I'm on a Diabetic course and one of the ladies was telling the class when she cooks mince, she browns it then strains it to remove the fat, then runs it under the hot tap before putting it back in the pan to reheats it before adding sauce!!!. I have never heard of this being done, has anyone else done this.

pollypanner - 2019-08-21 09:21:00

What utter rubbish!!!!! if you use a heavy bottom pot or pan and have it on a high heat and brown a LITTLE mince at a time there is no fat to drain..its when you add all the mince together it lowers the heat and it stews !!!!

petal1955 - 2019-08-21 09:29:00

Dont add any oil.enough fat in the mince to brown

petal1955 - 2019-08-21 09:30:00

That's a silly thing to do and dates back to the old belief that animal fat is unhealthy. Beef fat is a good thing and carries flavour as well as nutrients. Leave it in!

davidt4 - 2019-08-21 09:30:00

Just use a nice piece of Rump steak for protein - instead of mince. Fat free.

fruitbat - 2019-08-21 09:37:00

I've drained the fat off mince before (if it was swimming in it) there will still be plenty of flavour and some fat even after a quick drain. But rinsing in water?! That's a definite NOPE.

cinderellagowns - 2019-08-21 12:44:00

pollypanner wrote:

I'm on a Diabetic course and one of the ladies was telling the class when she cooks mince, she browns it then strains it to remove the fat, then runs it under the hot tap before putting it back in the pan to reheats it before adding sauce!!!. .

I drain excess fat if there is any, but don't rinse it.
Diabetic course? Oh yeah the usual dietician don't eat fat advice.
Do yourself a favour and leave.
What you need to watch is carbs, no sugar and limit things made from flour.

lythande1 - 2019-08-21 12:45:00

Could cook it once, leave to go cold then take off the set fat. Usually easier done day before eating. Mum always took off the fat then recooked adding seasoning etc. Rinsing under tap would remove most of everything out of it and would taste like nothing!

sla11 - 2019-08-21 16:40:00

sla11 wrote:

Could cook it once, leave to go cold then take off the set fat. Usually easier done day before eating. Mum always took off the fat then recooked adding seasoning etc. Rinsing under tap would remove most of everything out of it and would taste like nothing!

This. In fact you can cook it all with everything you want in it. Then just drain the liquid into a glass jug or bowl and pop the mince and the drained liquid into the fridge overnight. The fat will set on top of the mince - ALL OF IT. Take it off and put the liquid back into the mince to reheat. You will have a lovely, fat free pot of mince, which is what you want I take it.

Personally, I am with davidt4. All the flavour is in the mince but if you still wrongly believe that mince is the culprit and not the grains (rice, bread, etc) or high starch staple (potato) then this is the best way forward for you.

buzzy110 - 2019-08-21 16:50:00

Blow. I meant "all the flavour is in the fat". and "but if you still wrongly believe that fat is the culprit..."

Duh.

buzzy110 - 2019-08-21 17:34:00

If you buy good quality mince there is very little fat when you cook it.

cleo444 - 2019-08-21 17:41:00

cleo444 wrote:

If you buy good quality mince there is very little fat when you cook it.

this.

benthecat - 2019-08-24 20:54:00

Had a lean fat free burger at a flash restaurant.
$22 about 5 years ago.
Couldn't eat it, it was tasteless and chewy.
Even our son couldn't stomach it, late teen and ate anything.
Staff didn't even ask if all was right when they took half a burger back at end of service.
Th wife wouldn't let me say anything, as it was a friends birthday shout.

smallwoods - 2019-08-24 21:22:00

pollypanner wrote:

I'm on a Diabetic course and one of the ladies was telling the class when she cooks mince, she browns it then strains it to remove the fat, then runs it under the hot tap before putting it back in the pan to reheats it before adding sauce!!!. I have never heard of this being done, has anyone else done this.

You might as well chew on a bit of old cardboard, how tasteless!

rainrain1 - 2019-08-25 07:54:00

pollypanner wrote:

I'm on a Diabetic course and one of the ladies was telling the class when she cooks mince, she browns it then strains it to remove the fat, then runs it under the hot tap before putting it back in the pan to reheats it before adding sauce!!!. I have never heard of this being done, has anyone else done this.

Stuff news has a couple of articles by John McCrone regarding diet and diabetes. I would encourage everyone to read it and recommend watching “the magic pill” on Netflix too.

Good on you for questioning the advice you were offered pollypanner. I wish you well...????

lovelurking - 2019-08-25 08:30:00

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jupiter71 - 2019-08-25 09:12:00

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Pardon? I missed that! ???? ???? ????

lovelurking - 2019-08-25 09:26:00

Reminds of a lady I once knew who was on a WW diet, she used to wash the tinned fish in a sieve before she ate it.

rainrain1 - 2019-08-25 09:29:00

rainrain1 wrote:

Reminds of a lady I once knew who was on a WW diet, she used to wash the tinned fish in a sieve before she ate it.

tinned fish is brinded in nitrates, nitrates give you cancer. Same applies to tender basted anything especially chickens, eating your way to cancer. Nitrates are banned but still in nz they are used to extend shelf life.

gabbysnana - 2019-08-25 11:16:00

Don't Vegans get cancer? More people die from sepsis in NZ than from bowel, breast and one other cancer I can't remember as was reported on a Health Programme a few days ago.

kacy5 - 2019-08-25 11:24:00

I don't have a tin of salmon or tuna at present but I would never buy them if they had nitrates in it. The ingredients label on the tins of sardines I have reads - sardines, sunflower oil and salt.

Nitrates can be called mineral salt, nitrate or nitrite rather than just salt.

Washing tinned fish is just wrong. I hate the way low fat diets condemn their adherents to ghastly, tasteless, less nutritious food that requires sugar or spices to enhance them.

buzzy110 - 2019-08-25 11:25:00

gabbysnana wrote:

tinned fish is brinded in nitrates, nitrates give you cancer. Same applies to tender basted anything especially chickens, eating your way to cancer. Nitrates are banned but still in nz they are used to extend shelf life.

What a load of silly misleading nonsense.

rainrain1 - 2019-08-25 11:29:00

rainrain1 wrote:

What a load of silly misleading nonsense.

But they are allowed to breath and breed.

smallwoods - 2019-08-25 12:09:00