do you eat feedlot meat or range-fed?
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HelenKeller
Blind BitchXV
do you: think there's a tangible difference morally?
consultant
Veteran XX
Whichever is cheaper...
more about nutrition than morality for me.
you could not care enough to read any literature on the subject.
HelenKeller
Blind BitchXV
just making sure you weren't some ecological nutjob
i live in a town in northern california that has a definite hippy contingent. as such, there are a few local businesses that sell nothing but range-fed/grass-fed meat. great, delicious cuts for about the same price, unless you have the need/desire to buy your meat in bulk from costco or something. i personally prefer range-fed, but if my family gets to the point where it's far more affordable to buy other meat, i'd probably do that
Dirty Sanchez
Veteran X
apparently grass fed beef tastes better. 
i dont know, i buy my beef at the supermarket.
That being said, i eat cow, i dont care or wish to know how its killed. I do however speed past the trucks carrying cows to the slaughterhouse because i think its sad... poor tasty bastards.
i dont know, i buy my beef at the supermarket.That being said, i eat cow, i dont care or wish to know how its killed. I do however speed past the trucks carrying cows to the slaughterhouse because i think its sad... poor tasty bastards.
HelenKeller
Blind BitchXV
ds it's not our fault god made cows so tasty. it's their lot
Reggs
Veteran XX
apparently grass fed beef tastes better.
There is no definitive answer. Grass/grain fed is a debate that's been raging on since before your birth. It all comes down to preference.
HelenKeller
Blind BitchXV
i guess, though i've never met anyone who said feedlot beef tastes better.
i had never really experienced the quality of it until i moved into a ranching community where i've been graciously supplied with free food. even their low-grade ground beef tastes better than anything i've bought in high-dollar hippie stores in the south east.just making sure you weren't some ecological nutjob
i live in a town in northern california that has a definite hippy contingent. as such, there are a few local businesses that sell nothing but range-fed/grass-fed meat. great, delicious cuts for about the same price, unless you have the need/desire to buy your meat in bulk from costco or something. i personally prefer range-fed, but if my family gets to the point where it's far more affordable to buy other meat, i'd probably do that
it's also a hell of a lot leaner.
someone I know who raises their own range-fed cows says that her husband will buy supermarket beef to make steak because their beef is too lean. I have never had any of this grassfed stuff so I wouldn't know, though if I could find it without too much mark-up then I would definitely do grassfed for health reasons.
gramps used to have free range cattle, then about 6 weeks before going to market they would be brought up to the lot and be fed honey oats and timothy hay. makes a huge difference in the meat
HelenKeller
Blind BitchXV
in my experience this is sometimes the case (steaks being too lean), though i've found if you get cuts that are traditionally well-marbled (rib-eye for example) it'll be some of the better tasting meat i've had. another really good cut is what's called out west a tri-tip, and elsewhere it can also be called a culotte steak. sooo good.
if they've processed one this year you should offer to buy a box of patties off them and check it out.
you can also check by state at Pastured Products Directory - Eat Wild but these people are going to want to sell orders with a minimum of 10lbs.
you can also check by state at Pastured Products Directory - Eat Wild but these people are going to want to sell orders with a minimum of 10lbs.
i've yet to have any moose or reindeer but not a whole heck of that in my parts.
i've had some elk patties, jerky and sausage this year though. the patties were mixed with beef, and it was free so i can't be too picky.
the antelope i've had has been pretty mixed, but as i understand it that has to do with how hard it was run before death.
HelenKeller
Blind BitchXV
cool list
sad part is, I've always wanted to try this grassfed stuff but it has never even occurred to me to get it from them... it's a great idea though, I'm definitely going to ask when they will get another batch.