BajaBlanca
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meat grinder?
Hola, one of my students in La Paz has to start up a business in La Paz (where he studies) for his senior project.
He wants to make fish patties and needs a meat grinder.
Does anyone have one we could borrow? Or have?
Thanks in advance.
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chuckie
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My experience in "grinding" fish in meat grinder has not been good..The final product is more of a mush than a grind..I now use a food processor
carefully to get a more uniform product.You might want to consider that....Likley more available as well
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Tell him to make Pemmican. Much more nutritious, compact, and will keep for 10 years with no refrigeration.
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Quote: Originally posted by chuckie  | | My experience in "grinding" fish in meat grinder has not been good..The final product is more of a mush than a grind..I now use a food processor
carefully to get a more uniform product.You might want to consider that....Likley more available as well |
Agreed it is kinda mushy but odds are your gonna add fillers vegis bacon egg bread crumbs Ect.. example Salmon patti,, I made some ground steelhead
smoked fish sausages that were the bomb 
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A better investment is a good chef's knife, a steel sharpener and a strong wrist, and lots of practice. The K.I.S.S. technique. 
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BajaBlanca
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great ideas all!
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RenoJoe
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Meat grinder
You might borrow one from Sheri if she still has one.
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I ment Shari
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Blanca, looks like most fish cakes are made with cooked fish.
I may give this recipe a try. Looks doable and filler can be added to increase volume. No fancy ingredients.
All you need a wire whisk mixer
https://youtu.be/APJ1lUT2yMw
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I use the very old meat grinder I bought at a yard sale many years ago. It is the old manual crank that attaches to a kitchen counter. It is still
available on Amazon and very inexpensive.
I got the idea many years ago when I watched one of the vendors at the Mercado Negro fish market in Ensenada.
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Thanks Udo!
I asked about using a food processor and Alfonso prefers a grinder so I will look online for a used one.
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You can pick up a meat grinder that attaches to a table for about 100 pesos at the segundas...I used to use mine for making ceviche but now prefer my
food processor...also picked up for 150 pesos at a segunda.
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All you need is a Bass-O-Matic mi hita. BTW I have a meat grinder if he wants to experiment. U2U to you.
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We got this down! Yowzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
thanks weebray!
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The hand grinder with the coarsest setting keeps the fish at it's best. I also like to run a handful of ice cubes through it first, to lubricate and
cool the grinder.
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | | The hand grinder with the coarsest setting keeps the fish at it's best. I also like to run a handful of ice cubes through it first, to lubricate and
cool the grinder. |
Excellent point. I remember the skinning knives of the automatic filleting line would heat up and "cook" the flesh. It was a problem.
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