# Bad, bad, bad Chub meat **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 22, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517 "2023-03-22T22:46:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/1 "2023-03-22T22:46:44Z")
Ok. First off, you Jokers, get your mind outta the gutter! You know that meat in giant chubs. 3 or 5 lbs. I think you can get 1 lb. ones too. But we wouldn’t be in the market for that. Too many mouths. (Oh, god, this is getting worse) It’s ridiculous. Smashed up together. Hard to break apart for casserole type dishes. Makes burgers too dense. When I hear mid-Dau banging my good skillet with a spatula(you know it’s not the wooden spurtle) I see fire behind my eyes. It’s just an inferior product packaged like that. I know it’s easy to carry and store. Doesn’t leak, usually. The meat may be great if you could work with it. Gah! I hate I made this thread, good grief! ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/2 "2023-03-22T22:49:13Z")
We buy pork sausage (usually Jimmy Dean) in the little one-pound chubs. (And, yes, that’s the technical, industry term for them, like the picture below.) I’ve seen big chubs of ground beef, but never bought one, mostly because we rarely ever have a need for that much ground beef at once. [![](https://www.jimmydean.com/static/ea827fed0076f262eaf28154ea02246f/24635/jimmy-dean-regular-fresh-sausage-16_668x375px_0.png) ](https://www.jimmydean.com/static/ea827fed0076f262eaf28154ea02246f/24635/jimmy-dean-regular-fresh-sausage-16_668x375px_0.png) ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/3 "2023-03-22T22:58:12Z")
You can get the [hamburger choppers](https://www.amazon.com/Meat-Chopper-Ground-Beef-Resistant/dp/B08GKZKXBB/ref=sr_1_2?crid=34EO113OK1U5W&keywords=hamburger+chopper&qid=1679525770&sprefix=hamburger%2Caps%2C207&sr=8-2). At Dollar Tree, even. StG ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/4 "2023-03-22T23:01:56Z")
Though I’ve seen the big chubs of beef, I’ve never bought one as I don’t need any beef very often these days. But I do very occasionally end up with the 1-lb. chubs. I agree that they are way too tightly packed for quick frying. I generally buy the squares that are easier to break up into bits while browning the meat. I trust the brands I buy and am not familiar with any of the beef chub brands. I sometimes buy Italian seasoned pork in chubs for making meatloaf. It is a local chain brand that I trust. Way less salty than the name brands but still fatty. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/5 "2023-03-22T23:12:06Z")
Oh, come on! Who knew? mid-Dau gettin’ one.😊 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/6 "2023-03-22T23:15:37Z")
To me, chub meat means smoked chubs. My uncle used to smoke 'em in his backyard smokehouse. [![](https://i.postimg.cc/7YDt4Frm/smoked-chubs.png) ](https://i.postimg.cc/7YDt4Frm/smoked-chubs.png) ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/7 "2023-03-22T23:16:02Z")
Ruble and I took a behind-the-scenes tour at our local zoo years ago. We got to go inside the lion house, where they showed us a freezer full of very large (10-lbs. or bigger) chubs of meat for the lions. I believe it was horse meat. We also got to go out into the display area where the lions spend their days, and we looked out across the moat at other zoo visitors. I kept looking over my shoulder to make sure the lions were really all locked away for the night! 🦁 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/8 "2023-03-22T23:29:39Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > We also got to go out into the display area where the lions spend their days, and we looked out across the moat at other zoo visitors. I kept looking over my shoulder to make sure the lions were really all locked away for the night! 🦁 It’s worthwhile once in a while to realize you’re just a chub. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/9 "2023-03-22T23:31:51Z")
I could go for that!! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/10 "2023-03-23T00:29:52Z")
I almost thought you were dissing one of our best Browns players. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/11 "2023-03-23T01:10:22Z")
I was fixing to ask why Beck would think my mind was in the gutter for thinking about the fish first. What kind of chubs are these? They don’t look like the ones I’ve see at all, so I assume they’re not related. From the Great Lakes? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/12 "2023-03-23T01:24:23Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > From the Great Lakes? A lot of fish are called chubs around the world, but in my area of the midwest it’s a deepwater lake fish of the genus _Leucichthys,_ in the family Coregonidae that are called chubs; these type of chubs are found in the Great Lakes region and are often smoked and sold for food. Quite popular and tasty, though I admit it’s been a few years since I had any. My family and I used to go to a particular resort nearby whose buffets always served them, and I always took the opportunity to have at least a nibble. I’ve actually never heard the term ‘chub’ applied to other food. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/13 "2023-03-23T02:45:07Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > It’s worthwhile once in a while to realize you’re just a chub. Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re a chub. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/14 "2023-03-23T03:28:17Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > To me, chub meat means smoked chubs. My uncle used to smoke 'em in his backyard smokehouse. I buy the 1-pound sausage chubs, often Jimmy Dean, and smoke them five or six at a time in my pellet smoker. They they’re vacuum packed and frozen, then to be thawed out in a hot water bath and sliced up for the plate or diced and tossed into the rice cooker with a box of [Zatarain’s](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zatarain%27s) dirty rice. I used a 5-pound beef chub once when i was making a big dish for a pot luck, I’ve stuck to fresh ground since then. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/15 "2023-03-23T12:33:00Z")
> [@Old\_Wench](#): > > Ruble and I took a behind-the-scenes tour at our local zoo years ago. Pittsburgh Zoo? Did you meet the zoo’s veterinarian? Years ago he (Dr Marks) took my me and my kids around the zoo. My daughter mentioned that she would love to see the elephants closer. He got the keeper’s attention and sent her to chase the elephants over to where we were. People were looking at my 6 year old, wondering who she was. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/16 "2023-03-23T12:40:07Z")
sad to say chubs are a way of life around here … you rarely get hamburger that isn’t in them around here …the one time I have seen it wrapped the normal was the store wrapped 5 one pound chubs on a tray … ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/17 "2023-03-23T12:44:54Z")
Yes, the Pittsburgh Zoo. I don’t remember if we met the vet, this was about 25 years ago. Each time the zoo did this event, something different was featured. On other occasions, we got to go into the rhino house and got a tour of the animal hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/18 "2023-03-23T13:09:44Z")
I really don’t like the big tubes of hamburger. Aren’t they like 70-30? Too fatty and gross. I buy 1 or 2 lb 85-15 packages. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/19 "2023-03-23T14:03:45Z")
My first thought was fish too. That’s what we call certain minnows. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517/20 "2023-03-23T14:18:37Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > First off, you Jokers, get your mind outta the gutter! Damn. Took me out at the knees right away. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-chub-meat/981517.md?page=2)