The contented cow: why foodies will pay top dollar for ethical beef

DPA International ^ | December 23rd, 2016 | Anne-Sophie Galli

[leaning conservative]

Tuesday is bread making day? What a coincidence, I have some papers to drop off at your home on Tuesday..............oh, I like lots of butter on mine ; )

[catnipman]

Practically right out of one of “Portlandia”’s funniest bits ever: In the restaurant, questioning “Collin the Chicken’s” papers before ordering him for dinner:

https://www.google.com/search?q=portlandia+chicken+restaurant&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

[catnipman]

“Buy a Chuck Pot Roast and have it ground in to Hamburger. I see a lot of people doing that lately.”

I do that a lot, especially when Chuck is on sale. You can’t beat fresh ground chuck for good eating!

[catnipman]

“You can get USDA Prime steaks at Costco for much less than you would pay for lesser-quality meat in a restaurant.”

Indeed. And often the Costco Choice is almost as good as their Prime (and sometimes even better) in terms of micro-marbling.

[The Great RJ]

Cooked my Christmas dry aged strip steak sou vide to a perfect medium rare 130 degrees seared briefly and enjoyed with a nice Italian red wine

[oldasrocks]

Tasty beef here. Only fed Soylent greens and died of old age.

[Yardstick]

A classic episode. That whole series was great.

[Vendome]

LOL

Took me a second....LOL

[Born to Conserve]

I personally know the chickens who lay the eggs I eat. When they’re on feed, the eggs are better than store bought eggs by far. When they’re out scratching for bugs, their eggs are absolutely amazing.

I’ve had milk from cows that were eating nothing but what was growing in the field — it was shockingly good.

I’ve eaten pork shoulder from pigs that were honestly pasture raised, and it was as good as some of the better roast beef I’ve had.

If you’re willing to pay double the store prices, there is still real food out there. I used to be able to afford good food, I make more now then I ever have, but I can no longer afford the good food. What happened? They started printing money is what happened.

[Flaming Conservative]

We’re blessed to have a small local meat company that raises it’s own beef, and charges less for their high quality, low fat, no water added hamburger, than any supermarket. We have co-ops that sell organic cage free chicken, but at $25 per bird, I can’t afford it.

[Flaming Conservative]

HILARIOUS!

[wita]

Short of eating, just smelling baking day is worth much. We have been buying bread from “Great Harvest Bread Company” for years to supplement home baked.

[Elsie]

But, I will be darned if I could tell if the carcass was angus or herford after the skin was off.

From FreeDictionary:

Angus

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Related to Angus: black Angus, Angus beef

An·gus

 (ăng′gəs)

n.

Any of a breed of hornless beef cattle that originated in Scotland and are usually black but also occur in a red variety. Also called Black Angus.

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[After Angus, former county of Scotland.]

[Elsie]

I’ll do it for a special meal, at a restaurant but, other than that, I’m okay with Elsie being taken the way her ancestors have always been taken...

HEY!!!

[Elsie]

Its demise was painless. ...for the humans involved.

[Elsie]

I know it is not my taste changing because every now and then I will get ground beef that tastes good.

[gogeo]

"Ethical beef."

People with too much time on their hands.

[Elsie]

The steer was raised with no hormones or antibiotics.

My goats are 7 years old and just LOVE junk food!

As well as tree bark, dead leaves and shirttails.

[Elsie]

Goodbye; Chuck...

[gogeo]

I see you keep them on a shelf...