Ground Beef Troubles? Help, Anyone!

[oceangirl]

Hi,

I wonder if anyone has had issues with gound beef as opposed to steak? Meaning- is it possible they use the machines on other things that may pose cc issues? I have a vague correlation with ground beef- eating and feeling glutened. I only eat meat from a farm in Maine that uses no antibiotics or growth hormones and la, la... Thank you in advance!

lisa

[Felidae]

If you had a butcher or a fancy Kitchen Aid machine, you could grind up a steak and then you would know if it was simply the cut of meat that is affecting you. It could also be cc, but I'm not sure how you could test that.

[psawyer]

Prepared beef patties frequently have wheat as a binder to hold them together. But if you are buying ground beef (not pre-formed patties) from a butcher, or in the meat department at your grocery store, they should be 100% beef and nothing else. Cross-contamination from another type of meat is conceivable, but nothing containing gluten should ever be put through the meat grinder.

I use ground beef from the supermarket all the time and have never had a problem.

[oceangirl]

Prepared beef patties frequently have wheat as a binder to hold them together. But if you are buying ground beef (not pre-formed patties) from a butcher, or in the meat department at your grocery store, they should be 100% beef and nothing else. Cross-contamination from another type of meat is conceivable, but nothing containing gluten should ever be put through the meat grinder.

I use ground beef from the supermarket all the time and have never had a problem.

Thank you both very much! I guess it must be something else- the search continues!

Be well.

lisa

[kabowman]

I have a problem with the stryofoam the meat department uses for their meat. I have no problems with the styrofoam from the packaged chicken I buy, only the one meat department ones. I am not really sure so I now only go to the meat counter for any store meat and have them put it in cardboard. Or, I did until they were acting put out so now I go to a butcher shop and have no problems with them at all. Either way, that solved my problem.

[lpellegr]

I have an old cookbook that suggests cleaning your home meat grinder by putting bread through it to clean out the last of the meat. I doubt a commercial butcher would do that, but you never know.....

[oceangirl]

I have an old cookbook that suggests cleaning your home meat grinder by putting bread through it to clean out the last of the meat. I doubt a commercial butcher would do that, but you never know.....

Kate and Ipelligr

That is very interesting- I am going to check into both things and thank you very much!

lisa

[Pilgrim South]

Hi,

I wonder if anyone has had issues with gound beef as opposed to steak? Meaning- is it possible they use the machines on other things that may pose cc issues? I have a vague correlation with ground beef- eating and feeling glutened. I only eat meat from a farm in Maine that uses no antibiotics or growth hormones and la, la... Thank you in advance!

lisa

Its possible that you may be having similar gluten symptoms, that are really "digestive" symptoms from the fat in hamburger. Most celiacs have problems digesting fats. I know I have trouble and the symptoms are quiet similar to when I get into gluten. I take very good digestive enzymes, this eliminates those symptoms. Does it happen "every" time you eat hamburger? Or just sometimes? I know, personally, I digest whole foods hamburger better than I do Wild Oats. I have no idea why and Whole Foods tastes better. We never know what they do to our meat behind closed doors do we? Hope you get it figured out!

[ravenwoodglass]

I used to get mystery glutenings a lot when I shopped at a small grocery store in my town. I could never figure out why until the day I looked through the open door and saw the butcher sitting at a stool at the butcher block having his lunch. I now buy my meat and produce only from the larger chain store in town. They have a lunch room for their employees and eating in the meat and vegatable dept themselves is forbidden.