Posted on 08/08/2017 5:35:36 PM PDT by Ennis85
I assume you mean grass fed 'only', since it seems all beef is raised on grass of one form or another...
I prefer grass fed beef fattened up on corn...
Corn is in fact a grass!
May be but it's too tough to cut with my Craftsman rider so I don't plant it...However, I don't think that was a consideration to those who prefer grass fed beef...
I believe it's the grain (corn) from the corn grass that provides for the tender, flavorful beef...While oat grass grain is excellent for beef, the grass portion (straw) doesn't provide much for food...
Just your opinion sir...
Our US industry castrates all males. A growth implant simply replaces the hormones ( T2 and E) lost from the removal of the testicles. Circulating hormone levels are thousands of times lower than ingested birth control pills and are orders of magnitude lower than broccoli and other crucifer out veggies that are routinely consumed.
You are exactly correct. Cattle on feed fed 75 - 85% corn in the diet for a minimum of 125 days on feed deposit intramuscular fat known as marbling which is directly responsible for juiciness, flavor and tenderness.
I would agree with your sentiments. Grass fed beef in my mind only makes sense for those people with heart issues. While grass fed beef may have flavor, the presence of yellow fat leads to a greater tendency to off flavor (according to sensory panel) results. Not to mention that the meat is chewer.
I have personally consumed a lot of Bolivian grass beef during my travels there. Sure, the meat is flavorful but my teeth feel loose for a week after I return.
Many Europeans are full of themselves. I know because I was born in the US to a Dutch father and a German mother. I lived 25% of my life in Europe. The Europeans are “We know everything better and Americans have no culture.” know nothings. Above is a link from a French Soldier talking about working with the 101st Airborne in A-stan. Enjoy, it is a lovely read.
One of my favorite paragraphs (IOW, yippee for American food):
Heavily built, fed at the earliest age with Gatorade, proteins and creatine - they are all heads and shoulders taller than us and their muscles remind us of Rambo. Our frames are amusingly skinny to them - we are wimps, even the strongest of us - and because of that they often mistake us for Afghans.
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