I asked this question in the old original MSN board, and at the time no one had heard of them. Not even Leon the Jurrassic butcher.
The ground meat extruder is a machine that attaches to the grinder with round metal sleeve between each machine. The sleeve attaches to the head of the grinder and it's buckled to the extruder. The meat is forced through the extruder and formed into slabs that you can have cut at any length (weight) from probably 2 lbs to 1/2 lb. There is a trigger that the ground meat hits that makes a blade cut the slab as it runs down the extruder. We usually had it set to 1 lb and 1.5 lb slabs and put equal amounts of each size in the counter. As it cut, it made a loud popping sound. That's how it got it's name "Popper". They were very problematic, but I learned how to handle almost any problem. Also, very dangerous.
We put paper cards under the ground meat slabs and wrapped them like that. No trays for the ground beef.
Anyway, has anyone else here ever seen or used one of these machines? I can't even find it in a google search.
I remember that video on a grocery store in the 1950s that was posted maybe last year. I remember asking about how they got their ground beef into neat bricks . and you answered my question. Is that what you are refering to? If yes then yes I have seen one in that video only. I thought it was neat how they were shaped that way but you said they were dangerous back then too so I don't think i want to play with them.
I remember that old video now, but I don't think we saw the machine. Only the finished product.
The extruder is only dangerous when used improperly. I'd say it's impossible to get cut from it when used correctly. The problem is that the safely device was triggered by a pin that made contact when you closed the lid. The part it makes contact with underneath would sometimes get pushed down too low and the pin couldn't make contact. Then the knife wouldn't cut the ground meat. So some people would put a small piece of folded cardboard from a box into the safety device, bypassing it. When that happens, the knife will automatically cut if anything at all moves the exposed trigger. I've seen it cut dozens of times. If your finger/s is/are in the way, it's goodbye fingers. It's OK when only one person uses that machine, but when a person unknowingly opens it thinking it's safe, that's when bad things happen.
-- Edited by Burgermeister on Saturday 3rd of November 2012 02:12:26 PM
I remember that video on a grocery store in the 1950s that was posted maybe last year. I remember asking about how they got their ground beef into neat bricks . and you answered my question. Is that what you are refering to? If yes then yes I have seen one in that video only. I thought it was neat how they were shaped that way but you said they were dangerous back then too so I don't think i want to play with them.
Burgermeister what you mean by, Leon the Jurrassic butcher, you got a lot of room to talk you just about to catch up with me lol by the way, I notice you don't have your birthday listed on your profile, you that old you want to leave it off lol
Burgermeister the Jurrassic butcher has a good ring to it, don't you think ?? ( wink )
Burgermeister what you mean by, Leon the Jurrassic butcher, you got a lot of room to talk you just about to catch up with me lol by the way, I notice you don't have your birthday listed on your profile, you that old you want to leave it off lol
Burgermeister the Jurrassic butcher has a good ring to it, don't you think ?? ( wink )
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Yes, nice ring to it. I agree.
Since you asked: Not to compare myself to either, but I was born on the same day of the year as Femalecutter96 and "Jesus", sometime between their two birthdays.
Hi all ok to date myself yes we used to use the extruder for our ground beef. My first experience was in 1964 in ShopRite supermarkets in North bergen NJ.It was a real pain in the hindquarters until you got it running smoothly. You had to be super quick to be able to catch the 1/2 pound bricks.
