[KC Burke]

A funny issue is we are from Kansas City and only moved here six years ago as we neared retirement. In Kansas City, steakhouses and barbecue joints are religious sites.

In Phoenix, we get stringy cattle out of western feed lots and like the produce, it is dried out and not up to our standards. I found a custom meat shop that gets their prime and choice grades shipped in from Omaha Beef every week. It is about the only way I can survive. It is possible to get some fair trout and salmon and we are at that point in life where we have to eat what we should instead of what we want.

Kansas City also had some good Italian joints and that is really a thing of the past for us. (Bagulia’s Italian Sausage comes to mind for those in the know)

Next time we try Maine we will head east from Georgetown and Kennebec and try your area. There are so many wonderful towns and small harbors.

[RedMonqey]

In Phoenix, we get stringy cattle out of western feed lots and like the produce, it is dried out and not up to our standards.

It's all that sun and lack of humidity. Beef cows like angus and hereford don't resist the hot climes very well. So in the colder climes, cattle tend to put on weight(fat)that ensures a good marbling in steaks. Assuming the cattle were fed well.

Feed lot cattle should be outlawed. ?It is an abomination. "Feedlot " meaning animals that were born and raised in pens, not meaning cattle being sold, transported by feedlots.

[RedMonqey]

In Phoenix, we get stringy cattle out of western feed lots and like the produce, it is dried out and not up to our standards.

It's all that sun and lack of humidity. Beef cows like angus and hereford don't resist the hot climes very well. So in the colder climes, cattle tend to put on weight(fat)that ensures a good marbling in steaks. Assuming the cattle were fed well.

Feed lot cattle should be outlawed. ?It is an abomination. "Feedlot " meaning animals that were born and raised in pens, not meaning cattle being sold, transported by feedlots.