{"id":16067,"date":"2016-05-03T11:49:02","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T16:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=16067"},"modified":"2016-05-03T11:49:02","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T16:49:02","slug":"trader-joes-angus-burger-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=16067","title":{"rendered":"Trader Joes Angus Burger Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Trader<\/a>I keep searching for a frozen burger patty that meets with my personal tastes. They come in a few different forms, raw patties on their own, pre-cooked patties, or a complete pre-cooked hamburger sandwich.<\/p>\n

I’ve previously tried Ball Park<\/a>, Steak & Shake<\/a>, Fatburger<\/a>, White Castle, Advance Pierre<\/a>, Trader Joe’s “Kobe Style,” some various store brands<\/a>. None of them really moved me, except the TJ’s \u201cKobe,\u201d was flavorful and lean. For a heat and eat, if you want to give your kids a burger in a minute, the Ball Park brand ones are pretty good. They have a bit of smoky flavor built in to emulate grilling.<\/p>\n

The Trader Joe’s Grass Fed Angus Burger is what I picked up today, four to a package, four to a pound, packaged in twos, $4.99 on sale. So they are \u201cspendy\u201d as are all the ones I have previously mentioned.<\/p>\n

Trader Joe’s sets their own product standards and doles out production to contract manufacturers all over the world. Most of the products I’ve purchased from TJs have been ultra-satisfactory, but priced a bit higher than equivalents.<\/p>\n

First off, with this product, or any beef, it should not be perceived that the word \u201cAngus\u201d denotes any premium; most of the beef cattle in the US are \u201cAngus\u201d You’ll also occasionally see a label and logo that says \u201cCertified Angus,\u201d and this is merely a marketing term for a collective of growers who raise or purchase cattle that meets their own set of standards.<\/p>\n

Should quality be a true concern, you should only look for beef with the USDA grades on them, which are select, choice, or prime. Each of these grades have subgrades. Most grocery beef comes from the choice category. To add to the confusion, the USDA grades are applied to whole carcasses, not to individual cuts.<\/p>\n

But we’re talking about burgers, and you won’t see graded ground beef (usually) at the grocery. If you’re feeling finicky, grab graded steaks and have the butcher grind them for you. You’ll be happiest with a blend of 2-3 different cuts. Many people prefer a blend of chuck, brisket and and round. If you want your blend to be a little fattier, substitute short rib or navel cuts. \u00a0Have them run it through the grinder twice for the right burger texture.<\/p>\n

The Trader Joe’s Grass Fed Angus burgers are a product of New Zealand (country of origin of the beef) but processed by a small company in Brooklyn called Papa Pasquale’s<\/a>\u00a0 (according to the USDA factory number) (pictured below). The patties \u00a0are an 80\/20 blend, and the content listing says \u201cgrass fed Angus beef.\u201d Period.<\/p>\n

I think you’ll have more favorable results if you thaw these patties. Most raw pre-formed frozen patties have the same instructions, cook on one side til blood comes thru the top side, flip and cook until there is no blood showing.<\/p>\n

So I did. I also didn’t season the burger or add condiments. For my own personal taste, this is an excellent burger. Why? It tastes like BEEF. And when\/why I say that about meat products, I’m talking about beef (or pork) you ate at somebody’s farm. Chefs call that quality \u201cgaminess,\u201d which has a somewhat undesirable meaning to most of the culture.<\/p>\n

But it’s a good word. Beef (and pork) should taste like animals. Most product meat proteins don’t anymore.<\/p>\n

But if that taste is your thing, too, you’ll like these burgers. \u00a0Great flavor, great texture.<\/p>\n

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I keep searching for a frozen burger patty that meets with my personal tastes. They come in a few different forms, raw patties on their own, pre-cooked patties, or a complete pre-cooked hamburger sandwich. I’ve previously tried Ball Park, Steak & Shake, Fatburger, White Castle, Advance Pierre, Trader Joe’s “Kobe Style,” some various store brands.… Continue reading Trader Joes Angus Burger Review<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,12,13,16],"tags":[1490,3543],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16067"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}