Processed food

Last week, while my wife and I were at Mesra Mall, I picked up some frozen ground beef. Unfortunately, that's all they had. There was no fresh ground beef. Just very limited fresh Australian beef. I didn't have a food processor so I had to go with the frozen option.

BIG mistake that was... it was just not edible. Chewy... full of fat, tendons and bones... yes, even bones. It went into the bin immediately. What a waste!

We then decided to get ourselves a food processor. We had been meaning to get one but had held off as there was no dire need up until now. Yes, need... it can help make my pasta and noodles dough too... it shreds, it chops, it purees, it crushes ice, it whips... need, not want.  I did some looking on the internet and had my mind set on a Philips food processor. Last Friday, we went into shop after shop looking for it but this being Dungun, they did not have the model I wanted. There was only one shop that had the Philips food processor but it was a different model that didn't come with the blender jug. I want the blender jug!

One of the sales guy at the shops then recommended that I take an Electrolux instead. It was slightly more expensive than the Philips that I had in mind. After much deliberation, we decided to go for it. Not that we had a choice right? Hahaha...

Here's the food processor that we bought. The Electrolux EFP5300. It comes with a 1.2L blender jug and has 700W of power which is 200Ws more than the Philips. It's pretty cool... the dial lights up when you use the blender. Hahaha... and my wife and I have already decided that when we next move, this is definitely coming along with us.

So, it was chicken patties on day 1. Yummy...

On day 2 it was beef patties. Yummy too but was very dry as the beef was a lean cut and I had ground the beef too fine. Next time round, will do a coarser ground and add sautéed onions instead of fresh onions.

Next up will be fish cakes... if I can find some Tenggiri... it's the monsoon now and fresh fish is scarce. But for today, I think it will be spaghetti with meatballs...

Who said processed food is bad?