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Burgers: fatty patties vs. extra-lean.


Buying extra-lean ground beef is not very effective way to reduce dietary intake of fat and cholesterol, according to according to
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1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.

2. In keeping with: according to instructions.

3.
 nutritionists Kenneth Prusa and Karla Hughes at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Comparing broiled broil 1  
v. broiled, broil·ing, broils

v.tr.
1. To cook by direct radiant heat, as over a grill or under an electric element.

2. To expose to great heat.

v.
 hamburgers made from 100 grams of regular, lean and extra-lean ground beef, their studies show that cholesterol differences among precooked pre·cook  
tr.v. pre·cooked, pre·cook·ing, pre·cooks
To cook in advance or partially.

Adj. 1. precooked - cooked partially or completely beforehand; "frozen precooked meals from the supermarket"
 patties level out during broiling broiling: see cooking. . Similarly, they found that fat in the different grinds varied by only 5 percent after broiling, even though they had a threefold precooked difference (regular being 28.5 percent fat by weight, extra-lean 9 percent).

During broiling, the leaner patties lost most of their weight s moisture, Prusa says, whereas fattier ones lost more fat and cholesterol. Moreover, the one-third loss in weight among broiled lean and extra-lean patties was only about 4 percent less than the broiling loss experienced in regular-grind burgers Burgers are hamburgers.

Burgers may also refer to:
  • Johannes Martinus Burgers, Dutch physicist, namesake of Burgers' equation and brother of W. G. Burgers
  • W. G. Burgers, Dutch crystallographer and brother of J. M.
. Considering the premium price charged for leaner grinds, Hughes says, "that extra 4 percent isn't a very significant loss."

But the most important factor for burger lovers: A trained taste panel preferred regular beef to leaner grinds because it made for juicier and more tender burgers.
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Date:Aug 10, 1985
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