So this is what it looks like when I cook 80/20 Wegmans ground beef.
It has just as much liquid, but the liquid is yellowish and has particulate matter in it, and is bubbling right along. And when I mix it back in with the meat and actually sticks to the meat.
Unlike the Walmart which kind of slithered out of the meat and just lay there inert and was clear.
Now I’m going to add cheese and stir it all up Yum Yum Yum.
I was buying the tubes of meat (for easier storage in the fridge) but I found them to be really gross like this, as well. Our Walmart sells them for $4.50 for the 1 pound tubes and $13 for the 3 pound. I still have some in the freezer that I will use up for the family (but not for me) because I think they must have something in them, as you have all been mentioning above.
I have been eating the rest of my beef from our last meat order (2017). My kids refuse to eat this (as they say it is expired) but to me it tastes great, and there is nothing wrong with it. That meat is grain fed, from beef that were never injected with any steroids, (our friends are strict about this). It is very delicious meat, but I cannot afford to buy it anymore, unfortunately (as they only sell it in quarters or halves). They used to sell me large chickens and eggs back then as well, all amazing tasting, superb quality.
I ended up draining off the excess fat anyway, because it wouldn’t mix in with the burger and melted cheese. Next time I’ll buy 9/10 and depend on the cheese for the fat.
Breaking 20 hr fast with this.
I think if we buy the ground beef that is in the packages that the butchers make up instead of the tubes, that that might be okay. I checked the prices of meat at Costco on Friday night, and everything was really expensive. Maybe Costco in the States has better deals on it then our Costco’s in Canada do? I am not sure, but I didn’t find any deals.
At Costco (US), the sealed organic ground beef packs are $20 for 4 lb ($5 / lb). Those are the ones that come in 3 separate packs of 1 1/3 lbs. The frozen 1 lb “chubs” are $2.65 / lb I think. Those prices have been stable for a few years.
Our local Kroger adds rosemary and other additives to their tray ground beef packages, and nothing to their chubs, so I buy the chubs. It pays to read the labels for anything we buy.
OMG! 
That’s the best part, I would have saved it to cook with and eat later!
I always get the fattiest meat I can get and it’s cheaper and the best meat of any meat.
I buy ground beef from a supermarket where it is fresh ground by the butcher shop there on premises. I don’t shop at Wal-Mart myself.
