<![CDATA[Do you wash ground meat?]]>thought i ask, since the butcher usually dun wash meat before using the machine to grind.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/28564/do-you-wash-ground-meatRSS for NodeSat, 25 Apr 2026 15:31:55 GMTFri, 25 Nov 2011 04:15:19 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:52:24 GMT]]>My maid would wash the minced meat and squeeze it through the sieve.

Cooking kills the germs in the meat, but I am worried about other things like dirt or some particles in the meat that may not cause food poisoning but if consumed in the long run will not be good.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/674893https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/674893Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:52:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:45:40 GMT]]>

Blessed Homemaker:
Since the butcher already rinsed the meat under the tap, I don't washed the minced meat.

same here. I also try not to freeze the minced meat, ie, I buy and cook on the same day.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/674886https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/674886Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:45:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:42:05 GMT]]>Since the butcher already rinsed the meat under the tap, I don’t washed the minced meat.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/674884https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/674884Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:42:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:54:13 GMT]]>I wash, or rather rinse the meat is for the purpose of removing surface dirt…not germs la. Only high temperature can kill Bacteria and germs…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/650167https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/650167Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:54:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:48:03 GMT]]>no, freezing is not safe. but you are right that cooking thoroughly is safer. 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/650157https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/650157Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:48:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:45:23 GMT]]>I don wash meat that i defrost as i believe freezing kills lots of bacteria. I remember reading abt a famous chef who claims that he never washes his chicken befor cookin, because if the germs can survive e cooking process, e chicken, even washed or not washed, cannot b eaten. 😜

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/650154https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/650154Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:45:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:26:27 GMT]]>Thanks for the compliment. It makes me very happy when my baby finishes all his dinner.


Off-topic - I think I was too enthusiastic in sharing on freezing baby food when the topic is on washing of ground meat.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/649840https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/649840Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:26:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:11:54 GMT]]>

prata_queen:
i normally buy whole chicken and blend with fresh corn kernels, and freeze individual portions for baby. Same for pork fillet - i blend with onions and garlic and water chestnut and freeze. Adds natural taste and texture (chestnut) to baby's porridge without using sauce.

Your baby is very lucky, prata queen! Lots of love go into that pot of porridge. 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/649021https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/649021Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:11:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:08:46 GMT]]>

Pen88n:
Cherrygal, no offence meant. Didn't know similies might convey wrong impression.....I (and a lot of other forummers) always use that one in the PSLE thread and so far no one mind. Maybe we are not so sensitive to such similies as we always laugh at ourselves and others.

Smilies are fine but that roll on the floor smiley is not suitable when the post was not meant to be a joke... It's like your boss laughing at your idea at a brainstorming meeting... maybe I \"felt\" too much from your rolling guy.

No worries. 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/649020https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/649020Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:08:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:59:30 GMT]]>i dun buy minced meat from butcher or supermarket cos as my mum would say, its better to buy the fillet and blend/mince it ourselves. Cos they might have added unwanted parts such as the intestines and fats into it which you can’t pick out.


i normally buy whole chicken and blend with fresh corn kernels, and freeze individual portions for baby. Same for pork fillet - i blend with onions and garlic and water chestnut and freeze. Adds natural taste and texture (chestnut) to baby’s porridge without using sauce.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/648661https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/648661Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:59:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:43:34 GMT]]>

cherrygal:
Pen88n, no need to laugh until like dat... that's not very nice... the idea was meant for those who think it's better to wash and yet don't want to lose the taste. Washing does not even kill germs in the first place. You still need to cook it thoroughly.


In fact, I really don't think we need to wash the ground meat at all.
Cherrygal, no offence meant. Didn't know similies might convey wrong impression.....I (and a lot of other forummers) always use that one in the PSLE thread and so far no one mind. Maybe we are not so sensitive to such similies as we always laugh at ourselves and others.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/648636https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/648636Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:43:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:32:48 GMT]]>sometimes I wash them just to find a lot of fats floating on the water, very unhealthy to consume, best is to ask the butcher to get a lean piece wash then grind…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/648618https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/648618Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:32:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:49:55 GMT]]>I guess u dont wash it in the water… Just quick rinse will do. That’s What I do.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/648086https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/648086Mon, 28 Nov 2011 06:49:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:05:33 GMT]]>Pen88n, no need to laugh until like dat… that’s not very nice… the idea was meant for those who think it’s better to wash and yet don’t want to lose the taste. Washing does not even kill germs in the first place. You still need to cook it thoroughly.


In fact, I really don’t think we need to wash the ground meat at all.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/646861https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/646861Sun, 27 Nov 2011 09:05:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:46:04 GMT]]>Yeah I actually washed it again just for \"show\"..haha

Just to console myself that it's at least a bit cleaner. 😂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/646240https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/646240Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:46:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:26:54 GMT]]>

cherrygal:
I don't wash ground meat but I make sure I cook the meat really well. If you see cooks like Nigella Lawson or Jamie Oliver, they don't even wash whole pieces of meat and fish fillets. The butchers in UK are probably more hygienic?


Guess if you really want to wash ground meat, do it while it's still frozen. Then you won't wash away so much of the juices and nutrients.
If you wash the frozen stab of ground meat, aren't you just doing for \"show\" as it only washes the exposed surfaces, and not actually washing the whole meat??? :rotflmao:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645281https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645281Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:26:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:15:08 GMT]]>I don't wash. Tap water not anti-bacterial right? So what's the use of washing it? Cannot wash away the hormones or antibodies.....


Cooking it well will kill whatever bacterial and germs. IMO 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645270https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645270Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:15:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:09:16 GMT]]>I don’t wash ground meat but I make sure I cook the meat really well. If you see cooks like Nigella Lawson or Jamie Oliver, they don’t even wash whole pieces of meat and fish fillets. The butchers in UK are probably more hygienic?


Guess if you really want to wash ground meat, do it while it’s still frozen. Then you won’t wash away so much of the juices and nutrients.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645264https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645264Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:09:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:30:26 GMT]]>I read somewhere that you should never never wash meat, more so for ground meat (aka mince meat). coz that is unhygenic. and also, because the meat is grind, if you wash it, you wash away all the nutrients, thats why meat becomes paler when u wash ground meat.


but having said that, I do wash ground meat sometimes (depends on where I buy) coz I dunno how clean the meat is. but after washing the meat tastes a bit tasteless. 🤷

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645076https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645076Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:30:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:19:54 GMT]]>That’s why i only ever bought it once or twice, because i dont know whether is it clean.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645064https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645064Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:19:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:18:27 GMT]]>

jtoh:
How do you rinse the ground meat? Just run it under water? But won't that make the meat wet and mushy?

Hi jtoh,

For me, I place the meat in a sieve under running water and rinse it using clean hands. To prevent mushiness, I squeeze the water out.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645061https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645061Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:18:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:14:20 GMT]]>How do you rinse the ground meat? Just run it under water? But won’t that make the meat wet and mushy?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645059https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645059Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:14:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:12:41 GMT]]>Yes I do 😄

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645053https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/645053Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:12:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Do you wash ground meat? on Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:34:52 GMT]]>The butcher does wash the meat before grinding it. I will rinse it again before cooking.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/644744https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/644744Fri, 25 Nov 2011 09:34:52 GMT