Do you like the fact that some stores add water to your hamburger meat?

I don't either, but I know for a fact that one company does. I was told by the meat department manager. I'll get into why he told me this in a sec.

I realize you don't know me, but I have a small case of OCD. Some things have to be just so or I really don't like it. For example, when I buy hamburger meat, I like knowing that every pack I place in the freezer weighs the same. So I weigh them before I place them there.

Here's what I do. I buy quart size freezer bags and weigh the meat out so that every meal has the same amount of meat when I cook it. For most I only weigh out a pound, for the rest, one and a half pounds. Don't believe me? Come check for yourself. It really is one of my many quarks.

Anyway, I always buy meat when it's on sale. Having to feed two teenage boys can be expensive. Those of you that are going through this, or have gone through this, know exactly what I'm talking about. So making every grocery dollar stretch as far as possible is mandatory.

I bought several packs from "The Low Price Place" and brought them home to portion out. Every pack was one to two ounces short. I realize that may not seem like a lot, but when you buy several at once, it adds up. I can't afford to pay for water that drains out of my meat so it won't go as far. I called the store to complain and was told that things would be fixed the next time I was there. The person I talked to on the phone wasn't there but the department manager was. He wasn't willing to honor the other person's word when I explained the situation to him. His excuse was that the weight difference was the water that had drained out into the pad they lay on bottom of the pack. Paying for extra water instead of the product I'm buying isn't my idea of a bargain. I feel like I'm being cheated.

Needless to say, I buy meat from another store and haven't had that trouble since.

I'll be truthful, I don't know if they have fixed the problem yet or not, but I don't trust them, so I'll continue to buy all my meat from somewhere else.