Is it just me or is ground turkey, erm, grittier than ground beef?

[fuzzybabybunny]

I had ground chuck in my stuffed peppers a few days ago. Now I've got ground turkey in them and the texture just feels a lot more gritty... is this normal, and why?

 

[iamwiz82]

I have never noticed it to be more gritty?

 

[Savij]

chewy? I think it's the lack of fat.

 

[jhayx7]

I don't think it is gritty. Maybe a bit more "rubbery".

 

[Captante]

I hate ground turkey... never noticed that it was "gritty" though.

 

[conehead433]

Gritty? Not really. Ground turkey FTW BTW.

 

[mryellow2]

I know exactly what you're talking about. My co-worker brought in some ground turkey chili and it had that gritty texture.

 

[moshquerade]

if it's gritty there's some bone matter in it.

 

[jmdeathsquad]

havent noticed that and I eat it a lot

 

[Demon-Xanth]

I think what you're tasting is the lack of fat that greases down the texture.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
I think what you're tasting is the lack of fat that greases down the texture.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
I think what you're tasting is the lack of fat that greases down the texture.

or it could be a pieces of lung tissue. :Q

 

[thelanx]

By gritter do you mean there are little pieces of meat that come off the main piece of meat?

I've noticed that small pieces of chicken seem to shed and flake off very small (almost sand size) pieces of meat much more than beef or pork. I'm not sure why, it may be because of differences in the fat or connective tissue.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Hmm... it definitely is a lot more dry than 80/20 ground chuck. Oh dang.... I just isolated one of the grittier parts and it looks like it may be ground bone or something

I bought about 2.5lbs because that was the smallest, and I still have 1.5lb to go. The weird thing is that this isn't the first time this has happened. A few years ago when I got ground turkey the meat was also gritty, that's why I was wondering if it was normal.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Originally posted by: thelanx
By gritter do you mean there are little pieces of meat that come off the main piece of meat?

I've noticed that small pieces of chicken seem to shed and flake off very small (almost sand size) pieces of meat much more than beef or pork. I'm not sure why, it may be because of differences in the fat or connective tissue.

Well, it certainly breaks into smaller bits than beef, but there are some parts that feel physically hard

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Hmm... it definitely is a lot more dry than 80/20 ground chuck. Oh dang.... I just isolated one of the grittier parts and it looks like it may be ground bone or something

I bought about 2.5lbs because that was the smallest, and I still have 1.5lb to go. The weird thing is that this isn't the first time this has happened. A few years ago when I got ground turkey the meat was also gritty, that's why I was wondering if it was normal.

bone or cartilage.... maybe ligaments or tendons.... told ya.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Hmm... it definitely is a lot more dry than 80/20 ground chuck. Oh dang.... I just isolated one of the grittier parts and it looks like it may be ground bone or something

I bought about 2.5lbs because that was the smallest, and I still have 1.5lb to go. The weird thing is that this isn't the first time this has happened. A few years ago when I got ground turkey the meat was also gritty, that's why I was wondering if it was normal.

bone or cartilage.... maybe ligaments or tendons.... told ya.

So I guess I keep on getting bad quality ground turkey? I'm scared to buy more now

 

[Dunbar]

I think it depends on the quality of the ground turkey. The frozen turkey meatballs at Trader Joe's taste nice and moist with almost no bone or grit. But the refrigerated turkey meatloaf tastes really gritty so I avoid it.