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[Flysmallie]

You guys remind me of this.

Warning: There is some pretty foul language. 

 

https://www.facebook.com/letterkennyproblemsofficial/videos/2025091794192067/

[fishinwrench]

3 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

I got in trouble for ramming a fat lady in the butt

I was following this thread until I saw this ....and immediatly bailed.  

[Gavin]

Garbage in, garbage out. It helps to start with good meat. What you get from the slaughter house in white paper can vary allot just like venison.

My sister used to send me 1/2 a cow free from her farm in near Sacramento CA. I told her to stop. She has a certified Beef master herd. I did not like her butcher and the quality varied allot. 

I would rather by locally. I can buy Dry aged prime at a few places in StL. Sometimes at Schnucks in Drs Pete or Ladue. Sams and Costco have wet aged prime occasionally. Most Butchers usually carry choice or select no better than the mega marts.

Think our Ag system really cheats Americans out of fantastic steaks. Best beef that I ever had was from an old Ox in Spain. Not as tender as an 18 month old USDA Prime Steer, but simply fantastic. I’d rather have lamb chops or corn fed     Mallards.

[snagged in outlet 3]

57 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

I was following this thread until I saw this ....and immediatly bailed.  

Made my point without setting off the filters😁

[fishinwrench]

Not sure where different states get their beef but the entire time that I lived in Georgia I never had a steak that wasn't excellent.  In Florida though....after about 6 trys I never had one that was even decent, so I quit trying.    

Here in MO the better restaurants seem to get consistently good cuts of beef, but the grocery stores are a gamble.  I can't look at a steak and judge it.  

[Terrierman]

24 minutes ago, Gavin said:

Garbage in, garbage out. It helps to start with good meat. What you get from the slaughter house in white paper can vary allot just like venison.

My sister used to send me 1/2 a cow free from her farm in near Sacramento CA. I told her to stop. She has a certified Beef master herd. I did not like her butcher and the quality varied allot. 

I would rather by locally. I can buy Dry aged prime at a few places in StL. Sometimes at Schnucks in Drs Pete or Ladue. Sams and Costco have wet aged prime occasionally. Most Butchers usually carry choice or select no better than the mega marts.

Think our Ag system really cheats Americans out of fantastic steaks. Best beef that I ever had was from an old Ox in Spain. Not as tender as an 18 month old USDA Prime Steer, but simply fantastic. I’d rather have lamb chops or corn fed     Mallards.

It's hard to tell a really great steak from a good one until it's on the plate.  Grading is one thing.  It's quite another to raise, handle and finish your own beef and have it processed at a place that knows how and will do it to your specifications.  If you think the best steaks in the USA are available at meat markets, you are mistaken, unless you are buying $50 per pound wagyu,, which is for sure out there.

[rps]

In our area, now that Rameys in Cassville has closed (it became a Costcutter), I visit the Harter House in Shell Knob or Kimberling City. They will cut to your specs without charging extra and I have found the quality consistently in the "good" range. I miss the dry aged beef I found in the London markets.

[Gavin]

I would love to have a hobby farm to raise some quality beef, chickens, & pigs. Have 2 nearby farm sources for good swine, none for good beef. 

There is nothing good to be had in Florida these days. It’s warm, but it’s an overdeveloped ecological disaster area. The Gulf Coast is dying from Naples to Nawlins. Big Sugar is killing the Atlantic side too. Much harder to kill the Atlantic side but it is starting. 

[snagged in outlet 3]

I love dry aged. 

[David Unnerstall]

This is not exactly on topic, but not too far off,  this was our first meal in the campground at Yellowstone last year.  The Cowboy Cut from Paul's Meat Market in Ferguson.

And how many of these threads do travel a straight line?