Yesterday I picked up some ground pork to make potstickers. I had my choice of two brands, both in those gas injected packages.
One brand, the usual one I buy, was pork colored.
The other one was bright red. I bought the pork colored brand despite it being more expensive.
Is that normal, red ground pork? It was redder than ground beef.
nancy
heh -- I thought you were going to say you bought tuna... I think you made the right call; the only red pork I'll buy is hot italian sausage... did you check the ingredient list?
Yesterday I picked up some ground pork to make potstickers. I had my choice of two brands, both in those gas injected packages.
One brand, the usual one I buy, was pork colored.
The other one was bright red. I bought the pork colored brand despite it being more expensive.
Is that normal, red ground pork? It was redder than ground beef.
nancy
Maybe it was mislabeled? I've seen that happen before, although not necessarily with meats. I haven't seen ground pork that was more red than ground beef - how peculiar! I'd question the product, too.
Yesterday I picked up some ground pork to make potstickers. I had my choice of two brands, both in those gas injected packages.
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One brand, the usual one I buy, was pork colored.
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The other one was bright red. I bought the pork colored brand despite it being more expensive.
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Is that normal, red ground pork? It was redder than ground beef.
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nancy
heh -- I thought you were going to say you bought tuna... I think you made the right call; the only red pork I'll buy is hot italian sausage... did you check the ingredient list?
One of our local supermarkets has a good hot Italian, but most locations don't make it because it doesn't sell well
I think you made the right call; the only red pork I'll buy is hot italian sausage... did you check the ingredient list?
I just saw the ground pork part. I will look closer next time I am there, but it wasn't a spice color red, it was raw meat red. Except redder.
I refuse to buy Walmart style meat. Red colored pork sounds like the "enhancement process" is out of adjustment.
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Hot italian sausage, that's another matter, I'm hooked on that.
nancy
We buy it frequently. The local Italian market makes two versions of hot Italian sausage and both are good. One has very little fat (you actually have to put water or oil in the frying pan or it will burn) and the other has somewhat more. The fattier version works well with a dish like sausage and peppers.