:00

As a child I ate moose and caribou as roasts, steaks and ground meat.
Unfortunately, I'm not in a hunting community any more, but there are many people who hunt and who do their own butchering. I suggest you check with someone who hunts, or a hunting supply store.

This is also meat free of many added chemicals, although I'm told the liver of game is best avoided.

Though I haven't watched the film (yet), we are fo...

2009-11-24T09:24:58.941-05:00

Though I haven't watched the film (yet), we are fortunate enough to live in a rural community and have been able to purchase beef directly from farmers that have raised them free of hormones, antibiotics and grain. The next steer goes to slaughter next month and our side will provide beef for most of a year in our small family.

Yup, probably can get butcher to grind. I was hop...

2009-11-24T09:01:45.159-05:00

Yup, probably can get butcher to grind.

I was hoping with the grinder to make homemade, nitrite free turkey and chicken sausages etc. too.

Can't you just get the butcher to grind it? I rem...

2009-11-24T08:59:25.357-05:00

Can't you just get the butcher to grind it?

I remember reading something from Ron Eade of the Citizen ... his butcher shop has some kind of "special blend" for burgers. You have to go in and ask for it. (I asked him for more info about it but never heard back.)

Good meat grinding tips here: http://www.sfgate.c...

2009-11-24T08:40:56.537-05:00

Good meat grinding tips here:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/07/07/FDG3P7G6841.DTL

The cut is more important than the temperature of the meat, imo. If you are grinding a small amount of meat, a decent food processor will do the job, and they are much easier to clean.

Bon grinding!