Posted on 06/02/2015 8:08:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway
What do these guys think grain is? Something that made in a factory?
Grain is grass seed. Nothing more, nothing less. When a cow is raised in a pasture they eat grain because they eat grass seeds. The larger the pasture the more grass seed they eat.
So yes, cows are designed to eat grain.
Is Grass-Fed Really Better?
Yes. We raise our own steer each year and what awesome steaks & burgers!
Eighteen months from start to finish. Mainly grass-fed (read; The Lawn) and a scoop of grain each day. LOTS of water. Gallons and gallons each and every day. (God Bless Our Well!)
Hay and grain in the ONE winter they spend in the barn...with PLENTY of room to move around.
Nothin’ better, ‘cept maybe our pigs...Mmmm...Bacon!
They may eat some grain seeds, but mostly they eat grass, not seeds.
Grass fed is definitely better. Let's not fool ourselves.
And that my friend is an excellent summation.
To Answer the question...HANDS DOWN YES!! Nothing beats grass fed beef aged to 14-16 days in the cooler after slaughter. It isn’t just beef it is SUPREME BEEF. I doubt the supermarket angus achieves that kind of hang time. Aged Grass fed steaks with no marinade, just salt and pepper and grilled will be the best most tender steak you ever had.
Or you could go the other route where the highest grade USDA beef is determined by how much back fat the animal had, or in other words how obese the animal is. Just another example where the government has no idea what they are talking about.
If you put a cow in a field that is over grown they will go along daintily nipping off the grain portion of the grass and only when there is no more grain to be found do they munch on the stem.
They can digest the grass but they prefer the grain.
what time do we eat ???
:)
Honestly, it’s not about enviro Nazi’s it’s about better food. When you buy the grain fed crap you are not buying as much beef as you thought you did, especially when 30% of what you cook melts off into the bottom of the grill. Grass fed ground has hardly any drainage and the burgers don’t shrink into a silver dollar. All the grain does is convert at a higher and faster rate into poundage that the consumer ends up paying for at BEEF price instead of FAT price, which is what they are buying in high quantity. It’s all about conversions, and shell games.
The cow gets most of it's nutrients from the grain portion of the grass not the stem.
So let's not fool ourselves.
We can quibble about what types of grain a cow should eat and in what proportion but a cow needs grain.
We pass through TN on our way to see Beau’s Clan in Alabama. I’ll let you know next time we’re in the neighborhood.
Have the grill ready, Nana! :)
Let’s get down to brass tacks. You just don’t like paying more in the supermarket for grass-fed.
Here’s the dirty little secret about beef: the flavor’s in the fat.
CC
Grains are an essentially indigestible portion of grasses. They contain enzyme inhibitors to protect them through the digestion process of the ruminants that eat them.
They are not suitable food for any mammal.
Not only grain.
When they graze they get a lot of the rest of the grass, the roughage fiber, which is why they have four stomachs - to break all that fibrous roughage down and extract energy out of it.
Lots of grass and some grain.
What breed of pig do you raise? I always raised just common pigs but I am thinking of trying some of the heritage breeds.
The rest of the secret is that the fat of ruminants that consume mostly grains contains zero omega3 fats.
The fat of the mostly grass eaters is actually higher in omega3 than deep water fish.
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