What That Strange Stringy Piece in Your Ground Beef Really Is: A Calm, Helpful Guide for Home Cooks

little curls tend to stand out more in a skillet of browned beef than they would in a roast or a steak.

These Pieces Are a Normal Part of Real Meat

It can be easy to forget that ground beef is not made from a single uniform muscle. Real meat naturally contains a mix of muscle fibers, fat, and connective tissue, and that variety is part of what gives continue reading …