Why do the burgers from Tesco, Aldi taste like s**t?

whisky_galore · 19-06-2021 02:30PM

Motivator wrote: »

What a lazy and ignorant comment to make. You do realise the incredibly high standards that all retailers had to adopt after what happened back in 2013? All suppliers are audited several times a year and would you believe, the processors even put the ingredients on the label!

Chicken nuggets and the beloved chicken "fillet" (lol) are mechanically recovered odds and sods, bulked out with other additives, mixed into a bright pink slurry if you want to call it that and then formed into shapes for cooking and consumption.

Bon appetite.

Bass Reeves · 19-06-2021 02:35PM

iamstop wrote: »

Hands down the best burger you can buy (Canada)
https://www.presidentschoice.ca/product/pc-portobello-swiss-burger/20941351_EA

Hands down the best sausages you can get in Ireland:
https://lindamccartneyfoods.co.uk/our-food/frozen-range/vegetarian-sausages

I tried them both they were tasteless tripe.....the dog wouldn't even eat them and it's a Springer spaniel and they are hungry dogs. It just smelled them and walked 20-30 feet away it then turned around and looked at me with disappointed eyes

dxhound2005 · 19-06-2021 02:57PM

Minced beef from a butcher simply formed into a burger and fried or grilled would be very bland. So the great results being obtained must be down in part to the nature of the additives people are using.

Suckler · 19-06-2021 03:18PM

iamstop wrote: »

Hands down the best burger you can buy (Canada)
https://www.presidentschoice.ca/product/pc-portobello-swiss-burger/20941351_EA

Hands down the best sausages you can get in Ireland:
https://lindamccartneyfoods.co.uk/our-food/frozen-range/vegetarian-sausages

Hands down....shoehorning an agenda in.

B.A._Baracus · 19-06-2021 03:21PM

Aldis frozen burgers are not the worst but the chilled burgers aren't nice. Some sort of pepper they add to them.

Darc19 · 19-06-2021 03:36PM

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Next you’ll be telling me the fart smell you get when you open cooked ham packets is a sign of good “quality” meat, not something that was, at one point, all a paste and formed to look like an actual slice of ham. .

You should educate yourself on this before making a stupid comment.

The odor coming from vacuum packed meats is a type of harmless bacteria that you normally would never smell if it was mixed with oxygen.

As the vacuum process which gives it a longer shelf life takes the oxygen out, the odor of that bacteria is more pronounced for a few seconds after opening a packet.

Doesn't matter if it's cheap picnic ham or free range breast of chicken.

19-06-2021 03:39PM

Deleted User wrote:

Its same meat geos into a mackers burger

I don't think so Tim

xhomelezz · 19-06-2021 03:41PM

RossGeller wrote: »

I can't be the only one who thinks this.

It's much nicer to just buy the mince and make your own.

Or make your own mince. And the burgers.

19-06-2021 03:42PM

iamstop wrote:

Hands down the best sausages you can get in Ireland:

Respectfully there is no such thing as a vegetarian sausage despite what they claim on the box

MissShihTzu · 19-06-2021 03:42PM

You know the meat from Tesco's is sh1te when even the cat and dog refuse to touch it!

B.A._Baracus · 19-06-2021 03:44PM

You haven't lived until you've had a soylent green burger. But the taste varies from person to person.

I'll get my coat

ClosedAccountFuzzy · 19-06-2021 03:46PM

Do you remember the ones they had in the 1990s that looked like some kind of heat proof coasters or maybe an abrasive pad to be fitted to a drill?

Beechwoodspark · 19-06-2021 03:51PM

ablelocks wrote: »

the rib steak burgers in aldi are decent.

+1

Very nice indeed

ongarite · 19-06-2021 04:38PM

The Aldi Rib Steak Smoked Oak & 3 Chilli burgers are really good.

EmmetSpiceland · 19-06-2021 04:42PM

Darc19 wrote: »

You should educate yourself on this before making a stupid comment.

The odor coming from vacuum packed meats is a type of harmless bacteria that you normally would never smell if it was mixed with oxygen.

As the vacuum process which gives it a longer shelf life takes the oxygen out, the odor of that bacteria is more pronounced for a few seconds after opening a packet.

Doesn't matter if it's cheap picnic ham or free range breast of chicken.

Nothing stupid about what I said there, chief. I’m well aware of what the smell is and how it’s produced and, as you’ve clearly pointed out yourself, it’s not an indicator of “quality”.

The “meat slurry” lobby is out in force, it would seem. Praising all the quality, choice, cuts in all their emulsified glory.

19-06-2021 04:59PM

The secret to tasty burgers is loads of fat, salt, and msg.

fussyonion · 19-06-2021 10:08PM

The Homestyle Quarter Pounders from Lidl are quite tasty and the Angus ones in the black box in Aldi are nice too.
Too many burger snobs around. Nobody was snobby about frozen burgers years ago.

whisky_galore · 19-06-2021 10:32PM

fussyonion wrote: »

Too many burger snobs around. Nobody was snobby about frozen burgers years ago.

Because we ate any old shyte.
Grey frozen burgers
Frozen pizza with rubber toppings
Rubbery Calvita cheese

Now we eat shyte if theres enough flavourings, fat or sugar to mask the shiittyness

pioneerpro · 19-06-2021 10:38PM

fussyonion wrote: »

Nobody was snobby about frozen burgers years ago.

Yeah, and I remember what constituted a 'curry' or 'pizza' in the 90s as well.

Never again in my lifetime.

Ninap · 19-06-2021 10:43PM

Lot of posters saying ‘make your own’ with no reference to the type of minced beef to use. Cheap mince is crap. Whereas freshly minced rib steak is great. And how you cook it has a huge influence too. A charcoal grill will impart a lot of flavour.

YFlyer · 19-06-2021 11:13PM

Aldi bean burgers are great.

EltonJohn69 · 19-06-2021 11:15PM

I worked in Tesco before, most of the meat products are made from rats or a combination of old shoes and tarmac

dxhound2005 · 19-06-2021 11:27PM

Ninap wrote: »

Lot of posters saying ‘make your own’ with no reference to the type of minced beef to use. Cheap mince is crap. Whereas freshly minced rib steak is great. And how you cook it has a huge influence too. A charcoal grill will impart a lot of flavour.

They should also remember to have no less than 20% fat in the mince. This is from the BBC.

You want your burger to remain juicy so avoid going too lean. Choose a standard minced meat (usually around 20 % fat) or if you are set on leaner cuisine then 10 % fat is ok, don’t go for less. Beef is the typical meat used in burgers but you could use lamb or pork, or a mixture of beef and pork.

Bob24 · 19-06-2021 11:39PM

iamstop wrote: »

Hands down the best burger you can buy (Canada)
https://www.presidentschoice.ca/product/pc-portobello-swiss-burger/20941351_EA

Hands down the best sausages you can get in Ireland:
https://lindamccartneyfoods.co.uk/our-food/frozen-range/vegetarian-sausages

With a great non-alcoholic beer and some excellent gluten-free buns, I am sure those would hands down constitute the most pleasure-free meal one can cook ;-)

LessOutragePlz · 19-06-2021 11:41PM

Try these Aldi burgers, I think they're delicious the nicest store bought burgers I've ever had.

https://groceries.aldi.ie/en-GB/ALDIIE/p-tipperary-dry-aged-black-angus-beef-6oz-rib-steak-burgers-with-dry-cured-bacon-medallion-topped-with-smokehouse-cheddar-cheese-m/4088600403243

DellyBelly · 19-06-2021 11:42PM

EltonJohn69 wrote: »

I worked in Tesco before, most of the meat products are made from rats or a combination of old shoes and tarmac

I really call bs on that.. There is no way Tesco would get away with that..

dxhound2005 · 19-06-2021 11:45PM

DellyBelly wrote: »

I really call bs on that.. There is no way Tesco would get away with that..

They only use organic rats.

EmmetSpiceland · 19-06-2021 11:46PM

DellyBelly wrote: »

I really call bs on that.. There is no way Tesco would get away with that..

Which part? The rat? Old shoes? Or the tarmac?

passatman86 · 19-06-2021 11:47PM

Ive often got the dunnes brand large pepper burgers and thought they are nice.. 4pk

Bass Reeves · 20-06-2021 12:20AM

YFlyer wrote: »

Aldi bean burgers are great.

Dog will not eat them either

Why do the burgers from Tesco, Aldi taste like s**t?

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