"Kent" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>>> On Wed, 16 May 2012 20:48:02 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
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>>>> When did they change it? Or do they carry more than one kind now? I
>>>> bought
>>>> some a few weeks back and noticed that the packaging is different. But
>>>> the
>>>> meat was fine.
>>>
>>> What did they say when you called them? CostCo carries different
>>> brands in different markets.
>>>
>>> So it's 85% lean now. What was it before? if you don't know that,
>>> then, well....
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>> I didn't call them. I am not sure what it was before. But I think
>> somewhere in the 90%.
>>
> I think "normal" ground beef is 20% fat. A restaurant "gourmet"
> hamburger is usually 20% fat. A lean ground beef hamburger is too dry and
> lacks flavor. Always go for 20% and make sure the beef is ground on site.
> Costco's hamburger is.

I don't believe this is ground on site. This is the organic.