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[nikkiblue]

What do you call it???

I've always called it Chop(ed) Meat.... "I need to pick up some chop meat for burgers later"
KrisNYG says "ground beef"

I'm curious if this is a geographical thing???

[gregoir]

Ground beef I would associate chopped meat being more like a brisquet that has been chopped into chunks.

[moed_over]

Ground beef

[Jwheelz]

ground beef... maybe it's an LI thing?

[nikkiblue]

I never realized how silly 'chopped meat' sounds, until Kris pointed it out to me.... lol.

[nikkiblue]

ground beef... maybe it's an LI thing?

It might be. On the packaging at the supermarket, it says "chop meat" ..... ?

[Jwheelz]

according to urban dictionary it's a New York thing... presumably they mean New York City/Long Island..

[nikkiblue]

wow... Thats in the Urban Dictionary? wow!

[Jwheelz]

anyone can submit anything to the urban dictionary... so it's not necessarily a very reliable source

[KrisNYG]

ground beef... maybe it's an LI thing?

Ding ding ding we have a winner!

Crazy ass lingo on that ridiculous island of yours Nikki. Such profound, thought provoking talks at StrangeCreek. I'm surprised Rope hasn't chimed in on this one yet.

[concert andy]

Chopped meat.

I used to work in a butcher chop / deli with a butcher when I first started. I think they called it chopped meat because they chop other meats in the same machine. For example sausages, meatballs, meatloaf mix, and of course ground beef. Some how that was what it was just called, chopped meat, but was referring to ground beef.

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Funny side story about the butcher. He was the one who suggested me for the job originally. Two years later I am working and we are all goofing around at the butcher's expense. I forget what I said, but after I said it I got a couple of pounds of chopped meat to the side of my 17 year old head. Another coworker said he grabbed the butcher and stopped him from swinging a punch on me. He barely talked to me after that.

[Jersey Thug]

i grew up (rural, southern NJ) calling it ground beef. Jason (central, coastal NJ) grew up calling it chop(ped) meat. not sure if that's a Jersey shore thing or an Italian family thing though.

so i voted ground beef, but you can chalk one up for your team too Nikki

[capt_morgan]

chipped beef

[Jersey Thug]

blech.

[nikkiblue]

i grew up (rural, southern NJ) calling it ground beef. Jason (central, coastal NJ) grew up calling it chop(ped) meat. not sure if that's a Jersey shore thing or an Italian family thing though. so i voted ground beef, but you can chalk one up for your team too Nikki

I was wondering if it was an italian thing too...!! every person who says chopped meat, has italian in them.... but that wouldnt explain why the supermarket label states it, tho...

[Jersey Thug]

maybe the butcher is Italian too

[TheDHJ]

Just picked up ground pork at Costco.

[Julius]

Never heard of "chopped meat" before today but it sounds like a good term for an over-exercised shlong.

[Tabbooma]

Both around these parts.

[manzanita stark]

No matter what you call it there is still no HAM in a beef hamburger.

Grew up calling it chop(ped) meat. Started calling it ground beef when I realized I was the one getting the strange reactions.

[SunshineDrummer]

I grew up calling it "chop meat," "ground round" and "chuck chop" because my mom called it all those things (we're Irish, mom's originally from Brooklyn and I was born & bred on Long Island). I think the last 2 refer to the cut of meat as well as the fact that its ground for hamburger. These days we both call it "ground beef." I have no idea why.

[Tabbooma]

Pink Slime

[SunshineDrummer]

Pink Slime

Nope, never called it that. One of the benefits of getting it ground fresh instead of buying a package of mystery meat.

[Tabbooma]

Ground Fresh helped Build America

[nikkiblue]

hehe.. the supermarket package actually said 'Ground Beef' yesterday. (I wonder what Pathmark says?)


Maybe because people used a variety of meats to make meatballs? so, Old school, they could have just asked for some chopped meat because it didnt matter? I've used pork/beef & veal for meatballs. Lots of people still do! (Jnjn's mom makes the BEST meatballs, BTW!)

[Nuthatch]

Used to call it "Chop Meat" (NY-LI) & now I call it "Something to Avoid Putting into my Body". Years ago in the Midwest, I also heard it referred to as "Hamburger Meat" (Guess they wouldn't have use it for meatballs unless a package had said "meatball meat").

[nikkiblue]

Used to call it "Chop Meat" (NY-LI) & now I call it "Something to Avoid Putting into my Body". Years ago in the Midwest, I also heard it referred to as "Hamburger Meat" (Guess they wouldn't have use it for meatballs unless a package had said "meatball meat").

Lol.

I've heard it called Hamburger meat too... prolly by the same folks who say 'Pop" .

[foo]

Now that I thought about both names I have no idea what i call it! Damn power of suggestion!

[Occifer Boland]

Grew up in central jersey shore... Always called it ground beef.. I have heard chop meat, though.... My Italian in laws( off the boat) say ground beef..................and there is NO ham in pork roll... Stop calling it Taylor ham... Taylor is the brand, but nowhere on Package does it say ham.... It's PORK ROLL!!!

[nikkiblue]

lol. wait.. isnt Pork and Ham the same thing? lol.

[TheDHJ]

lol. wait.. isnt Pork and Ham the same thing? lol.

Wow.

[Occifer Boland]

Pork is what comes from the pig.... Like how meat comes from cow.... Ham is a cut of pork... Like bacon, certain sausage... Pork roll is processed parts, but not from the ham shank. Once had a 3 hour rant at phanphest a few years ago about it... Was quite hilarious

[Java Time]

chop meat...and I pay a li'l extra at waldbaums for no pink slime

[capt_morgan]

pink slime is healthy

[nikkiblue]

chop meat...and I pay a li'l extra at waldbaums for no pink slime

Nice! Another vote for Chop Meat! lol.

[nikkiblue]

Pork is what comes from the pig.... Like how meat comes from cow.... Ham is a cut of pork... Like bacon, certain sausage... Pork roll is processed parts, but not from the ham shank. Once had a 3 hour rant at phanphest a few years ago about it... Was quite hilarious

I would bet there are parts of the ham shank that end up into the process parts mixture... lol. Jeesh, you got all technical on me.

[Occifer Boland]

I would bet there are parts of the ham shank that end up into the process parts mixture... lol. Jeesh, you got all technical on me.

kind of a joke nikki... it was geared toward those that may have heard my crunken rant at 3am a few years ago.. but a study was done and in the courts of trenton, NJ (where the taylor factory was).. it was ruled there was NO ham parts.. although, i do love me a nice Canned Ham!!

[Java Time]

Nice! Another vote for Chop Meat! lol.

ground beef sounds like shit they pick up off of...the ground


it'll always be chop meat to me

[Sunshower]

Chop meat here too. I always remember Mom calling it that.

[MeOmYo]

Ground.

[Occifer Boland]

ya put the meat into a Meat Grinder.. . therefore it becomes ground... that's the stuff ya make yer burgers, meatloaf, meatballs, hamburger helper, tacos, etc... i always thought chopped meat.. was chopped into pieces used for stew... or is that cubed??? either way, i love all things meat ***wink wink*** see ya at camp dirty cobb

[Java Time]

a meat grinder finely chops meat...


chop meat!

don't listen to them Nikki...ground beefers are crazy!!!!

[nikkiblue]

a meat grinder finely chops meat... chop meat! don't listen to them Nikki...ground beefers are crazy!!!!

LOL... 'ground beefers are crazy' ....

[MeOmYo]

I'm still trying to figure out how a meat grinder chops meat. Wouldn't they call it a meat chopper?

[Occifer Boland]

I'm still trying to figure out how a meat grinder chops meat. Wouldn't they call it a meat chopper?

thank you... exactly what i'm trying to say!!

[GoPlastic]

the rest of the world calls it mince, or mincemeat. so in the big picture, we're all wrong.

ground beef/pork/chicken/lamb/whatever for me. i like it best Viet style, seasoned/skewered/grilled then served in a lettuce leaf with fresh herbs and nouc cham for dipping...it makes hamburgers obsolete and pointless.

[Java Time]

I'm still trying to figure out how a meat grinder chops meat. Wouldn't they call it a meat chopper?

See?!? I rest my case...crazy ass ground beefers

I actually read it somewhere on google defining what a grinder does...but I'm too lazy to look it up again. besides it was already discussed by a butcher's apprentice...it's chopped meat.


anyway you know all you ground beefers don't even pronounce the "d" when you say it so get off your ground high horse and come back to reality.

[nikkiblue]

See?!? I rest my case...crazy ass ground beefers I actually read it somewhere on google defining what a grinder does...but I'm too lazy to look it up again. besides it was already discussed by a butcher's apprentice...it's chopped meat. anyway you know all you ground beefers don't even pronounce the "d" when you say it so get off your ground high horse and come back to reality.

LMAOOOO!!! yea, I just said it out loud to myself, and I don't say the D It came out 'groun beef' lol

[PieDoh]

Upstate ny...ground beef..

But since I don't eat red meat I've upgraded to "sky beave"

[capt_morgan]

ground beaver?