Why do some people like grease so much? I’m eating hamburger helper right now and I tried pouring as much of this shit out as I could but I just tilted the bowl again and holy fuck there’s still so much grease. I always hear people say “that’s the good stuff” while I’m dabbing it off my pizza and it disgusts me.

What are your thoughts on grease?

>>21502982 (OP)
all the flavor is in there, real greaseball shit

>>21502982 (OP)
add more water and stir and it will homogenize, u should have plenty of binder in there
when probably bound it wont be perceived nearly as "greasy" as you see it there
it's a side effect of inexperienced cooks
my ground taco meat improved drastically when i learned how to keep all the fat and make it a consistent porridge texture without grease breaking out
one technique i like especially for meat slops like this is to add a few tablespoons (doubt you'll ever need more than a cup) of textured vegetable protein fine crumbles. you can even grind it up into powder if you want
it lets you bind fat and juices/water together much more easily. you'd be using it like you would flour
you can add flour as well but too much flour changes the texture of the slop as well, i find tvp (textured vegetable protein) doesn't alter the flavor/profile in a negative way until it starts to exceed like 30% of the mass of real meat you started with

>>21503004
so to recap; textured vegetable protein is a nice tool in the kitchen because:
>it reduces the need to clean up fat/oil draining
>it increases the volume of your "food" by helping bind excess fat, with water, together, into a passable gravy
>it has a neutral taste and can be used in a variety of meat sauce reductions this way
>saves money, you get more out of your cooking

>>21502982 (OP)
you are a closeted homo sexual.

>>21503004
>>21503013
This was an interesting read. Thank you for the advice, although I didn’t personally make this hamburger helper. My mom made it. I’ve actually never made hamburger helper myself(I’m not even the biggest fan of the stuff). My mom has made this stuff probably a thousand times but then again she’s the kinda person who says this >>21502984 unironically so I doubt she’s gonna change her recipe

Out of curiosity though, what brand of that textured vegetable protein do you use?

>>21502984
Fat is flavor, nuthin you can do about it

>>21502982 (OP)
you need to use leaner ground beef freak

>>21502982 (OP)
you need to drain the grease when the beef is by itself, youll never get it out after adding the cheese powders to it

>>21502982 (OP)
I love the grease. It's filling. I'll take yours for mine.

>>21503197

>fat faggot eating fucking hamburger helper acting like he's above a little grease
yea it's liquid fat it's tasty most of us can enjoy it every now and then because we aren't lardasses with one foot in the grave

>>21503202
Lose the pasta and you can have all the fat you want.

>>21503202
ive literally lost a foot to diabetes, please dont be so insensitive

>>21503209
damn, you must be like 4 feet tall now lmao
>t. you

>>21503048
You are a poor piece of shit who can't cook and still lives with your parents. Stop making threads.

>>21503209
Where'd you put it last?

>>21503220
I will continue making threads

>>21503256
how do your parents tolerate having a fat NEET slob living on their property? my dad used to look at me like he wanted to kill me every time i opened the fridge as a kid, and you're just waltzing into your parents home as a grown ass man and cooking slop and generally just being a disgusting embarrassment of a son. something doesn't add up, i hope you aren't taking advantage of your parents poor health or anything. otherwise i might have to get the law involved.

>>21503048
hoosier hill farms

>>21503272
My relationship with my parents as of late has actually been pretty well since I’ve been working again. We finished watching that 5 hour Billy Joel documentary earlier and we all enjoyed it. I didn’t even know he sung like half those songs. I’m sorry about your dad.

>>21503272
His parents love him, yours never loved you apparently

I made chorizo and eggs and it isn't greasy enough.

>>21503448
Uhh down here we call it Conecuh

>>21503297
Are your parents into Billy Joel? If so there’s a recording on YouTube of him doing a concert in Japan a while back with Elton John that’s pretty cool

>>21503664
Yeah my mom especially. They showed a lot of concert footage in the doc of him and Elton John performing together.

>>21502982 (OP)
Use lean ground beef lmao.
Not sure what all the other replies are even saying. You don't get puddles of fat with lean.

>>21502982 (OP)
The only time I like grease is on an NY style slice. Every other form of grease is disgusting.

>>21503683
your mom a ho

Anyone tried this? I saw it while at the store a moment ago and had to buy it

Quesadilla time again

Mom made chili this time

>>21503223
under my tummy fat rolls

>>21504279
Never that kind but the green is amazing. Where you working at now? I remember you were a butcher for awhile

>>21504782
Based mom, that looks super comfy

>>21503048
I make hamburger helper occasionally and have never had grease problems, your mother is a fucking retard and you need to grow up and make your own food.

>>21502982 (OP)
drain the grease you fucking mongoloid

>>21502982 (OP)
>too retarded to drain the grease before mixing all the shit in, can't even follow basic directions on a fucking box that clearly state to do it or common sense that would make you do it

Tripcodes are easily reverse engineered with the same engine you can use to make ones with specific words. I doubt you care, just noting it :)

I don't experience any disgust reaction to the feeling of grease in my mouth and I like the flavour
I don't feel any guilt about eating grease either

>>21504878
Ohh no, not his tripcode!!

>>21504886
Tripfags care, regardless how much you want to pretend otherwise, else they would not use them in the first place. So yes, "oh no, not (your) tripcode!".

>>21503004
>>21503013
>just add soy to your food bro
>its good, promise!

>>21504890
I hate tripfags and namefags but you're somehow a bigger faggot than OP. Go hack his trip instead of making cringe little threats.

I like how it lubricates my innards and makrs me poop good :)

>>21502982 (OP)
I'm ok with grease. If it's a visible pool, I just stir the dish and mix it in. On pizza, I've never cared.

Mayonnaise, on the other hand. I treat mayo the way you treat grease.

>>21504831
I’m working at a completely different grocery store now. Overall the job itself is a bit easier and closer to home but it pays less and I have to be awake at 3am so I go to sleep at like 8 every night now
>>21504971
I don’t eat mayo period

>>21503034
Post your wrist?

>disgustingly obese retard performatively talking about how much they think grease, carbs, soda, fast food etc are gross and inedible
Every time. You should be euthanized and rendered down into candles for hurricane lamps, just to make it so that your life wasn't a complete waste.

>>21502982 (OP)
Why did you cook the living shit out of your pasta

Fuuuuuuck this is gonna be so good

>>21506630
This bread needs chick-fil-a sauce

>>21506671
You mean the fried cheese bites?

>>21502982 (OP)
It doesn't disgust me but it's not like I will have the urge to drink it if someone drains it into a jar. If a food is dripping with it I will not think twice about eating it. The only reason I would try to remove some is so it doesn't drip on my face or clothing.

>>21502982 (OP)
Make your own food retard.
I'm making a spaghetti sauce right now and using only a little bit of olive oil and whatever fat came out of the ground beef.
I'm adding lots of vegetables though to suck it all up, particularly eggplant is very effective for this, it's a real grease sponge.

>>21506697
Your spaghetti sauce is just olive oil and grease? Is it even red?

>>21502982 (OP)
>I’m eating hamburger helper right now and I tried pouring as much of this shit out
"pouring" OMG.
If you know you don't want grease in your browned ground beef crumbles or in a meatloaf or other recipe, buy the 93/7 version from the grocery. You'll drain nothing. It'll be gone.

I woudn't buy the 85/15, not even for grilling burgers. You'll ask for flareups, and extreme shrinkage.

>>21506706
Yes? I added tomatoes.

>>21503004
Yeah, but there are some lower class gremlins who buy 73/27 ground beef and cook it where there plate is literally half grease. Normal ppl strain most of the drippings off after browning and leave just enough behind, or buy leaner ground beef like 85/15.
I get 80/20 chuck and I save the drippings for making yorkshire puddings but I'm just a frugal gourmand.

>>21502982 (OP)
Greesy ass italians enjoy the greese

>>21506746
>using only

>>21504279
i own that same air purifier. do you also find it to be generally useless?
i don't have it in a sealed room so it's kinda cleaning the air for my entire house which is well beyond the range it's suited for. it kicks off hard whenever i cook.

>>21507081
I’m not really sure if I’d call it useless but hell idk..the filter gets nasty as fuck every now and then and needs replacing so it must be doing something. Anytime I clean my PC on the opposite side of the room it usually kicks on so maybe it is working pretty well. I bought it for back when I smoked cigs up here years ago but don’t anymore.

This “odor” light has been at least a couple years

>>21507089
>This “odor” light has been at least a couple years
hold the filter reset button down for 8 seconds. (the manual doesn't explain how to do this) mine does the same thing.

it's not an actual "odor" sensor, i believe it's a light indicator to change the carbon black pre-filter and/or to clean the pre-filter, and it's on a timer circuit the same as the "change HEPA filter" indicator light. i think the "odor" label was just a mistranslation. both lights come on every six months, with or without the presence of odor, which is how often the manufacturer recommends changing the filters (scam). they recommend cleaning the pre-filter something like every 3 weeks so the light comes on a lot sooner than the HEPA light.

you can actually just brush the dust off your carbon filter and keep using it. HEPA filters do get clogged and lose efficiency after a while, but i don't believe my third-party filters are actually true HEPA as they claim, and this as always depends on how dirty the room air is (connected to outdoor foot traffic? live near active construction or dirt roads?) so i tend to keep using them for over a year.

>>21506760
I don't see how that is possible because 73 and 27 doesn't add up to 100%.

>>21502982 (OP)
>I tried pouring as much of this shit out as I could
clearly a skill issue. either buy lean ground beef or just use a sheet or two of paper towel to collect all the grease next time. no, it won't catch on fire, grow up.

>>21507106
Not gonna lie man, I don’t even buy new HEPA filters for it, I just take it out and spray the fuck outta it and squirt lots of Dawn all over it and let it sit out and dry in the sun for a day or two and put it back in

>>21502982 (OP)
Nigger you're eating hamburger helper and you think you can be picky about how greasy your food is?

>>21507142
Different anon but that’s probably fine at least once, but with the HEPA filter itself if the filter membrane, glue, or seals get compromised it won’t work as well. If you ever feel like swapping out there’s a comparable Winix (Korean company) model at Costco that occasionally goes on sale for $100, but it comes with enough spare HEPA and carbon filters to last at least 2 years, and Costco sometimes has the replacement filters for sale online for $60 for at least 2 years worth of replacements.

I leave mine on full blast (white noise for the bedroom) and it’s been good like that for years.

>>21502982 (OP)
I like saving all my grease in the freezer to deep fry french fries with.

>>21507391
I saw a lot of cheap ass temu HEPA filters that are supposed to fit it but idk how long they last compared to the real ones. I might look into that one you mentioned

>>21502982 (OP)
You are supposed to fry the ground beef then separate the greese from beef. I use a bowl shaped metal mesh strainer over the sink and either pour it into dixie cups or a yogurt container and then toss that it in the trash. The greese is hot so if you try to pour it directly into the trash it could melt the bottom of the bag, which causes it to leak or worse when you have to go throw it away. Anyways once the beef is free of the greese you can toss it back into your pot where you mix in the mac and spices and whatnot and simmer it.

However, like others have mentioned it is possible to use a little bit of the grease. I personally hate it if its heavy on it.

>>21503190
this

>>21502982 (OP)
>while I’m dabbing it off my pizza
Gotta make sure you don't get it on your covers along with the AIDs right OP?

>>21507990
Is there any possible nice way to ask my mom next time she makes hamburger helper to drain the beef grease? She sorta gets really passive aggressive and kinda pissed if I ever ask her to alter her cooking in any way

Todays lunch is poppin(I am at work and these are free for people)

>>21508155
You are asking how to talk to someone in a non-inflammatory manner on 4chan. Think about that for a second.

>>21508176
Should I call her a nigger then?

>>21502982 (OP)
Paper towel master race here.

You take a doubled over pair of paper towels and put them on a plate. Then you take that hamburger you drained and spread it out on the towel. Then you come at it with another paper towel to sop up any excess.

This creates a huge textural difference for all my sensorylets out there.

>>21508213
>This creates a huge textural difference for all my sensorylets out there.
How does it effect the texture?

>>21508214
Sometimes when you cook with the cheaper hamburger there is this forcefield of rapidly congealing grease surrounding every morsel.