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Where to find good meat?
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I'm saying eating beef and red meat in general is unhealthy. Eating chicken, fish, etc.... Is a-ok.
What don't you like about it?
I tried a burger place here in town that claims to use organic, grass-fed, free-range beef in their burgers. It tasted more or less the same as any other burger to me (at least as far as the beef itself), but it cost more. I won't be going back.
I'm sorry but that's not the only way to do it. Yes, its a great deal and you'll save a fair amount of money but frozen steaks, burgers and whatnot all taste like total ******. They get disgusting after a week in the freezer and in my opinion good meat should never be frozen. I'd rather buy it weekly, not worrying about storing it long term and eat it fresh. Plus you have to figure those two chest freezers cost about a dollar per day to run depending on the temp around them. That could be up to $365 per year making a 4-500 side of beef cost around 800. Not that worth it at the end of day IMO.
I never said it was the only way, it's the best way though when it comes to cost.
And taste is subjective.
sorry I misread the first line of the post, thought I saw the only way. I agree taste is subjective. However, one of the big benefits of organic and grass fed beef is the far superior taste. Why mess with that by freezing it?
Then you are not wrapping it and storing it properly.
I would have to sit down and calculate how much it actually costs me to run my freezers, but frankly not having them around we be much more a pain in the arse. I will take the $350 (supposedly) hit each year so that I can keep other things in the freezer besides the beef, pork and chicken.
wrapping is just more expense and like I said before, I prefer fresh, non frozen beef. Nothing compares.
$350 is an estimate. Obviously it will vary by climate. Sitting a freezer in a hot garage in florida in the summer will be more expensive than the garage in winter in wisconsin. It's all relative though. It's an expense that I can argue goes against the cost of food.
It's cool, I just wanted to clear things up.
I don't think freezing it messes with that tbh. Again, subjective. To me, the benefit of organic, grass fed beef is the superior quality in the meat regarding overall health. Not having it pumped full of antibiotics (which contributes to the hygiene theory), or eating pesticides is the most important thing to me.
It's cool, I just wanted to clear things up.
I don't think freezing it messes with that tbh. Again, subjective. To me, the benefit of organic, grass fed beef is the superior quality in the meat regarding overall health. Not having it pumped full of antibiotics (which contributes to the hygiene theory), or eating pesticides is the most important thing to me.
well we could probably beat this topic to death but there are two things that contribute to the quality of beef. First is diet and lack of hormones/etc. second is the cattle's activity. Cows that are fed real grass and eat naturally produce better tasting beef. Cows that are more active and have to forage for their food produce more muscles and better striations which leads to leaner but more evenly dispersed fat when it comes to non ground cuts of meat. This produces a fantastic taste that is hard to fake because it effects the way the meat cooks and the way each bite tastes when you're eating it.
Agreed.
The important thing is that we all recognize that naturally grown and fed beef is the best beef.
Where to find good meat?
That's what the thread title says to you??
Advising no meat is not where to find good stuff.
Your bias is getting in the way of your reading comprehension.
Back on topic, please.
I get my meat from a small family mini-franchise, and their chickens/turkeys are all free-range/organically free. I can't speak to their beef or pork. I would have to ask.
That's what the thread title says to you??
Advising no meat is not where to find good stuff.
Your bias is getting in the way of your reading comprehension.
Back on topic, please.
I get my meat from a small family mini-franchise, and their chickens/turkeys are all free-range/organically free. I can't speak to their beef or pork. I would have to ask.