Fat - The Poll

[mrsfran]

I suspect that when some people say they don't like the fat on some meats, such as in steaks, they're mistaking sinew for fat. The tough stringy bits in a steak aren't fat, they're sinews.

 

[Biddlybee]

My mistake, I thought the that when they looked marbled it was fat

 

[mrsfran]

My mistake, I thought the that when they looked marbled it was fat

Some of it is. The stuff that melts. But when it's tough and sinew-y, it's sinew

 

[marty21]

crispy bacon, yes
port scratchings, yes
crackling, yes

any other fat - left at the side of the plate

 

[Kanda]

I suspect that when some people say they don't like the fat on some meats, such as in steaks, they're mistaking sinew for fat. The tough stringy bits in a steak aren't fat, they're sinews.

No, they're not.

This is a marbled ribeye:

 

[Daniel]

I like most meat fat, some I eat a bit and realise I can't eat too much of it.

Bacon fat is pretty awesome imo

 

[pengaleng]

cut the fat off everything, bleurrrgh.

I think it's more psychological though like if I eat fat then I'll get fat. lol

 

[pengaleng]

Who would go through a steak and cut round all the tiny slithers of fat though??

I would!!! and have!!!

 

[madzone]

No, they're not.

This is a marbled ribeye:

You're fucking obsessed with ribeye. You'll just be disappointed with anything I give you now

 

[Kanda]

You're fucking obsessed with ribeye. You'll just be disappointed with anything I give you now

One day I will cook you a ribeye, then make your mind up

 

[madzone]

One day I will cook you a ribeye, then make your mind up

I'm sure it's lovely I just don't have any. Stobart used to ask me for it so I asked the butcher and he looked at me like I was mental.

But yeah, I wouldn't be averse to having a steak cooked for me one day

 

[Cloo]

*gak! gak! gak! Bleaugh!*

No. Not want fatty bits.

 

[trashpony]

I eat it all. That's why I'm not thin

I have a choice of bacon and cabbage OR sirloin for my tea tonight. Sirloin tomorrow with some fine wine? I think I'd better eat the bacon as it was eat by sunday. I don't know about the sirloin - I assume that as I bought it from the butcher on Saturday it'll be alright tomorrow?

Mmmmmmmm meat and fat and yummmm

 

[Kanda]

Should be if it's been wrapped and in the fridge. Smell it

 

[madzone]

I eat it all. That's why I'm not thin

But I don't eat it and I'm twice the size of you

 

[Kanda]

I eat fucktons of it and am thin (ish)

 

[madzone]

I eat fucktons of it and am thin (ish)

On your 40th birthday you will wake up and find you've become 20 stone overnight

 

[trashpony]

But I don't eat it and I'm twice the size of you

I don't like chocolate very much.

I eat fucktons of it and am thin (ish)

you have a fast metabolism

 

[trashpony]

On your 40th birthday you will wake up and find you've become 20 stone overnight

 

[sleaterkinney]

No, I hate the stuff, I even trim it off bacon. It's the texture and the chewynesss - it just feels wrong.

 

[madzone]

I don't like chocolate very much.

Neither do I really. I had some for the first time in ages the other day. Life just hates me

 

[Kanda]

Well chocolate is shit when you can eat meat instead

 

[trashpony]

Neither do I really. I had some for the first time in ages the other day. Life just hates me

No it doesn't! You're beautiful, you have some sheep, goats and great kids (both varieties). You're blessed.

Well chocolate is shit when you can eat meat instead

That's true

 

[madzone]

No it doesn't! You're beautiful, you have some sheep, goats and great kids (both varieties). You're blessed.

You're very sweet

Ditto for you except for the sheep and goats

 

[madzone]

For all you fat lovers here's my tea tonight

 

[sojourner]

nom

 

[tarannau]

nomX10.

Tonight and it's belly pork. With lovely layers of fat that would make D's eyes weep.

 

[lang rabbie]

Good fat: Marbled fat in beef, crackling on a proper pork joint, lardo or good quality English bacon, goose fat, duck fat (so long as it is drained off the roasting fowl)

Bad fat: that stuff in lamb joints, intensively reared bacon

[/foodie snobbery]

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Mmm, fat.

I just get bored with really lean cuts of meat. You're eating them and while it's going down well it's just dull after a while, it's jaw exercise. Whereas I went to a fantastic Argentinian place a couple of months ago, where I had a steak that had just the right balance of fat and lean and was also cooked perfectly, and I could have kept on eating it for the entire night.

 

[debsinleeds]

i like some fat especially pork crackling but only if it is crispy otherwise its horrible,same with the fat on chops
hate bacon fat again if its not crispy and i hate the fat on stewin g beef although i leave it on whilst cooking as i think it gives the dish a better flavour then i remove it

my son likes pork crackling and loves nothing betther than sucking on the odd hair you get still attatched

(sorry veggies!)