[Flick Lives]

Overseas demand for U.S. meat has cooled as both Russia and China have concerns about possible traces of the feed additive ractopamine, which is used to make meat leaner.

...and there is the real problem with "today's beef"; it's too damn lean! Lean to the point of being dry, tasteless, and tough! A nice marbleized cut of beef or pork (equally impossible to find) means you have a chance at a decent meal; without it, it is only good as a doorstop.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

“A nice marbleized cut of beef or pork (equally impossible to find) means you have a chance at a decent meal; without it, it is only good as a doorstop.”

I agree. I prefer a pork steak over a pork chop because the fat adds flavor.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I remember an episode of Good Eats where Alton gave his theory on why pork is “The Other White Meat”: most commercially raised pork is so lean that if you overcook it, it tastes like chicken.

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there is the real problem with "today's beef"; it's too damn lean!

Hear, hear! Nothing has marbling these days so it all tastes like cardboard.