Wal-Mart Beef Review

NO, I am not brining these last 2 pieces of steaks from Wal-Mart to make it more moist nor infuse any added flavors. I’m soaking these steaks to remove the saltiness from ‘em.

Before we moved to this new house, we used to go to BJ’s Wholesale Club to buy our meat. The store sell affordable meat in assorted kinds. Great stuff. Now that we’ve moved, we’re not that close to BJ’s anymore so we’ve been buying our meats at Wal-Mart along with the groceries. We’ve purchased meats at Wal-Mart before. Chicken is ok but there was always something different with pork and beef. They’re a bit salty. My husband and I thought we were simply unlucky with the cuts so we shrugged it off. But when Wal-Mart became our sole meat store since we’ve moved, the saltiness of the meat couldn’t be ignored anymore.

After the first 2 pieces of the 4 steaks ended up in the trash coz they were just too salty to eat, my husband read the label from the back of another pack of steaks. Here’s what he found:

Along with the beef, there were beef broth, potassium lactate, Sodium and Potassium Phosphates, Salt, Natural Flavors and Ascorbic Acid. Just like what I wrote on the image, WTF? No wonder the meat were salty. We wouldn’t even feed them to our dog, if we had any. One could arrogantly argue that we shouldn’t expect anything good from Wal-Mart considering its reputation but it never really occurred to us that the aforementioned substances would be added to fresh meat sold in a grocery store.

With a label that says USDA Select: 100% Freshness Guaranteed, no less. Fresh my arse! You want fresh meat, find a local meat/butcher place. That’s what my husband did after a few days. For $35, we purchased REAL fresh pork, beef, and chicken to replenish our freezer.

Compare that label to the Wal-Mart meat above. HUGE difference, no?

I had to soak the last Wal-Mart beef we had on water before cooking because as much I was pissed off, I still didn’t want to waste my money. The beef stir-fry and chicken fried steaks were not bad. But I wouldn’t be going through this water-soaked meat process before cooking anymore. We’re sticking with our butcher from now on.

BEWARE OF WAL-MART MEAT!