M & Ms
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It looks great. Also looks like it would be fairly easy to put together. We just bought a new barbeque at the end of last season. The barbeque we bought will probably do fine for the six or seven people we would normally get. That one would feed a crowd.
Karrie. M&M sells meat out of over 400 shops in Canada. They are a successful Canadian company. What else would you call them? Are you saying their meat is unhealthy or something? My only complaint is that they are a little expensive. I use them only for specialty items.
I've never even once heard anyone refer to M&M's as a butcher shop. Where would this place be that it's common?
Anywhere I've ever lived "the butcher's" is a place where a guy's behind the counter or in a back room cutting meat. On the premises.
M&M's is a frozen foods store.
Anywhere I've ever lived "the butcher's" is a place where a guy's behind the counter or in a back room cutting meat. On the premises.
M&M's is a frozen foods store.
Not all of it, but a great lot of it, yes. It's one of the least cost effective and least healthy ways to buy meat for a family.
Yup.
Buying frozen meat from a company the size of M&Ms must be fairly safe. Surely if they had a health problem we'd all know about it. With four hundred and thirty odd stores in Canada they sure as hell wouldn't want any bad publicity from selling tainted meat. Since we haven't heard about any problems, they must be doing a good job.
If M&Ms don't cut meat and all they do is take cuts, wrap it and freeze it, it ain't a butcher shop. A butcher shop is the next step after the abattoir and takes sides, whole carcasses, etc. and cuts, grinds, and adds spices and otherwise processes meat (including wrapping and selling).
M&M isn't a butcher.... Karrie helped me with chicken recipes because I am to the point of not liking the added salt in M&M. We know someone fairly high up in the company as their HO is here in the KW area and we have been whining and crying to him about the sodium in the chicken. His response is that they HAVE cut down the amount of sodium in the chicken but when they cut it down further they lost their client base. I don't know if that is true. What I do know is that once the chicken is left in my freezer for a bit it incurs freezer burn fairly fast and tastes gross.
I find their chicken prices good actually compared to the boneless, skinless, grain-fed air cooled that I now buy. However I can eat a whole M&M chicken breast whereas the grocery store ones will feed me twice so in the long run might prove cheaper.
Karrie: I am getting better at cooking them. At first I cooked way too long and they were dry and gross. Now I marinate them in oil, wine and Mrs. Dash non salt spices for at least four hours, throw them in the oven for about a half hour and they taste good. Thanks for the coaching.
M&M isn't a butcher.... Karrie helped me with chicken recipes because I am to the point of not liking the added salt in M&M. We know someone fairly high up in the company as their HO is here in the KW area and we have been whining and crying to him about the sodium in the chicken. His response is that they HAVE cut down the amount of sodium in the chicken but when they cut it down further they lost their client base. I don't know if that is true. What I do know is that once the chicken is left in my freezer for a bit it incurs freezer burn fairly fast and tastes gross.
I find their chicken prices good actually compared to the boneless, skinless, grain-fed air cooled that I now buy. However I can eat a whole M&M chicken breast whereas the grocery store ones will feed me twice so in the long run might prove cheaper.
Karrie: I am getting better at cooking them. At first I cooked way too long and they were dry and gross. Now I marinate them in oil, wine and Mrs. Dash non salt spices for at least four hours, throw them in the oven for about a half hour and they taste good. Thanks for the coaching.
I use freezer bag as they are large when bulk marinating chicken legs.
I said processed, not tainted. The salt, sugar, and preservative levels in their prepared foods are insane. It's why they taste good, why they keep well, and why people keep buying them. It doesn't make it 'good for you'.
me too, just because freezer bags allow me to easily flip them so the marinade reaches all parts of the breast. I won't eat dark meat it tastes too gamey for me.
M&M isn't a butcher.... Karrie helped me with chicken recipes because I am to the point of not liking the added salt in M&M. We know someone fairly high up in the company as their HO is here in the KW area and we have been whining and crying to him about the sodium in the chicken. His response is that they HAVE cut down the amount of sodium in the chicken but when they cut it down further they lost their client base. I don't know if that is true. What I do know is that once the chicken is left in my freezer for a bit it incurs freezer burn fairly fast and tastes gross.
I find their chicken prices good actually compared to the boneless, skinless, grain-fed air cooled that I now buy. However I can eat a whole M&M chicken breast whereas the grocery store ones will feed me twice so in the long run might prove cheaper.
Karrie: I am getting better at cooking them. At first I cooked way too long and they were dry and gross. Now I marinate them in oil, wine and Mrs. Dash non salt spices for at least four hours, throw them in the oven for about a half hour and they taste good. Thanks for the coaching.
Try freezing them in your marinade to cut down on 'thought time'.
Levels of salt, sugar, and preservatives are insane? According to whom? Which preservatives? What do you know about preservatives. I just don't believe these levels are as "insane", as you say, or they wouldn't be selling the stuff.
Processed foods in general are bad for you. Buying them, relying on them, on a regular basis is bad for your health. So I don't shop at M&M. Also, I can get most of their stuff cheaper at Wholesale Club if I wanted, where I can also get unbrined meats, fresh veggies, etc.
I'm sure the levels aren't insane, but as a rule it's best to stay away from as much in the way of additives and preservatives as possible. Cooking your own, from unprocessed "raw materials", is the best way to go, I think.
Not that I don't buy processed food, but I try to be aware just how much of it I'm buying and I try to limit it.
I hate to say it, but I don't even know where to find an M&M Meats locally
at this point....but I do know how to follow my nose (especially when the
humidity is up, & the wind is blowing gently from the west) due to this:
...found out in the alley behind the Ukrainian Co-op two blocks from my
home. That leads to these:
...coming out of the smoker hot & ready to eat five days a week about
noon or so. It's just Heavenly!!!
at this point....but I do know how to follow my nose (especially when the
humidity is up, & the wind is blowing gently from the west) due to this:
...found out in the alley behind the Ukrainian Co-op two blocks from my
home. That leads to these:
...coming out of the smoker hot & ready to eat five days a week about
noon or so. It's just Heavenly!!!
If I hadn't been traveling with my parents on my trip to the U of R convocation ceremonies Ron, I'd have called you up while I was in town. Now, I'll HAVE to if you know where to get good Ukrainian sausage
With over 73 years to its name and no signs of stopping, the Ukrainian Co-op has long been one of
Regina’s commercial and cultural landmarks. The co-op has come a long way since its founding in
1936, with three moves and four expansions, but has retained its relationship with the community
along with consistent annual profits.
The store offers a wide range of specialty meats, with over 100 types of sausage.
You and me both. I've had heart surgery so I am particularly aware of what I'm eating. When I had the heart attack my cholesterol was very low....who knows?