Some of y’all sure are picky on how your food lives before it becomes your meal. I can hardly care so long as it ends up tasty, safe to eat, and gives me the nutritional benefits I’m looking for. I sure as hell aint looking for no Nobel Prize for ethical eating. More power to you I guess, but I’d be happy with a cow that never walked a day of its life so long as it met my aforementioned standards.
[quote]leaftye wrote:
Some of y’all sure are picky on how your food lives before it becomes your meal. I can hardly care so long as it ends up tasty, safe to eat, and gives me the nutritional benefits I’m looking for. I sure as hell aint looking for no Nobel Prize for ethical eating. More power to you I guess, but I’d be happy with a cow that never walked a day of its life so long as it met my aforementioned standards.[/quote]
Feeding cattle an unnatural diet of grains changes the nutrient content of the meat. Also a side effect of an unnatural diet are sick cows who need to be fed antibiotics. It would be like comparing clean, organic produce to unclean pesticide loaded produce. Apparently you’re not one of the bright ones on this site.
Here is the link to the Honey I buy. So far it’s the best raw honey I’ve tried.
http://livesuperfoods.com/sweeteners/WEE001.html
For those in California here is a link for Raw milk and beef. The site states that the cattle are pasture fed but I’m not sure if they’re grass finished. I plan on calling to find out some time in the next couple of weeks.
http://organicpastures.com/index.html
Tyler23 wrote:
Anyone that has bought grass-fed in bulk (quarter, half, etc.) have any thoughts on how the cow is finished? I’m ready to buy a quarter (picked up the freezer today) and some are offering to grain-finish for an extra $.10/lb hanging.
If you want the full benefits of grass-fed I’d suggest sticking to grass-finished.
Happy cows = strong cows = better meat = happy me.
So, since 15 pounds is about the size of a shoebox, a 5.5 cubic ft. freezer should probably be more than adequate for 100 pounds.
Think they sell raw honey amongst other things
[quote]leaftye wrote:
Some of y’all sure are picky on how your food lives before it becomes your meal. I can hardly care so long as it ends up tasty, safe to eat, and gives me the nutritional benefits I’m looking for. I sure as hell aint looking for no Nobel Prize for ethical eating. More power to you I guess, but I’d be happy with a cow that never walked a day of its life so long as it met my aforementioned standards.[/quote]
I’m a believer in “You are what you eat, eats.” If you’re eating just for the macro nutrients & cause of budget I can relate. But I’m very thankful & prefer to eat healthy meat that was grown relatively close to it’s natural state of being. It would be like eating wild salmon over farmed.
On the Hoof in my area runs around $1.50 per lb/1,000lb cattle. after butchering the above $2per lb is about right. If you ahve any Amish or Mininite communities around you local, thats where to get your honey, cheese, etc. Organic honey w/comb runs about $4/lb. The Religious communites also pay lesser taxes, so you get a break there.