Is frozen meat at the grocery store lower quality?
I freeze about 90% of meat I buy right when I get home from the grocery store. I buy fresh meat, trim it or cut it up to the size I will use when cooking, and then put it in a plastic bag and freeze it. I cannot tell a difference in quality between fresh bought meat cooked the day I buy it and meat that has been in the freezer for 2 or 3 weeks and then thawed. Eventually if the meat gets to be a couple months old, then I notice it can lose moisture when thawing and not be as good depending on the preparation method. I will even say I cannot tell the difference between a frozen and then thawed steak and a fresh steak.
Please correct me if I'm wrong here but it seems to me that meat that is already frozen at the grocery store is worse than meat bought fresh and then frozen at home. One example is salmon which when I've bought pre-frozen ends up thawing into a mushy mess only suitable for something like salmon patties. Another example is chicken breasts which also seem to have a mushy, spongy texture when bought frozen. I freeze both of these meats myself and find no difference between fresh and frozen when I do it myself.
Am I right in thinking pre-frozen meat is worse quality? It would be great if I could buy some meats pre-frozen and save myself some time when I get home. Any specific meats that you would recommend to buy pre-frozen at the grocery?