What's the Beef?

[zzzippper]

How does this stuff evven come up? My neighbors don't see my meat. I don't se my neighbors meat. We don't have weekly meat comparisons. I just don't get it.

 

[vonn]

Nothing quite so good as a nice chunk of meat . I like veggies but when you are really hungry go for the beef !

 

[moe smith]

How does this stuff evven come up? My neighbors don't see my meat. I don't se my neighbors meat. We don't have weekly meat comparisons. I just don't get it.

You guys never meet up?

 

[arjay]

My sister is raising one for the table.Her grandchildren have named it Frank.I can't wait to see how this plays out ;-)

 

[ChattCat]

I make a living in the meat industry and yes it disturbs me what the industry does to meat just so they can extend shelf life. It's all legal but then again so is most of what the government allows when they sent looking.

 

[Jinglebob]

I walked into a restaurant the other day and got a table right next to a very fat lady, who was working her way through a colossal pile of salad and vegetables.

When my steak arrived on the table, she looked over with disgust and asked, "Do you know how that animal died?"

I replied, "Clearly, you starved it to death."

 

[moe smith]

My sister is raising one for the table.Her grandchildren have named it Frank.I can't wait to see how this plays out ;-)

Well then it would appear the grandkids are about to find out how franks and beans came to be.

 

[Peak53]

Do you name it?

I once dated a recently divorced woman who had me over for grilled steaks one night. She is also a ranch owner and slaughters her own beef. Couldn't figure out why she kept calling the steaks "Bill" until I figured out the name of her most recent ex-husband...

It was a short-lived relationship.

 

[gregintenn]

We buy it and he lets it graze. Then, in the fall, we slaughter, clean & dress, age, butcher and wrap it for the quick-freeze freezer.

In order to make beef fit for human consumption, in my opinion, the cow must be put up in a barn and fattened up on corn or some type of grain for several weeks prior to slaughter.

Grass fed beef sounds all wonderful, but I'd rather eat a boot.

 

[pineappleshooter]

In order to make beef fit for human consumption, in my opinion, the cow must be put up in a barn and fattened up on corn or some type of grain for several weeks prior to slaughter.

Grass fed beef sounds all wonderful, but I'd rather eat a boot.

+1 - this is how we did it growing up. We put the cow in the barn and fed it wheat, oats, corn, barley, buckwheat, good alfalfa hay, powdered molasses, etc.....some of the best beef you'll ever eat.

 

[cass]

People are strange. My neighbor won't eat our eggs because they didn't come from a store, and they're brown. She grew up in the city.

 

[Viss]

We pay a little extra for grain fed beef from our local farmer.

No hormone injections or the like, great tasting beef and still under $3.00 a pound for the last one I got.

 

[shouldazagged]

People are strange. My neighbor won't eat our eggs because they didn't come from a store, and they're brown. She grew up in the city.

I honestly believe brown eggs taste better, but they're much more expensive at Kroger stores here.

 

[Rangerpat]

Norman's good......

as long as his last name isn't... BATES

 

[Mickey D]

Lesson one in farming-don't name the food.

4H also.

 

[vytoland]

People are strange. My neighbor won't eat our eggs because they didn't come from a store, and they're brown. She grew up in the city.

in the 40's & 50's we had eggs, milk delivered by the local farmer. mom always bought the brown eggs caused they were cheaper, but the yokes were a deeper yellow, which she liked for baking.

 

[A10]

We raised chickens for a while, just so the grandkids could learn about eggs and meat.

Sorta drift but related: My favorite Governer of all time, Dixie Lee Ray, raised livestock on her place on Fox Island. One year she raised pigs and named each after a prominent local newspaper person, newscaster, etc. After she butchered the pigs she held a press conference where she served sausage trays, each with the name of the pig it came from.....gosh I miss her!

 

[wbraswell]

Y'all know that angus cows give chocolate milk, right?
BigBill, I don't know, but I really don't think cat would be very tender. Well, maybe some cats.

 

[UncleEd]

Isn't there an old joke about a rancher bragging he never ate his own beef, only his neighbor's?

 

[Alpo]

He ate his neighbors?

Jeffrey Dahmer?