Beef in a blender

[kate269]

Has anybody tried blending beef so it would be easier to digest?
I saw online that people do this to make baby food. It suggested that you cook the lean (ground sirloin) and then blend it. I thought I would put a little beef broth and some salt and pepper in it and make a kind of thick gravy out of it and then pour it over some mashed potatoes. I really miss eating beef. I love it. What do you think?

Kathy

 

[scottsma]

What a good idea.I'd never have thought of it.If you're missing beef I'd say give it a go.It's usually the simplist ideas that work.Let's know how you get on and most importantly HOW IT TASTES !!!

 

[rygon]

Im not sure how well it works as I cannot eat wholemeal grains, yet these are pretty small pieces when in bread ad such. If you are just blending it I wouldnt bother buying expensive cuts as it would just go to waste.

Wouldnt buying cow bones and making a broth/gravy out of that be a better way? They are much cheaper and tastes absolutely amazing

 

[AlliRuns]

All this really does is eliminate the chewing phase of digestion which is why it done for baby food. It does little to break down the protein and fats in the meat, except to make it easier for your stomach acids to start working on breaking it down.

 

[AlliRuns]

Also, have you tried eating organic beef? Some people find organic meats easier to digest. A can't tolerate beef, but I'm okay with small amounts of game, I.e. moose, which essentially is "organic" .

 

[kate269]

I have eaten Bison but I don't know if that is considered game meat since it is raised on farms. For me wild game meat flavor is to strong. I haven't been able to get used to it.

I am not using a regular blender but one that is a lot more powerful. I think I can, with the help of a little liquid, make a soup like mixture. I'll know pretty soon if it doesn't work.

Kathy

 

[kate269]

I haven't tried boiling cow bones yet. Is there a lot of nutritional value in the broth. I am trying to get more iron in my diet thats why I am thing about a meat gravy with the beef.

Kathy

 

[xX_LittleMissValentine_Xx]

All this really does is eliminate the chewing phase of digestion which is why it done for baby food. It does little to break down the protein and fats in the meat, except to make it easier for your stomach acids to start working on breaking it down.

This is what I was going to say when I read the original post.

Also that it reminds me of when I was little coz my mum used to blend up bolognese sauce so we couldn't see and pick out the veggies she put in it!

 

[Maree.]

I blend raw meat rather buy mince in the supermarket. I don't know why but my son age 10 (no diagnosis at moment), seems to find mince one of the easiest forms of red meat to digest but he can't cope with the fat content in normal mince (even the low fat ones). This way I can choose meat that has no visible fat whatsoever, to use for my minced meat dishes.

Thinking about the comments above that the chopped up form shouldn't make a difference for digestion I realised that the other forms of red meat he can sometimes cope with, (without pain afterwards) are ones where it's been marinated for multiple hours or overnight or cooked for lengthy period of time (stewed/poached). So I wonder if his stomach coping well with mince is about the style of recipes its used in, which often involve lengthy cooking times.

I've considered buying a mincer attachment for my mixer as the texture of meat that been through my food processor isn't as good as you get with a proper mincer.

 

[kate269]

I am not sure what you mean by minced meat. Maybe someone can explain this to me . Is it what we refer to as ground beef?

I tried it last night and I am feeling fine this morning. My only problem with it is the texture. Kind of weird. I had to use a small can of beef broth to even get a pasty texture. I put it over mashed potatoes but eating pasty beef was a turn off for me. Just can't get used to my beef being like a pate.

Does marinating break down the meat and make it easier to digest?

I am sorry to hear that your son is having trouble. Are you expecting a diagnosis from your Doctor.

Kathy

 

[Maree.]

Kathy,

Yes ground beef, the meaning got lost in translation. (sorry about my version of English)
I noticed after I'd posted someone else mentioned organic & as well as no fat I'm fussy about that too, although I suspect that bit isn't as significant.

I've not really thought about the marinade question before today, so just speculating here, but my understanding is there are two purposes of marinading, flavor and tenderising. I had a quick look to try to find details of which ingredients in marinades help with tenderising and found this page which has a list of natural ingredients for tenderizing meat part way down http://mamavega.wordpress.com/category/digestion/

I'm not sure what the outcome is going to be with Liam (who is 10), we are very much in wait and see mode. It's something his GI has speculated about but colonoscopy was clear so at present he is being treated with Proton Pump Inhibitor (for acid reflux) and motileum (for nausea) is on an GERD / Lactose Free Diet. The combo of which means he's mostly not too bad.

 

[kate269]

Hope your Doc can figure out what is going. And thank you for the site on marinating meat.

Kathy