| Koko |
On Mon, 24 May 2004 02:59:21 GMT, B.Server
<areyoukidding@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>On 23 May 2004 23:09:18 GMT, nancree@aol.com (Nancree) wrote:
>
>>To Michael Odom et al:
>>About grass-fed beef you said:
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>>"D and I had friends over for dinner last night. I grilled T-bone
>>steaks. We got a quarter of a grass-fed steer last week from our egg
>>lady. It's wonderful. Everybody should get some grass-fed beef."
>>
>>I'm not making any pronouncements here, but I had always heard, from experts,
>>that Grain-fed is much better than Grass-fed beef. The experts I refer to are
>>major ranchers in Imperial County, California. We visited them, and their ranch
>>is huge, don't know how many square miles, but we drove many miles to get
>>there. It is big enough to have it's own grass landing-strip and hangar for
>>their plane. They serve whole beef roasts the way you and I would serve
>>hamburgers. They refuse to eat grass-fed beef because of the flavor. This is
>>their business. They have hundreds and hundreds of cattle.
>> They are "real" ranchers, to put it mildly. I would like to hear from you on
>>this , Michael. When you say "grass-fed" , what is the alternative to that?
>> Again, I'm not being argumentative, just really want to know.
>> Nancree
>>
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>Well, my guess is that ranchers in Imperial county have to sell what
>they have. Given that they live in a desert, natural grass is
>probably not in the cards. So they clearly have a need to prosper
>based on something other than local native grassland. I doubt that I
>would be thrilled at the taste of young beef raised on jimson weed,
>chamisa, and sand either. Thankfully, much of the country has other,
>and better choices of pasture. If you look, you can find them. Since
>we are, beyond doubt, heavily subsidizing the raising of your
>rancher's beef in the desert, he could be a bit more gracious, in my
>opinion.
I know Imperial Valley is a big producer of Sudan grass, so they do
have feed options.
Also if you ever have a chance to get some Imperial sweet onions they
are really good.
I especially like driving through the valley at onion harvesting time,
and also when they start cutting the alfalfa, oh, the smells
m-m-m-m-m-m-
Koko
A Yuman being on the net
(posting from San Diego)
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