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jamie wrote:
Grass would be lowcarb. It's mostly fiber, which grazing animals can digest as a carb. But grass-fed beef is lean and stringy. Cattle are fattened on grain before slaughter. Not if they are the right cattle. A friend of mine raises Black Angus. He's been breeding for over 30 years for tenderness and he uses natural management techniques (no feedlot, no hormones, no unnecessary antibiotics). His grassfed beef is tender and full of flavour. Makes feedlot beef taste yuck and watery! I used to buy my meat by the cow from him (I feed my dogs a homemade diet) and usually bought "old" cows. These were cows that he was culling for some reason (usually they weren't producing well, sometimes they had undesirably temperaments) and they were 2-5 years old. Every now and then I bought a steer. The meat, even from the old cows, was so tender that I was never able to get a roast out of the roasting pan intact. Steaks that could be cut with a fork, no knife necessary. Hamburger that was naturally 95% lean. I was spoiled. Then he moved 1500 miles away. sigh The reason why most producers love feedlot cattle and why the beef associations have promoted it so heavily over the years (implying that it is the best) is because it's cheaper to produce. Cattle that are tender living a normal kind of cow lifestyle tend to be on the smaller side, like Black Angus. Smaller means less dressed weight. Range or pasture raised cattle grow slower, so it takes longer to get them to market weight. Like many things, USAns have been convinced that the cheapest, low quality beef is best. Sure, it's best... for the producers! Shirley to reply via e-mail remove the trees from my address |
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On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 22:07:30 +1300, Miche
wrote: In article , (jamie) wrote: But grass-fed beef is lean and stringy. Cattle are fattened on grain before slaughter. Not in New Zealand, they're not, and the beef is wonderful -- neither lean nor stringy. Miche Nor here in Oz. Our beef (and lamb, too, which is not grain-fattened) is wonderful. Even tourists from places like the US who are used to grain-fed animals have told me how wonderful they thought it was. Aramanth |
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